I ♥ Hello Sandwich

Hello Sandwich is a blog by Australian Ebony Bizys who is an Australian artist and graphic designer living in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. She loves Japan, bento boxes, pantone 107.3 and metallic hologram foil, polka dots and plaid, Holbein gouache and fluro pencils. We downloaded her super cute Tokyo zine for our travels very soon and hope to visit  heaps of her recommend shops and cafes. She has just started creating some super cute crafty videos. Here's her tutorial for making some confetti bows.

Her new gift wrapping zine is coming soon! I can't wait.
If you are into super cuteness and anything Japanese I'd totally recommend subscribing to her blog.

Designed by me - The Red Plate

I've been really slack lately at posting about things I'm working or worked on because life has been so crazy but no more. I'm going to try to post weekly untill I least catch up on the things I've made, crafted and designed this year. Here is the first of many to come...

One project I've been involved with at work this year is redesigning our Red Plate. The Red Plate is recognised an achievement and pay respect. It’s a true honour, given at a special meal-time to celebrate an achievement, a new accomplishment, a birthday or to welcome a guest. The plate has been around for a very long time and when we sold out last year the team decided to update the design.

We also decided to produce a melamine version for parents with children under six that want to start the family tradition early.

This was a new challenge for me and I learnt alot in the process. I had to design the packaging as well which presented it's own challenges. The plates were produced in two different factories and the ceramic packing came back with more of a fluro red than deep red. Oh dear! I'm a bit nervous about how the new design will be received by red plate fans. The old design had one big star in the middle and didn't have any lettering around the outside.

Overall though I felt incredibly privileged to be involved in designing something to be used by families around the world. What do you think?

The Red Plate is available exclusively at www.theparentingplace.com. Both ceramic and melamine are $12.90.

Illustrator and designer Jen Renninger

I have no idea which blog delivered this lovely artist to my google reader but gosh I'm glad they did. Upon following Jen's links from her Etsy store where she sells gorgeous typographic and illustrated prints I discovered her gorgeous website.

 

She does some amazing painting as well as collage.

I'm definitely wanting some of her prints over on Etsy.

I hope you enjoy her work as much as I did!!

One plus one illustration and design

You may have seen this gorgeous wedding invite do the rounds on the blogs but have you seen their design work?

The couple Jessie + Tyler have started a company called oneplusone design and illustration.

Logos by One plus one

I love it! I can't wait to see what else they come up with. Everything is so fresh, clean and high quality.

Baby Shower Invitation

I thought I would share this little invite I did awhile back for my sister in law's baby shower. It was intended for email but I'm not sure if it went out in the end. I like the simplicity.

Innovative design by Joon & Jung

Joon & Jung are a conceptual product design studio based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. They met studying design in Korea and are strongly influenced by Dutch design. I love how beautiful and seemingly simple the shapes are!

Cloud Stool, the inspiration of cloudscape.

 

Overview of the cloud stool

cloudmon with baby.cloudmon

"Cloudmon is impressive sculpture or toy. Cloud is the most inspiration object for us. The blue legs are methaphor of the rain drops."

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