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and thank you for stopping by, taking an interest in my blog. I am the 'relentless hunter and gatherer of soothing beauty, great and small' behind these pages, which for now means: here you find the stuff that makes me think, that inspires me, that I envy and am passionate about. I would love to see or read your views too, so feel free to comment!
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Tag Archives: London
Lover’s Rock Music | Janet Kay – Silly Games
Silly Games by Janet Kay is a great tune I picked up while watching Lover’s Rock, one of the five short films on the life and trials of members of the West Indian community in London back in the sixties … Continue reading
Posted in bloow, FILM, MUSIC, REVIEW
Tagged bob marley, Carl Douglas, community, director, dub, film, immigrants, Janet Kay, London, Lover's Rock, Music, oppression, racism, reggae, rock, seventies, Silly Games, Sister Sledge, sixties, Small Axe, soundtrack, steve McQueen, The investigators, the revolutionaries, West Indian
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It’s A Bauble!
It’s a bauble – isn’t it amazing?! – Ok strictly speaking it is an ornament, but hey, amazing piece of art it is! – Below some fabulous finds from the best of London’s Christmas Art galleries 😉 C = Conran … Continue reading
Posted in ART, ONLINE FINDS, OUT OF THE BOX, Stuff, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged 2020, baubles, Christmas, Christmas tree, conran shop, David Bowie, decorations, embroidery, glass, harrods, House of Hackney, inspiration, liberty of London, London, online shopping, Ornaments, Selfridges, Shopping, Tree, Ziggy Stardust
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Funky Portraits By Warhol
‘This thrilling pop rollercoaster shows how prescient Andy was. This is the Warhol we need in 2020’ (The Guardian) Ok, we can’t go there right now, BUT WE CAN SHOP THE FEEL ONLINE 😀
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS
Tagged Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol is always a good idea, exhibition, gif, London, March 2020, portraits, screenprint, tate modern
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Photogram | NICE girl
Posted in ART, bloow, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, Things I made
Tagged ART, dangerously happy, dark room, diary, female, London, note, objects, photogram, shelter, Storytelling pictures, visual, wilson tichelaar
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August Sander’s Greedy Eye
” In the fake news era, a time when obvious lies can sway elections, it seems odd to think that the truth might actually be the most powerful weapon. But it was threatening enough in inter-war Germany to get August … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged black and white, details, eddy frankel, everyday life, exhibition, Eye, film, insppiration, London, People, PHOTOGRAPHY, potraits, real, report, time out
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Come Together
At Harvey Nicks
Posted in Fashion, TEXT
Tagged abbey raod, bealtes, beatle mania, come together, design, Fashion, harvey nichols, iforinspiration, inspiration, London, love, pages, picture, wall
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Thievery Corporation 2017
Artist: Thievery Corporation Lead artist: Racquel Jones Album: The Temple of I & I Out: 2017 Genre: Dance Yesterday I saw the Black Power exhibition in  the Tate Modern in London. It shows the art made by black artists in the revolution of the Sixties, … Continue reading
Posted in ART, MUSIC
Tagged black, Black Power, cd, editor, event, Gill Scott Heron, hymne, letter, London, new, now, old skool, playlist, rap, report, society, sound, tate modern, thievery corporation, tour, tribal music, USA, voice
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Public diary | Record
I live in an archive. A collection of stuff that somehow caught my eye and spoke to me. The record I bought at a flea market, because it reminded me of my childhood. When I was a girl about … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged Amsterdam, angel, bedside, blue, character, creation, diary, flea market, Jason Rinaldi, light, London, memory, michelangelo, Milan, Mona Lisa, name, New York, painting, Paris, past, perception, personality, portrait, public, record, sea, song, story, storytelling, tokyo, uomo universalis, vinyl, wilma, wonderwall
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Anna Karenina now
On the left from Creative Review one from a series of reissues of Russian classics, and on the right my design for the cover of a personal book. An idea that popped up when I saw the Tolstoy cover. Read … Continue reading
Posted in ART, Books, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made
Tagged animation, anna karenina, best, book, brief, campaign, cover, creative review, design, Design library, fabric, female, front, Image, impulse, leo tolstoy, London, Look, New York, page, power, publishers, seduction, student, text, title, toyboy, vintage
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Typography tribute
Again the sensation of not being alone > there are others who share my interest. And show it. This is a tribute I spotted on Java Street, the up and coming hip and happening shopping street around the corner, rappidly … Continue reading
Posted in (B)OOST, ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged admiration, alphabeth, Amsterdam, ART, Ben eine, colour, copy, day of rest, divine, Diylay, font, idea, imitate, inspiration, Java Street, London, love, original, sermon, shutters, spark, street, Sunday, tribute, type, Typography, western
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