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TUESDAY 15 JUNE 2010 // ILLUSTRATIONS BY BURNT FEATHER

I pretty much love anything to do with Batman (being my favourite of the superheroes), and along with Catgirl being a hottie and Ghostworld being one of my favourite films it was only natural that i wood feel all warm and gooey inside for the drawings i was just sent by Fee Harding aka Burnt Feather. I like how this clever little feather takes popular cinema, comic and celebrity personality and uses them as inspiration for her pen and ink drawings. It's a perfect way to get sucked into her world. You can see more of her work and by her prints at www.burntfeather.etsy.com

MONDAY 14 JUNE 2010 // HAPPY MONDAYS!!!

Well, with the FIFA World Cup well underway and pretty much the whole of London going nuts about it, it's pretty easy to get lost in the fever. However, pretty much every Australian living in London felt the pain of watching our lads go down 4 zip to a tough opponent in Germany last night. But as good as Germany were is no excuse for us playing like a pack of lame ass glory hogs. Ever heard of passing the ball to your team mate when he's open for cuss sake? No, instead, why not kick it to your opponent instead. Sheesh, It was hard to watch to say the least. I'm just glad there were no German supporters down the local pub to watch us cheer like maniacs at almost scoring a goal that missed by a country mile. That's as good as it got. Good luck boys, with our best player red carded you're going to need it.

MONDAY 14 JUNE 2010 // HIGH-HO SILVER!!

I pretty much lost my shit stumbling across this crazy ass silver birch and plank speaker setup on a blog yesterday. The problem is, I have no idea who made them, where you can get them or if they are even going into production. The blog gave no insight into who made them or a link to any other website. All i can report is they are cussing rad and a complete mystery to me. But, I kind of think that's what i love the most about them. It's almost a question of 'are they real?' or 'is this real life?' It's almost like they wood be the kind of speakers that wood appear in my dreams. Wood is Good!

MONDAY 14 JUNE 2010 // THE ART OF ZACHARY ZEZIMA

Zachary Zezima is an illustrator hailing for Long Island USA. He's lived in NY, Italy and Japan and has just the right combination of talent and qualifications in our book. Looking at Zacks work you get an immediate feel of a worldly nature, rich in culture, texture and story. I guess this stems from having lived in 3 parts of the world. Taken form his website i love this quote "I like trying new things as long as they don't concern aliens, sharks, tsunamis, spiders, botulism or seafood" Check oout more of Zacks work at www.zacharyzezima.com

FRIDAY 11 JUNE 2010 // ORGANIC TABLES BY LEX POTT

I want one! I want one! I want one! Industrial Furniture designer Lex Pott brings together industrial design and organic natural elements in these tables. So much, they look like his just plucked them from nature itself. As it goes, the wood processing industry works according to a fixed pattern: a tree is stripped of its branches and divided into geometric forms. Lex Pott combined these industrial, geometric forms with the original, organic structure of a tree in a series of items of furniture. Where the legs of his table meet its top, the form of a tree trunk can easily be seen. The contours are also directly derived from the tree trunk. The pieces of furniture are reproducible, yet remain a unique fragment of the natural world. It's like eating off natures plate! ww.lexpott.nl

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