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Freelance Copywriter & Designer living and working in Singapore. This blog is a repository of stuff I love, and love to share. You can find me too on Twitter and Flickr. Best viewed in Safari. Quips & Quotes Stay hungy. Stay foolish. Stewart Brand as quoted by Steve Jobs. I'm promiscuous when it comes to bookstores. Lewis Buzbee in The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop. Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience. This is the ideal life. Mark Twain You gotta stop wishing your wishbone where your backbone has to be. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love Bibliophiles & More Illustrated Blogs Really Good Food Stuff I Like Other Cool Folk Drop me a comment if you know of any good sites I should include here. Thanks! Random Books Archives Links     |
Thursday, November 27, 2008 A new logo for Pepsi Notice the 'grins' in the logo? It's about the enjoyment you get from drinking a Pepsi. The white gap widens for different drinks. Pepsi has taken a very space-age look with the new can design and typeface. I'm not sure if I like it...yet. # posted by purplefugue : 3:38 PM Sunday, March 02, 2008 Weekend Stuff
A few days ago, I added this post about some clever library ideas. Thanks to Aloi, I found this perfect addition to my some day perfect library - perfect for curling up with a good book
 Jim Rosenau creates functional art from old, discarded books. And he's got some really cool shelves for sale on his site. I love how he creates themes from book titles.   No news yet when Susan Hill's The Man in the Mask will finally appear on US shores and if it will have the same title. It's still absent from bookstores here. # posted by purplefugue : 4:30 PM Sunday, February 24, 2008 Dream libraries
These are some of the cleverest bookshelves I've seen. The first one in a Tokyo apartment wraps around and provides privacy for the bedroom. Falling asleep and waking up to books...Nice!
 This other one is a bookshelf built into a staircase that ascends to a loft. I so so want this. But I think I'll need a loft and a second floor first. 
# posted by purplefugue : 6:48 PM Wednesday, December 26, 2007 The book cave Now this is one clever, unusual piece of furniture that I'd love to have in my home. But I'd line it with purple though. Labels: Books, Design, General # posted by purplefugue : 9:28 PM Wednesday, October 03, 2007 Breast Cancer Month These gorgeous t-shirts are designed by Sidsel Gaustadne, a designer in Denmark, who created them for the The Danish Cancer Society. If you're visiting her lovely country, you may still be able to find them in the stores. I was lucky enough to get 2 pink ones from her Etsy shop and they're on their way to me soon. You can read more about the designs and Sidsel on her blog. # posted by purplefugue : 10:59 PM Monday, March 12, 2007 Designed by: For about US$45,000 you can live in this micro compact home that is just a 2.6m cube. It's designed for one or two people, and comes with TWO compact double beds in a living/dining space, shower and toilet cubicle, a fully operational kitchen and everything needed to keep you wired and connected. It's stackable and doesn't compromise the environment. A great idea to solve housing shortage in many land scarce areas, although the price would have to come down considerably for it to be more afforadable. I think this would be a great getaway or retreat space where you have the minimum of clutter to distract you. But woah! This is way smaller than my ultra cheap student digs in college! I don't think I'd be comfortable living in it 24x7. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 2:26 PM Saturday, March 10, 2007 Designed by: I just love this lamp by Asli Ingin, a Turkish designer based in Istanbul. That dappled light would be so restful at night, don't you think? Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 3:02 PM Monday, August 07, 2006 Australian art Over 50,000 polystyrene balls went into this installation piece by Australian artist Nike Savvas. Entitled "Atomix - Full of Love, Full of Wonder", it's her representation of shimmering light and colors in the Australian landscape. You can see it at the New South Wales Art Gallery in Sydney. Click on the picture for a larger image. # posted by purplefugue : 4:20 PM Saturday, February 18, 2006  Illustration Friday: Song
 It's a little grungy and a tad lopsided right now, but there is a whole chorus of songs within. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 8:54 PM Saturday, February 04, 2006 Illustration Friday - Chair
 Fooling around with IllustratorCS and trying to get comfortable with this software. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 6:53 PM Monday, January 09, 2006 Check out these sites...
But first, hide your credit cards. Take notes (preferably in a Moleskine). Then dream of a place furnished with everything you see here.
Design*Sponge Design Mouse I've had lovely daydreams about mine: heavy in print, rich in color, luxe yet with a laid-back style. So...how do you see your DREAM space, hmm? Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 10:28 PM Sunday, December 25, 2005 Illustration Friday - Holiday
 As Christmas is nearly over, the next big holiday for us in Singapore, and for Chinese people everywhere, will be Chinese New Year at the end of January 2006. Tomorrow, the Christmas decorations will come down and the Chinese New Year ones will start popping up. Chinataown will be THE place to go for all the yummy goodies. Chinese New Year is the time for visiting family, exchanging 'angpows' or red packets with money, usually given by married people to children. Older folk get 2 oranges from the younger generation, symbolising longlife and prosperity. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 11:15 PM Monday, December 19, 2005 Illustration Friday: Imagine
 Just something I 'sketched' for Illustration Friday while fooling around with the new Photoshop. Falling maple leaves against a blue sky - it's so easy to imagine that I'm somewhere cold, bundled up in layers of wool, sipping on hot chocolate. Instead I'm in hot humid Singapore, staring at pictures of falling leaves, imagining... Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 9:43 PM Saturday, November 05, 2005 Illustration Friday - Night
 Lady Night rises every sunset. Cloaked in stars, she moves the moon across the heavens till her brother Sun awakes to race his golden chariot. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 3:35 PM Friday, November 04, 2005 Illustration - Bed
 For the last few days, I've just been vegging, chilling, relaxing...basically doing absolutely nothing. Then Janey and Iliana both dropped comments, wanting to see illustrations. Janey even suggested drawing the couch I was vegging on. LOL! Ok. Here's something then. My fingers itched and I drew...my bed. Not exactly the couch, but it's the one thing I see as I look directly across from my laptop. I love this bed. Its got 4 pillows - the back two are somewhere between hard and soft for support while the first two are filled with down and feathers. The body pillow is a perfect cuddle, and that black cushion is usually on my desk chair but I threw it there for now. Rendered in Pilot G-2 and coloured pencils with some color adjustments in Photoshop. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 11:50 PM Saturday, October 15, 2005 Illustration Friday - Cold 2
 Cold cold heart Hard done by you Some things look better baby Just passing through --Elton John Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 5:07 PM Illustration Friday - Cold
 An abstract of 3 ice cubes done in Photoshop. They have magical properties. If you look at them long enough, you won't feel the heat. Perfect for hot muggy Singapore! See more at Illustration Friday. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 1:07 PM Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Illustration Friday - Lost
 Lost and alone on some forgotten highway Travelled by many, remembered by few... -- John Denver I drew this while being a couch potato last night, and now realise that the perspectives for some arrows are a bit off. Ink, in my Molekskine. See the rest of the creative bunch at Illustration Friday. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 7:47 PM Sunday, October 02, 2005 Water the ivy
 Another doodle (among others) done this evening during a mild lightning storm. Did this also to remind me to water Dad's plants as the gardener is not coming around on Sunday.Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 12:34 AM Saturday, October 01, 2005 Illustration Friday - Float
 I float. Before another whirlpool drags me down, I float into the blue. What a week it's been and this weekend is just what I need to restore my chi before the stresses of a new week engulf me. My first submission to Illustration Friday. Am a former graphic designer who's now trying to re-acquaint myself with sketching and doodling, and all things that sent me to design school in the first place. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 12:30 AM Wednesday, September 28, 2005 Flee Circus
 A brillian illustrator has popped up online. This friend and former colleague has been keeping her talents under a bushel. Everyone, say 'Hi!' to Flee. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 11:06 AM Sunday, June 26, 2005 My Sketch Pouch
 Been doodling again lately, thanks to all the inspiration I've had from the many illustrated blogs out there. Take a look at the list in my left column and you'll find some pretty amazing ones who are on my 'must read' list. Note: My sketchbook here is the Fabriano Artist's Journal. I do have a Moleskine notebook but that doesn't take washes well - the paper warps quite badly. I heard the Moleskine sketchbook isn't that good for watercolor either. However the Fabriano was rated quite highly by several sites for light washes. Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 4:33 PM The Girl with Feathers in her Hat
 This beautiful illustration is courtesy of Janey. She sent me this postcard after I signed up for inclusion in her postcard project list. It will now be laminated and pinned in my cubicle at the office on Monday. Pop over to her website to see more of her art. And don't forget to say 'Hi!' Labels: Design # posted by purplefugue : 1:51 PM |
