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Good lord- I cannot believe that it is May already. The year is nearly half done! Scary. Here are a few things I'd like to do this month:
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Coveting a house filled with green. Long, trailing vines and a big jumble of stems and sticks.
So I am obsessed with pinterest. I am patiently waiting to get my registration authorised, so I can start making magic happen. I literally have a visceral reaction to beautiful imagery... LOVE it. I get all wanty and achey and don't want to do anything but look at pretty pictures.
LOVE.
Check out these gawjus boards...
I have design school tonight, I am pretty excited about it! Next week we start a unit on colour, so get to paint lots and make colour wheel. Yay!
For my Design Principles and Elements subject at design school, I have to create a mood board in the theme of 'vintage revival'. I am taking a mid-century, modern industrial approach, with lots of orange wallpaper and teak. It is still pretty embryonic, but I will definitely post images when it is done! The mood board, plus a rendering exercise, a design matrix and an annotated interior is due next Friday. Back to it..
I have a slight addiction to buying books. Since the announcement that Borders and Angus and Robertson has gone bust in the US, I am committed to propping up the printed-word industry. Here are some that I have bought/read lately... It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be
Life-changing. This little gem is written by longtime Saatchi & Saatchi Creative Director Paul Arden, and whittles down all the other self-help, inspirational business book to a tight, beautifully designed 124-pages. An excellent and easy read. I want to buy this for everyone I know.
The second book by the lovely Pip, this baby has sewing patterns for all sorts of gorgeous gear, from lady's dresses to quilts, kid's clothes, and purses. I have her first book, Meet Me at Mikes, as well, and cannot wait for the next one!
By 'literature's wild child' (God, I hate that phrase!) Bret Easton Ellis. Set in a very shallow and grimy 80s LA, this is an easy read but made me want to have a long shower afterward.
Also by Bret Easton Ellis. Revisits Victor Ward, the same shallow, vacuous kid from Less than Zero. Compelling and kind of grotesque.
Based on this. This one made me want to leave my job IMMEDIATELY and become a full-time designer. Has awesome plans on the nitty-gritty of working for yourself.
I made a list in November of 25 things I want to do before I turn 25 in April. I have made a pretty good start...
I'm a bit nervous about starting school on Monday. My course is a Diploma of Commercial Arts (Interior Design and Decoration). It is part-time for two years, so I can still work and afford to buy furniture and paint. I have my enrolment pack ready, and am going to Officeworks tonight to get new books! I LOVE Officeworks. The best part of the entire school year when I was in high-school was to go there on the day before school started and get new notebooks, new pens, weird shaped post-its and hi-lighters. Stoked.
If I was loaded, I'd get stuff from the Kikki K near my office, but 'tisn't possible on my $2 salary.
A girl can dream..
