getting closer

AJAXTwo, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

i have never found the perfect computer desk. in fact i've been seriously thinking about making my own. but i think my search is almost over with this one. found at the magazine the ajax is made out of birch veneer and actually folds up if needed.

scamp

scamp, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

what is it about the word "scamp"? it conjures up memories of a favorite comic strip as a kid and this font on this car just was asking to have it's photo taken. i love the word, i love the comic strip and i love this font.

birute zokaityte

birutezokaityte, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

another beautiful piece coming out of lithuania by birute zokaityte. love the colours and subjects. saw at ona.com

for the type set

smeltery, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

more fonts for your downloading pleasure courtesy of smeltery.net. thanks fontleech.

sfaustina

n_1, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

if you haven't linked to this guy yet via eduardo recife's links; you have to take a look here. not only does he offer free fonts and photoshop brushes, but he has a great pdf magazine called bloodwars which intention is to expose the various forms and styles of street bombing and whatever else he finds stimulating. nice stuff.

matt sewell

mattsewell.co.uk, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

i'm liking this matt sewell, an illustrator, graffiti artist and a bit of everything - even interiors. the inclusion of wood is especially eye-catching. (link via life with tinisima)

crafty ones

stylus_trucker_red_med, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

so fun some of this stuff! in line with the big renegade craft fairs being held in ny and chicago (why - i'm posting that i have no idea); but their site linked me to some great crafty sites and i found these lovely bags at buy olympia. i love the people and music and stuff that comes out of that town. my 90's days listening to kill rock stars driving down the oregon coast, visiting seaside, eating in diners along the way...

going for baroque

baroque, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

about ten years ago my cousin brought over some baroque wallpaper from a second hand store overseas. at the time i thought it was cool but still didn't quite get it (he was obviously onto something). since then of course this design has been slowly creeping its way back from the 70's in the past couple of years. but what i like about it is that it's showing up in other materials than it's original fair, such as these thomas paul melamine (love it!) plates and in stationary. a nice way to return. (via papeisportodolado)

polaroid-o-nizer

braat.freeserverhost.com, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

a fun little tool that turns your photo into a polaroid. (via meggiecat)

blue + green

pavilion_060205, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

love these two shades together. cb2 has a nice little thing going with all these colours. i know - it's that blue again. i'm on a bit of a roll with it.

a stream of blogcious-flickrcious-sitecious-nessness

tues, originally uploaded by jakedobkin.

it amazes me how one thing can lead to another and then to another and then you discover another. (in other words; i went to new york to visit a blog, linked to their flickr site and linked onto a commenters flickr site that took me to rio that linked me to a website that took me all over the world (phew!)

the photo above, taken by bluejake is a great photoblogger from new york. check out his recent trip to japan and specifically sunday at harajuku. an amazing place to people watch.

form us with love

SWOP_04, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

this cool company gives the user the option of forming and changing it's designs. with this one, a textile, pattern or whatever you prefer goes in between the two transparent acrylic layers and gives the chair and table (yes there's a chair too) the desired look. i'm imagining a straw beach matt for the summer. your imagination sets the limit. gotta have it! from sweden with love.

sum-sum-summer

scrnsvr_hero_1, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

yay! summer has finally arrived up north and to celebrate let's summer up our desktops with a lovely sand dollar wallpaper courtesy of ljcfyi and a hip-happening screensaver from pbteen complete with ocean sounds, different shades of color for the different times of day and a clock. coooooooool!

brasil inspired

2bea52b9, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

brasil inspired is a site designed by brazilain graphic artist nando costa of hungry for design and his swedish wife olofsdotter also a graphic artist. the site covers the whole artistic scene coming out of brazil and has an interesting article on the graffiti scene in the southeast. i especially like the twin brothers (above) os gemeos from sao paulo. in fact i would like this on canvas above my couch.

be a design group

be a design group has posted some excellent photos on the farm from a design perspective. love the old vehicle and textures taken. take a look here. it's worth the diversion.

ana ventura

ana ventura, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

something that attracts me to this artist from lisbon, ana ventura. her whimsical style and romantic (for lack of a better word) blog is intriguing and inspiring. perhaps because it's all in portuguese and i can't understand a thing ('cept for the odd latin-based word); makes it all that more mysterious, hence intriguing. here's her professional site. and she has the coolest name. make sure to look for some photos of an installment of large dolls in a garden with embroidery designs all over them - which from what i could understand is inspired by an old tradition of fiance kerchiefs?

fashion fun

draw2, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

canada's triple-decker (three sisters) version of betsey johnson the beckermans are still a little unknown but have a fun website with all their latest designs. can't make it to new york for the chanel exhibition? see it here. or diggin those brazilian flipflops? you'll dig this fun site!

aqua

broke, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

holy fonts!

navi1_head, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

OMG - i can't believe it! i've been looking and looking and searching and searching for this wonderful foundry for so so long - i thought they had disappeared off the face of the earth. a few years back i found cape-arcana and loved everything about them - i just ended up losing their link and forgetting their name (and such a great name - how could i forget). but low and behold if i didn't find their link today - again thank you eduardo! phew!

to brazil

hope, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

this piece done by eduardo recife, a brazilian designer, i found while reading an article on the visual storytellers of brazil in may's how magazine (see magazine links). an interesting thought when they have the high illiteracy rates as they apparently have there; visual storytelling plays a powerful role. having had a bit of a look around i found some great links to some beautiful graffiti coming out of sao paulo and rio. there is so much to see and talk about one could get so lost again. but that is not my intention here (another day), instead i would like to direct you to eduardo's work, his website and some wonderful free fonts you can download. thank you eduardo - i can hardly wait to try out my new fonts!

hot stuff

ovm1, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

these patterns are so hot they had to make oven mitts out of them. hailing from brooklyn and made by the deadly squire line; these tough canvas mitts will handle any hot casserole in style. available online at clio-home. they could be worn while skateboarding on their matching boards below.

deadly squire

DSQ_skateboards_All, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

dig dig digg'n these patterns and the products from deadly squire out of new york. dsq's patterns are envisioned and realized by founders anna and tim harrington. so love these boards which could be used for decor as well if you're a little leary on the wheels. they also have some other fabulous products i will show in the next little while - but if you can't wait you can check out their own website here. cool stuff - check it out!

arrior

warrior, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

just liked this bike we saw in the park last night

go fish

1111657661_fata_morgana_2, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

the relief form of a fish hovers over this painting like a mirage. this fata morgana is from the artist egle babilaite-sitas of lithuania. found here.

sunday reading

redpopclear, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

our neighbor's poppies are beautiful right now - just had to take a photo of them yesterday. on another light note, here's some easy sunday reading:

ljc fyi take a look at some wild horses on the beaches of north carolina - stunning.

thimble has a lovely potato salad recipe that includes good old pickle juice.

free foto has exactly that - some free fotos for personal use.

hulaseventy has a hilarious story to tell about a lady named mildred.

ziboy a photoblogger from beijing.

sgraffito

sgraffito, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

sgraffito - the italian word for scratch. loooooove this pottery by jonathan adler. like his manifesto too.

ability

ability, originally uploaded by Kim's Suitcase.

always liked juggling. this kim's suitcase knows what's goin' on.

see you on the rooftops

loftcube, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

imagine all the empty flat-topped roofs that exist in a city near you had these. click on "the story" to see how they are dropped off.

electric service

electric service, originally uploaded by iv0/genericgrl.

i was fooling around with the latest (well to me) flickr toy colr pickr and happened upon this marvelous photo taken by iv0/genericgrl. love the colors!

it house

johnson4, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

i've always wanted a barbie dream home with glass sliding doors and floor to ceiling windows and this may just be it without spending a million. this it house with customized furniture (optional) and shades is cool cool cool.

i've been thinking about this concept ever since i saw the design in may's metropolitan home magazine.

it's a rather affordable high-design alternative; just need to find out if it would withstand this wet coast.

bacon and cowboys

sprouthome_1844_8216017
Originally uploaded by poppytalk.

nothing like a slab of bacon to heal them thar wounds.

passing by sprout home saw these bandages for adults i think.

there's even a free toy in every box.

a perfect t

lilpunktee
Originally uploaded by poppytalk.

for baby anyway.

or theme songs; bedtime sucks (kind of reminds me of someone i know), no naps, no bibs...

i know boingboing just posted this today, but i couldn't resist. smart little outfitter.

haidawater

Haidawater, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

i am lost in a sea of links. the whole process is becoming quite mind-boggling really. i link to something i check out their links and it's become this overwhelming vicious circle. i may just need a break from all this scouring. i did manage however to run into this canadian graffiti artist called waterone who sometimes (as in this image) combines haida art with graffiti which really works quite well and almost seem related. i like the 3d effect going on. his links take you to some interesting places too. liked bombing science specifically; updated daily.

rodin

rodin, originally uploaded by poppytalk.

driving by the vag the other day i noticed this rodin banner. checking into it further it looks like some rodin pieces will be exhibited starting mid month for the summer. we don't get alot of these types of exhibits very often, so it will be interesting to check out. hope it won't be as disappointing as the picasso exhibit which showed too many of the same things/studies).

sunday reading

bc children's hospital
Originally uploaded by poppytalk.

something to read and think about. our local children's hospital is having a fundraiser this weekend featuring children on the television with heartbreaking stories. these stories always pull at my heartstrings and make me realize how lucky we really are.

some of these children they were featuring this morning are wearing these long beaded necklaces, some of them wearing more than one. each bead represents a chemo treatment, a blood transfusion or operation. a different color for each type.

children should not have to go through these things. this breaks my heart.

faux wall trophy

makingit2
Originally uploaded by poppytalk.

for the peta friendly who still would like to have that lodge feel, how 'bout these faux antlers for your wall. a little zany but in the right room with the right stuff these twigs could work. like at the chalet or the airstream?. go here for the how to.

there's also a cool use for the clorox bleach pen to make your own mona lisa masterpiece and a few other wallet-friendly articles all from that clever budget living magazine.

mommy the inventor

nestbrochure
Originally uploaded by poppytalk.

i'm not sure about this design. sort of reminds me a bit of a urinal but anyway it brought back a few memories for me of the zillion inventions swirling around in ones head whilst one was whiling the hours away nursing for what seemed like forever at times. and how many of those ideas got lost and fried in a tired nursing mothers brain. although one idea still does stick and i should do something about it. it had something to do with thirst. i was always dying of thirst when feeding and found that it was so diffiuclt to get up either cause the baby was almost asleep finally after an hour into it, it was the middle of the night or one was just too tired to get up. so the idea was similar to what you see those bikers have; some sort of water bottle attached not to your backpack but to your headboard (a bit of a design challenge) with a tube attached to your pillow somehow. so you wouldn't even have to lift your head to take a swig. i must have been awfully tired and thirsty back then to think that one up but you know for some warped reason i think it would sell.

while on the baby trail a couple of places to see near and far.

very interesting

interesting read at petite anglaise yesterday (see her post "malaise") about whether her blog is affecting the way she lives her life. are her actions skewed by the fact that she's going to write about them later. interesting thought to ponder while i pack the camera i wouldn't normally pack to stop and take a photo that i wouldn't normally take to talk about a flower i wouldn't normally talk about. regurgitating the days experience. how all consuming it can be at times. and how addictive it is. a good case study for my phd in psych friend. now what road am i taking today that i wouldn't normally take and what will i run into that i wouldn't normally? or would i anyway?

lululemon

lu4
Originally uploaded by poppytalk.

this store is a buzzing all the time here. founded in vancouver, lululemon is the yoga inspired apparel of the west coast.

their stuff is quite nice and worth checking out. even their online "luluzine" has some interesting reads.