My Deco File

Oh Domino! I just spent the last bit navigating my way through Domino Magazine's new decorating, photo sharing, online inspiration board called My Deco File. It's a place online that lets you organize all of your decorating ideas and images in one paperless space. I'm not completely versed in it yet, but I'm liking the idea, and the little widget that comes along with it (an image grab bookmark) that allows you to save images from all over the web to your My Deco File image library. You get to create image books, look at other people's books (an option to share or not to share), basically a decorator's (and bloggers) dream. Click here to see.

inspiration from letteria

christa from letteria out of switzerland was kind enough to send us a few pictures of her inspiration boards from a post i did a while back. if you haven't seen her work yet, please take a look. it's very inspirational in itself. letteria.ch, letteria.etsy.com and allerliebstblog.blogspot.com/. here's a description of her boards in her words. (thanks christa!)

in my small office, where i share two businesses (a small graphic-design-company and the letteria-letterpress studio), i have three inspiration boards. i use them for samples and to show some snippets, small pieces, cards, papers and more. they are there for creating a color-ambiance to inspire me for upcoming projects. my favorite materials for these boards are simple, calm colored snippets from different magazines, special haptic papers, little items with my own history (perhaps a small silver box from my grandfather who has passed away), also some pictures which i take, prints from inspiring websites, and many more. these inspiration boards are the "living"-part of my office: practically each week i remove something and put new items on it.



as you can see, i have two different types of inspiration boards: the small one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/letteria/2177129613/in/set-72157604482420371) is a white wall where i put some papers on with little photo-glue. the other (http://www.flickr.com/photos/letteria/2070375703/in/set-72157604482420371) are showel-stacks from ikea, which are perfect for hanging things with lovely clips and to put other items above them.

what's on your inspiration board? douglas jones

continuing on the inspiration board series, we're thrilled to share canadian artist, douglas jones' board today and explained by his wife, cartolina card's, fiona richards:

Artist: Douglas Jones
Website: www.douglasjones.com

Doug likes to keep figurative objects around him for inspiration because most of his illustration is human figure-based. He likes to keep inspiration right in front of him when he is drawing and really likes "timeless" vintage imagery, rather than images that are stuck in a specific era. The images on his wall are from some of his favourite illustrators including Jean Dupas and Rockwell Kent. He likes to keep vintage comic and magazine covers close by and he also collects miniature figures, animals etc., which he photographs to help him visualize figures in weird angles.

what's on your inspiration board?

fiona of cartolina cards emailed me with a great idea on a post series. she suggested everyone's inspiration/bulletin boards are constantly changing and it would be fun to see what other artists currently had posted on their boards, and i couldn't agree more. so with that idea to start off, i asked her to send me hers as my first post and introduction to this series. so if you have an inspiration board you'd like to share, please shoot me an email at poppytalkblogATyahooDOTca. i look forward to seeing them!

Artist: Fiona Richards
Company: Cartolina Cards

"My board is a large piece of galvanized roof flashing that I screwed to the wall and painted. It is 3ft by 4ft. Basically I need to have modern and vintage inspiration around me when I am designing. So the board changes often. And what comes down from the board ends up in one of my many boxes of clippings that I rummage through late at night for inspiration (it's an alternative to pulling my hair out!) At the moment the board has a destinctly multi-cultural look which reflects the most recent design phase at Cartolina. Everything from kimono fabric to vintage cowboy imagery. I use the board in a strategic way - placing patterns and images together to see how they look before I work in my sketch book or on the computer."