Safety first

A glow in the dark bike beats the neon-reflector vest style-wise when it comes to safety on the streets. Cambridge Bicycle worked together with Geekhouse Bikes to create this powder-coated bike with glow in the dark paint. The powder-coat is said to be more durable than standard paint. (via Doobybrain)

Alpha loves Joanna

Joanna is a Cypriot blogger who loves...well, fashion! She posts about lovely ladies who have great style from Cyprus with the odd Greek celeb too, from her travels to other cities and fashion show and shoots. Basically, the Cypriot Sartorialist. Alpha Loves Joanna! You can see her blog here.

 

Chevron Crush: {20 Chevron Project Ideas}!!

 {VT Interiors}

 {Santa Barbara Chic}

I just love the Chevron trend. 

It's graphic, bold and makes a statement. Reminds me of Subway Art - lol.

{Coco Cozy}

 {Design Sponge}

 {a little lovely}

 {Honey Pie Design}

{Pinterest}

{City Chic Country Mouse}

 {Made By Girl}

{Live. Like. You}

{Decor Pad}

{Oh My Goods}

{Sugar and Charm}

 {Wallpaper}

 {HGTV}

 {Jcass Designs}

 {Cook You Some Noodles}

 {Sunset Magazine}

 {flickr}

I would love to stencil a Chevron Duvet for my bedroom!!  

Or maybe some pillows.

Have a Wonderful Friday!!

xoxo

PS -- And speaking of Friday -- it's my favorite day of the week!! I can't wait to see what YOU have been doing this week! Come over for the Weekend Wrap Up Party - it's gonna be fun!! The party starts at 6 pm {mst}. I hope you can come!! 

PPS -- the winner of  the 

is: 

Lyndee @ Recovering Craft Horder

Congratulations!!! 

Keep  Kace Face in mind for beautiful accessories!!! Kacey's items are so affordable, PLUS she is offering 10% to Tatertots and Jello readers off ANYTHING in her shop from now until the end of February. Just enter "JELLO" at checkout!! 

Shoe designer: Zuzana Serbak

Slovak graduate Zuzana Serbak shows us the future shape of shoes to come, and they are bold, edgy and stylish. They shapes are structural mainly consisting of two materials and colours. Whether detailed or minimal, the shapes are a nice mix of architectural and organic shapes with smooth clean lines.See her blog here, and a Yatzer post about her shoes here. I'd be curious to see her range extended to bags and belts.

Wine Stains

I don't covet, but I am glad to have done it first. One step ahead of a trend perhaps...

Anaïs Gato's version - July 2010

My design for Pambis Diner's house wines back in April 2010.

Anaïs does have some lovely branding work, particularly Mrs. Eaves, Persephone, and the Baskerville poster (also in-book in Design & Design's annual).

Silver or Black Jewelry Finish? Which Do You Prefer?

Silver or Black jewelry finish? Which do you prefer? 

I recently posted this question on my Facebook page. 

So far, silver is in the lead...







Shiny silver finish?







When I first began making jewelry from broken china (and we're talking nearly 20 years now - yikes!) I would occasionally dabble with the black/vintage/antiqued finishes, but for some reason I always seemed to come back

Africa Unite!

With the World Cup around the corner and the friendly games having started, I feel it's only fair to do a post on Africa, african art and football fever! 

'For South Africa, hosting the WC is an invitation to the world and an opportunity for change. For Nike, this comes in the form of the (NIKE)RED laces campaign, which contributes 100 per cent of the profits from special red shoe laces to help fight Aids in Africa.' WSGN.

The african trend is hot right now, with brands embracing african prints and colours, fashion magazine finally using only black models for africa-inspired editorial stories. Being african myself (as in being born in Johannesburg) for me it's been a delayed embracing by the rest of the world especially the fashion world. In a fashion sense, I know South Africa has amazingly talented fashion designers. The trend is colourful and playful. Africans, like Indians, are extremely practical often reusing raw materials and its very common to find street art made from wires and bottle tops, beads and glass.


I feel Puma's Unity Kit is true to it's players. African players tend to grow up playing on sand fields and after a game are covered in dust, to this subtle gradient from sky blue to sand has a real feel of that and is reminiscent of an african desert. Puma is also the official sponsor of the 12 African national teams.

Puma commissioned Kehinde Wiley for portraits of African football (soccer) players to launch the Puma 2010 World Cup campaign. Below is his painting 'Unity' measuring 9 x 12 feet, his keen eye for design and pattern beautiful captures the spirit of Africa.

This is the inspiration behind the Unity Kit:


You may also be familiar with South African photojournalist Pieter Hugo's project The Hyena & the other Man which were picture of street performers and their muzzled hyenas from Northern Nigeria. Shot in urban shanty towns, the photographs are nearly monochromatic, with only touches of color.

Fashion brand Asos also launched their Africa collection at the beginning of the year, which is part of their Green Room.

Stay tuned...I've got loads more to blog abaout. Next time it will be about the revolutionary world cup stadiums built in SA.