Berndhaut Smilde

Berndhaut Smilde is a unique artist who creates in door clouds, a truly original idea! He will be exhibiting at the Saatchi Gallery from 25th April, so it's definitley worth a visit!  Pure simplicity.

DIY Jewellery

George Osborne should have included this in his budget. Looooove this! Found it on StumbleUpon, so I'm heading down to a DIY store on Saturday so I can make one of these for myself. Marvellousssssss...will keep you posted on the end result.

Selfridges' short film project

Selfridges is doing a short film project. Finishes 25th March so get down there quickly! Details here:
http://style.selfridges.com/womensdesignergalleries/thefilmproject

A screen on the ceiling looks like a recipe for some serious snoring.

Lochranza Premium Whisky

Part of the idea of my blog was to make it an outlet for anything creative. An online gallery if you will...
Ben Braithwaite is a graphic design student in his final year, his latest project was to design a whisky bottle. The concept of his Whisky brand called Lochranza was that it is "elegant, smooth, feminine, simple design with no traditional labels putting it right into the 21st Century, appealing to an international female market."

The idea behind the bottle design is highlighting that whisky is a blend from these two parts of Scotland. This bottle elegantly shows the "Highland Boundary Fault, the division between the Highlands and the Lowlands."

The stylish drip on the bottle "represents water flowing from the Highlands down through the Lowlands, to create the drip at the end, a premium drop of whisky created from the blending of whiskies from the Highlands and lowlands. He [I] chose the colour blue/purple, to represent Scotland and the fact that the drip is water."

The concept and simplicity of the bottle makes it a winning combination. If you have any questions or your interested in any of Ben's work please contact us. You can also find him on twitter @benjiham

Britain is Great

The new ad encouraging Britons to holiday at home is simple yet marvellous involving Stephen Fry, Michelle Dockery, Julie Walters and Rupert Grint it shows us why you don't need to go abroad to have an amazing holiday. Although for me the Visit Scotland ads take the biscuit everytime.

It's been one of those Monday's

The day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday.

Tate Modern

Two weekends ago I made an attempt to go to the Tate Modern to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibition with Rach, Ben and Archie. Probably not the best idea to go to a busy art gallery when you have only had 2 hours sleep...We spent a good half hour sitting on the floor looking at The Unilever Series by Tacita Dean in the Turbine Hall (shown above). It's a silent film projected onto a white monolith standing 13 metres tall, the idea is to celebrate the original techniques of analogue film-making. I don't really see why a film showing a pile of dirt, stairs and some walls with the occasional tree thrown in there is celebrating the art of analaogue film...but maybe that's why I'm not a film maker. Needless to say we didn't make it to the Kusama exhibition but headed to a pub instead. Bloody Mary's and Monopoly Deal.
At some point we also made it to the Wallace collection, much quieter and art I actually like...there were even a few Gainsborough's, Titian's, Rembrandt's and Poussin's stashed away.

Damn Your Eyes AC....

Damn Your Eyes. Alex Clare.

When Doves Cry. Alex Clare.