What a delight to see our Alphabot print amongst some great kiddie inspiration on the shopping pages of Junior magazine.
Category Archives: Fun
Happy Paper
We spotted these colourful mobiles by Fraizer & Wing on the Living Etc blog and have to agree they most certainly brightened up our spirits here at Bold & Noble HQ!
Rock ‘n’ roll bride
We love a wedding and were very touched when a friend found our Type Map being used as the happy couple’s table plan on the Rock n Roll bride blog (brill website if you’re planning nuptials yourself). Each table was assigned a town and address labels showed where their guests would be sat. All the best to Jo & Olga, great wedding snaps!
Holiday snaps
Just back from a lovely week on the Sintra coast in Portugal. It was a lazy one, we saw lots of pretty things, ate way too much, jumped lots of big waves and forgot to post the postcards – will this do instead?!
Ok go!
It is pretty grey outside but things are bright and sunny between these four walls thanks to OK Go’s new ‘White Knuckles’ video! Their single take videos are genius and guaranteed to cheer up the dullest day.
This way!
Our Doctors is ‘at sixes and sevens’ as my Nana would say. Extensive building work means they’re rerouting patients around the vast building to various waiting rooms. I loved the temporary signage, someone with a mischievous mind could have a lot of fun with them!
Eweleaze
I doubt UK residents are looking for campsite recommendations right now, but if you’re happy to brave the weather, take a trip to Eweleaze in Dorset before the end of the month. It is a gem of a campsite with organic farm shop, composting toilets, solar showers, great grub and a friendly festival atmosphere, fires are allowed and at night the chinese lanterns floating out over the bay are mystical. Here are some snaps from our rather damp but tranquil weekend down there, courtesy of our pals Matt and Algy.
Let’s do it!
I had forgotten all about this genius Victoria Wood sketch until it was repeated on the telly the other night. She was a family favourite when I was growing up and it still makes me weep with tears – I guarantee you’ll be doubled up!
Paris – part 1
A while ago I promised some continental news from the Paris design show and now we’re post chicken pox, I can deliver. We ate croissants morning, noon and night (Granny, Wilf and I) and ended up sharing a bed in our tiny rented Montmartre apartment which was interesting with a fidgety 20 month old, but all in all it was fun and enlightening. It is a vast show with too many beauties to put on one blog post, so here are some treats from the Belgium contingent for starters…
Everything about Domani’s stand was inspiring – products, display, lighting, even the giveaway sweeties were well received.
Ateliers Bodart & Vange had some innovative products too, in particular Christian Desile’s folding chair and the slinky style bench by Charles Kaisin.
Atelier Vierkant’s creations are bold and beautiful, perfect colour and form. Oh to have a huge garden and an even bigger budget.
Musical motivation
The studio music has a big impact on my work rate. I was on a go slow last week with the Fleet foxes and Bon Iver, never again. Thankfully I’ve turned a corner with Roxy Music and T-Rex today and I’m probably burning off quite a few calories too with all my joggling about. That’s one good thing about working on your own, you’re safe from ridicule. This one is also a guaranteed productivity booster for me, plus there is a quirky accompanying video which reminds me of Scooby Doo adventures.
