Cardiff - Sunshine and Blue Skies

From top: Cardiff Castle, The Angel Hotel, The gates of Cardiff Arms Park

The Fun Theory

Happy New Year!

I am starting the new year with inspiration from the beautifully bright, block colours seen in these vintage railway posters, a great contrast to the dull grey weather outside! Many were designed by Norman Wilkinson.

Alphonse Mucha

The whimsical world of Mucha; the pattern, detail, and colour all combine to create these magical images.

Battleship Dazzle

Dazzle Camouflage was an attempt by artist Norman Wilkinson to confuse the opposition by applying these obscure patterns to the ships for protection.

Charlie Todd for TED

A great talk from Charlie Todd, and the great power of shared experiences and an example of positive therapy on the underground!

Improv Everywhere

Gulp - Animation at a BIG scale

Our World is Wonderful

Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.

https://twitter.com/#!/Dustin_Farrell

Interactions and Expression of Dance

Future/Proof

The power of movement at a prime.....

FUTURE PROOF from The DMCI on Vimeo.

A New Global Movement

IMAGINE......

https://twitter.com/#!/_FightingSpirit

Industrial Revolutions, Concrete Circus

The Draughtsman's Arms

For the WHAT NOW! Exhibition at Marylebone One Church this week, which is looking at the role of the architect in todays society. Gundry & Ducker Architects have created a pop up bar called The Draughtsman's Arms. We etched the interior of a pub on CAD, looking at the advancement in technology and the change in role of the architect from the past to the present. The Bar is a room and a drawing.

Robert Dawson

Since Studying the Willow Pattern for an architecture project (http://www.louisabarfoot.com/Ladywood_Masterplanning_Collection_4.html), I have become very fascinated by its history and its prominence in todays kitchens and dressers. This reinterpretation of the pattern by Robert Dawson caught my eye, and made me look at the historic pattern with a new light.

Here is another use of perspective by Dawson that has been applied to ceramic tiles, to create an optical illusion.

Unknown Beautiful Light

 I am unsure of where I originally sourced this image from, the light in itself is beautiful and I can only imagine the intricate shadow that it casts. If anyone knows who it is by please let me know.

Studio Weave

Freya & Robin

Kielder Water

Clare Halifax

Lovely illustrations, using pattern and pen

Kate MccGwire

The art of a thousand feathers!

Frederic Chaubin, Cosmic Communist Constructions

"Neither modern nor postmodern, like free-floating dreams, they loom up on the horizons like pointers to a fourth dimension"

Frederic Chaubin

JR Inside Out project

                            
                          TED Prize Winner JR & INSIDE OUT from TED Prize on Vimeo.

The Real Life 'Up' House

National Geographic and the programme 'How hard can it be', have made the unimaginable a reality.

Quentin Blake

I adore Quentin Blake's illustrations, they just make me happy!

Her Morning Elegance