All the buildings in NY

This is so cool....

Australian illustrator, James Gulliver Hancock is currently based in New York and has one goal; to draw all of the buildings in New York (hence the name of his blog). 

“I’ve traveled a lot, as most artists do, and I’ve developed this weird relationship with each city I’ve visited,” he said.  “They become like friends, and I want to record them.”

As far as his obsession with drawing goes, he’s at ease with it.  

“It started pretty early with me,” he said.  “As a creative, it’s a way to organize my environment.  It’s part of how I see things.”

He talks of how he finds it almost impossible to put his pen down at times, even at restaurants Hancock scribbles away on napkins or whatever he can find to doodle on. Hancock says he often finds discarded sketches from lunches, framed and on friends' walls, funnily enough. 

Either way James has a long way to go, he's unsure if he will be able to literally draw each and every building in New York, but he is willing to try. 

You can follow his illustrative journey through New York by checking out his blog:

www.allthebuildingsinnewyork.blogspot.com

His prints are also for sale, so why not buy a little piece of New York?

Prices starting at $30 for an 8.5" by 11" sized print, ranging through to $90 for a 17 by 22" print.

Love,

Danielle x

Tea time

So I recently had a brief at school to design packaging for a trio of fictional teas, any flavours, along with your own branding. And I can actually say that I thoroughly enjoyed it! Probably because I am a bit of a tea fanatic to begin with, but it made me realise that I actually really enjoy package design and that at times it is a bit of an over looked area of design.

So in my researching current tea designs, I came across the following gorgeous range of Marks & Spencer caffeine free teas, whose beautiful packaging was designed by illustrator and cartoonist; Stuart Kolakovic.

Kolakovic who does some really amazing, whimsical yet almost story book like illustrations; well worth checking out his website to look at some of his previous work if you have the time.

I wouldn't even care what flavours these teas were I would buy all of them, they are all so darn scrumptious! I'm particularly fond of the detox tea (the pink one) but then again they all look so cute together! They kind of remind me of old soap boxes but I think that makes me like them even more!

It's almost a shame that there is only three in the series, I would love to see more! I can just imagine a minty green box and a zesty orange coloured one to add to the collection.

Love, 

Danielle

xx

I Heart NY

I found these beautiful photo's of New York on a blog somewhere ages ago, but i've conveniently forgotten where they came from. Either way I think they are stunning.

I think they have a weird, eerie sense of calm about them, but I like that. 

I think simple architecture is so underrated sometimes... how can you not see beauty in these?

Happy viewing!

Love Danielle xx