Monthly Archives: September 2013

So Suno Me

We have of course written about Suno before – the New York-based label that works with African prints – but their Spring collection was so beautiful and given their recent CFDA prize win we felt it certainly worthy of post. Bold checks, zebra-print hems and monchrome paint swashes, Suno are famous for their medley of… Read more »

Darshun

Indian artist Manjari Sharma has created these beautiful and elaborate photographs depicting popular Indian Gods and Goddesses from Hindu mythology. While the imagery is ever present in Indian culture, never has anyone attempted to bring to life the drawings and paintings of such worshiped figures. 35 craftsmen in India built sets, props, prosthetics, costumes and… Read more »

Rebel With A Cause

Although social media has been a storm with Prada’s amazing Spring 2014 collection we couldn’t resist a write-up on Miuccia’s rebelle fleurs. Inspired by Latin American street artists and muralists, like Mexico’s Diego Rivera, Prada commissioned six female artists – El Mac from the United States, Mesa from Spain, Gabriel Specter from Canada, Stinkfish from Colombia,… Read more »

Hey Pinky

Is it just us or is pink everywhere? Candy, salmon, coral, baby, bubblegum, it’s the sweetest and girliest of colours. It strange to think that colour take on expressions and meanings. Who comes up with these ideas? Why is pick considered to be the colour of femininity? We love this Dazed & Confused shoot dedicated… Read more »

Monette & Mady Malroux

We stumbled across this article in New York magazine about Parisian identical twin sisters Monette & Mady who live their lives as one. They wear the same clothes, live together, eat identical portions of food and finish each others sentences. They speak of themselves as ‘we’, never ‘I’. Photographer Maja Daniels has been working on… Read more »

Stampel

Stampel products are the designs of Andrea Shaw who works to create “unique, colourful, functional yet playful and environmentally responsible” pieces that serve to make our world a brighter, happier and aesthetically pleasing place. From patchwork scarves, ombre spray vases (inspired by spray painted surf boards), patterned boxes, shelves, beads, and macrame plant holders Andrea… Read more »

Spring Florals

Fashion season begins, kicking off with NYFW! The spring collections are always the most exciting for print, it’s almost impossible to stay on top of it all! We spotted Ostwald Helgason‘s prints and definitely felt they were worthy of our attention. The main idea for design partners Susanne Ostwald and Ingvar Helgason behind the collection… Read more »

Apocalypse Now

Hugo Barros is a Lisbon-based collage artist. All his collages are handmade using old photography magazines to create new images with entirely new meanings. Hugo plays with composition and scene to create arresting imagery with quite dark tones.

Penny Lane Profile: Zoya Kraus

Zoya Kraus is one of those enormously talented people who has creativity and skill can be applied across such a wide range of mediums. Painting, illustration, textiles and even body art Zoya channels her love for colour anywhere she can. She lives in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, with her 3 children whose… Read more »