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catkin and teasel
catkinandteasel.blogspot.com
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A blog about art, design, music and other things I tend to gesticulate wildly about. By day I'm an Australian textile and graphic designer living and working in Tokyo. By night I'm asleep, generally.
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Ja mata ne

Its been nice, but as youve noticed old C&T has been supremely neglected over the last few months. Ive switched blogging for designing (what I actually do) as I embark on the adventure that is st...

01 mar 12

Nathalie Du Pasquier

 Ive always adored Nathalie Du Pasquiers print designs since I was first introduced to the Memphis movement of the 80s, of which she was a founding designer. The simple, bold and slightly odd ge...

18 nov 11

My Tokyo App for iPad

 Another hiatus! Even though I dont like being too busy to blog, these little absences are always warranted. In this case, Ive just released an iPad app.You may remember (some of you may have ev...

06 nov 11

The Golden Era

 Vogue Italia, 1965 - 1973.July 1967February 1969August 1974February 1965June 1969August 1969September 1970 (was a very good issue, obviously)February 1972October 1973My heart skipped a beat whe...

22 oct 11

Ikko Tanaka

  Another genius of Japanese poster design. Ikko Tanaka established his own studio in Tokyo in 1963, and is credited with developing Mujis identity, where he worked as art director until 20...

13 oct 11

Detail is Forever

 My god can Louise Despont draw.E.

07 oct 11

Sloth-like Behaviour

 As the *second most enjoyable of the seven deadly sins, and also one of my favourite jungle creatures, "Sloth" makes for pretty good concept behind After The Apples latest col...

01 oct 11

Martin Nicolausson: The Doors

   "There are many doors. Surely I will only ever open a very small number of them. I want to know whats behind the others, the doors that I will never get to open."What an int...

22 sep 11

Tokyo Slo-Mode

TOKYO SLO-MODE by Alex Lee, with music by Flying Lotus ft. Thom Yorke. Making me miss Tokyo like whoah. Best viewed in full screen.E.

18 sep 11

Kamakura Walks

Sorry about the big break everyone. My time in Tokyo came to an end a couple of weeks ago.It was pretty difficult to say goodbye, but I have a ridiculous amount of great memories, new friends, creati...

11 sep 11

Antique Gold

 Recent photos of a shoot I styled for Fabian Parkes. It features the lovely Rhianna and Karolina from Image, and a whole lot of fur, velvet and gold. Shot on location at the amazing Just A...

24 aug 11

Juillet Division

Alright, so I said I was going to report on a top-notch shop every month, but you may have noticed I skipped July right after I said that. Its all about the (in) consistency, people. In actual fact, ...

19 aug 11

Eric Hurtgen

  I like to call it the "Designers Triangle".It has been so utterly overused that I feel its now a real cop-out for artists and designers; much like the ubiquitous white Didot type ...

18 aug 11

Toga A/W 2012

"Entwine, Bind, Knot" is the appropriate title of this stunning collection by Toga. Inspired by the Greek meaning "draped clothes", creator Yasuko Furuta has been experimenting w...

11 aug 11

Baby Love

  Occasionally I fall head-over-heels in love with a fashion shoot. This is one of those times."Baby Love" by Josh Olins for V Magazine. Everything about this shoot is beautiful. Th...

01 aug 11

Sebastien Verdon

Swiss artist Sebastien Verdons work is a fascinating take on space, structural matter and what fills "the void". Filling the void of space on my desk is a similar collection of bills and deli...

29 jul 11

Niijima / 新島

Ive been out of the loop. Ive been in tropical paradise. If you ever get the chance to go to Niijima, there are no excuses. See below.For the time being, my whole body aches, Im peeling off sheets of...

19 jul 11

Tom Ngo

 The stunning, technically brilliant drawings and installations of Tom Ngo. Floating structures, staircases to nowhere, beautiful colours and suspended books. Gets my imaginative tick ...

27 jun 11

Above: Level

Kate Bush eat your heart out. A beautiful new collection and some useful party moves by one of my Melbourne favourites, Above. E.

14 jun 11

Howkapow & Playmountain

  Each month Im going to feature one or two exceptional new (or old) stores, share some of my favourite bits & pieces from their catalogue and generally speak pretty well of them.This m...

06 jun 11

Cut and Form

A couple of weekends ago I dropped into one of my favourite Tokyo galleries SCAI the Bathhouse to finally check out the fascinating works of Noriko Ambe. I left the gallery just as baffled ...

03 jun 11

The Bike-Friendly Girls Fashion Guide

Ive been talking about doing this for a while now. Not long ago I bought a brand new little white bike to zip around the burbs of Tokyo on, and it has been serving its purpose very well indeed. When ...

24 may 11

Turkey via Tokyo

Because after all, I am a textile designer and I can go a bit stupid over things like THESE AMAZING CUSHIONS.Spotted on the weekend at Inspiration: Orné de Feuilles in Gakugeidaigaku (学芸大学). Fantasti...

10 may 11

We Beach

Is this turning into a photo blog?Possibly. But hey, its nearly summer and we can finally leave our houses. Theres nothing I like more than a little jolly out of town, and this particular time w...

05 may 11

Bessho Onsen

Get out of Tokyo and get to Bessho Onsen (別所 温泉). This beautiful little village in Nagano-ken is only a couple of hours away by Shinkansen and fulfils the list of perfect weekend ...

25 apr 11

Anrealage

Anrealage = unrealage. This is fashion vs sculpture at its best. Designer Kunihiko Morinaga started the label in 2003, the name being a combination of the words real, unreal and age (but you alr...

22 apr 11

100% Spring

I gave myself three full days. I started with Shinjuku Gyoen on Wednesday, moved on to Nakameguro Canal with my dear mum and aunt on Friday and finally got to the epicentre of drunken springtime reve...

14 apr 11

Oh, Hanami!

Yes, everyone has flower-viewing fever here in Tokyo. I joined the hoards of camera-happy locals on a stroll around Shinjuku Gyoen (新宿御苑) a couple of days ago, and here be the result.Half in the shad...

08 apr 11

Ply

The world of letterpress printing is not one that I can say Ive really delved into. My printing expertise is more in fabric than in paper, and any other knowledge I have stretches to RGB, CMYK and &#...

06 apr 11

Yes, You.

To everyone who helped donate to the Tohoku Earthquake relief, a huge thank you. Together we raised AU$800 which will be deposited to Second Harvest Japan now that Im back in town. If youd like to kn...

06 apr 11

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