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PEAS IN A POD, BARNES HIGH STREET

Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton

There is something afoot on Bond Street and it's not what you would expect. It's not the usual row of discreetly tasteful shopfronts; Yayoi is in town and has joined forces with Marc Jacobs over at...

Dense

My favorite type of pattern. A busy, saturated field of shapes that can merge or remain static. The very best of patterns is always found in nature. Taken on the river path between Barnes and...

August Roundup

Because I've been feeling too busy to create any worthwhile blog posts, I thought I'd share a round up of the best that PatternLondon has had to offer for the month of August. VICTORIA MIRO...

Movement

MIDNIGHT BEACH DANCES

PatternLondon DIY: The Desk

1. Take one old pine piece of furniture that your parents are getting rid of. 2. Cover all the knots twice with a Knotting Solution. Leave to dry. 3. Remove all knobs. This makes it much easier to...

FashionWeek is coming

Get ready for patterns disguised as flowerpots, hairstyles disguised as mops, legs disguised as pipe-cleaners and flashbulbs disguised as oxygen. Best of all, get ready for collaged flowery...

Toilets at Tate

I quite like how over time, messages to Tate Britain's visitors have been erased, re-written and lost. Any guesses to what the original text could have been?'Escape Inside' is what I see..

FLOWER FOREST FLORIST

FLOWER FORESTThese flowers had been planted by the local community to harness a more diverse range of insects and birds. Instead they harnessed me with a crazed-vision of acid colours and vibrant...

Spotted, Striped, Shiny & Spiked #6

Lulworth Cove, fallen from a great height and merged with the Jurassic Coast. Maybe.

The Bucket Tree at Lulworth Cove

Seaside capitalism

Designers Guild vs John Lewis

The boy and I are buying a house. It won't be ready for a while, but we're still getting rather excited anyway. I loved this. The boy didn't. When I say I loved it, what I really mean is that I...

Wooden windows on The Esplanade

Weymouth

Kopapa, Covent Garden

Having spent quite a bit of time in New York, I have fairly high expectations when it comes to a satisfying, inventive, or just downright traditional breakfast that can be enjoyed with friends, and...

Sailing along at Weymouth

The mother and I took a trip down to Weymouth to see how the Olympic preparations are going for the sailing events. Everything looked in order and there was a definite buzz in the area; after a...

Zakynthos

I've been in Greece. Zakynthos to be precise. 7 days of calm, sleep, swimming and eating a lot of feta, tomatoes and cucumber. A much needed revitalisation experience before the mad few months that...

Acid Party House

via AnotherLove This is a Keith Haring illustration used as the lead image for a 1980s flyer for a rave in north London. I love the wonky, had made, hand drawn mishmash of elements. Design isnt...

London in the Raw!

Choi Jeong-Hwa

Korean artist, Choi Jeong-Hwa outside and underneath Hayward Gallery as part of Festival of the World. The third picture is part of my contribution to Chois project; the mass sewing together of...

Damien Hirst takes a bite of Tramshed

Imagine my surprise when I heard of yet another adventure involving Damien Hirst and his vitrines. Not very surprised at all then. But theres a difference. This time, the vitrine is placed slap...

Before the rains...

3rd June 2012

The Kiss- Ben Hyland

The Kiss by Ben Hyland, via Aesthetica Magazine People make patterns too

Long live Punny!

someone please give them a slap on the back and a medal Dominic Conrad via Shit London Shit London Awards

Brighton-London

Another trip to Brighton today for a project were working on with five schools down there. The visit was conducted in the cold, grey rain which I think suits english stations rather well. Something...

True blue, baby I love you

via Topshop.com

Get your Wrap on

Its a magazine and it can be recycled. Not like that, like that. Wrapping paper. Thats right. A feast for your eyes and then your hands. Like porn, but much more useful. Seriously, though, Wrap...

It started with a love affair with The Bourne Family..

and strengthened via teenage years spent in Zurich, which particularly relishes a smooth, concrete finish. Given its stark starting point, concrete proves itself to be a beautiful thing- its...

79 Waterloo Road

Formerly an Indian takeaway, under the arches of the Waterloo train tracks. Now a covered doorway and most likely inhabited by creative squatters.

Tangled Up in Blue

I love Cornish fishing villages. We went to Portscatho yesterday on the Roseland Peninsula. It feels like another world, even more cut off and timeless than the rest of the mainland. Fishing rope...

Power of 3

Gyllyng Street, Falmouth If George Shaw is ever looking for further inspiration..