So funny, so smart: Christoph Niemann


What a cutie.

Christoh discusses how he divides up his 9 hour work day.
(Love the second guessing and 'Inspiration' sections!)

Christoph explains the balance he requires in order to limit stress:
1 wildly creative job with no limitations for every 3 dull ones!
His feelings during the creative process

Today I watched the Creative Morning video from April with Berlin based Illustrator + Designer Christoph Niemann.
Insightful + hilarious and filled with great metaphorical drawings to illustrate his points.
My favourite point: His belief that assignments with 100% creative freedom can be very stressful. As a big fan of limitations I agree!

*Highly recommended for anyone working in a creative field.*
Do yourself a favour and watch this.

Dinner at Delux


Delux 92 Ossington Ave.

Love this personalized honeycomb tile that Delux had made for their exterior step.
A beautiful custom touch that made me want to come for dinner here -
because YES - I choose restaurants based on the interior design - not the menu.
Are we surprised?

Inside warm + woody interiors with great lighting.

Delicious dinner topped off with the house specialty: Homemade donuts with chantilly cream. Kinda to die for.
Photos via Jonathon Yule.

New work: Ad for Trend fabrics


Here is an ad I did recently for Trend fabrics.
I love assignments where my illustration is combined with photography.
The room with panelling and books reminds me a little of the library drawing in the Clue Game which was a huge inspiration as a kid.

For a peek behind the process here is one of the first sketches. As you can see we went in a much cleaner direction. Art director Denise Espinosa.

What I've been up to: Lots of Limey Green


Choosing colour for my kitchen + part of studio
Beautitone's F 130 Cactus: A great limey green - also known as chartreuse!

Starting the job
The green works really well as a zingy complement to the subdued chelsea grey in the space.

Alas this is not my kitchen but it was the inspiration for the colour.

I couldn't spend 10,000.oo on new cabinetry so decided to bring this hue + quirky vibe to my space with a 26.00 litre of paint. :-)

After pics coming soon!
ps. am very happy with this green however if you'd like something more yellowy I've also used Ben Moore Eve Green + Citron. Both great too.