kaleidoscopic

fly a kite

2012-01-25T12:04:00.000-08:00

High up in the theater lobby area - lots of black umbrellas at The Mary Poppins Show.

shadow play

2011-11-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

Good use of shadows on this sidewalk man hole cover.

mural

2011-10-23T13:20:00.000-07:00

Here's a very striking wall mural in Santa Monica painted on the back of a parking lot.

boxes

2011-10-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

Saw this photo op whilst waiting for the school bus. Like the shadows but should have made more of this pic.

show me the way

2011-09-26T17:41:00.000-07:00

Arrows on the road - very graphic!!

shine a light

2011-09-25T20:45:00.000-07:00

Our kitchen light against our newly painted green kitchen wall.

architecture

2011-09-18T13:16:00.000-07:00

downtown building

fave tee

2011-09-17T19:02:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite tees - available from Surfing Cowboy, Venice Beach on Abbot Kinney. Check the store out if you can, some cool retro gear in there.

why the half??

2011-09-17T18:52:00.000-07:00

test posting from mobile device

2011-09-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

Let's see if it works, then

classic sign

2011-09-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

Love this sign and the whole place is great, go on a friday and there are stacks of gleaming classic cars there. Food is not too bad either.

art on the streets

2011-09-17T13:39:00.000-07:00

This was a great expo we went to in the summer hols at the MOCO , all about Graffiti on the streets, the spaces were amazing with some fantastic exhibits.

type//logo

2011-09-17T13:37:00.000-07:00

squirrel!!

2011-09-17T13:36:00.001-07:00

The hound looking very serious and on the lookout for the odd squirrel running across the dog park.

new job!!

2011-09-17T13:35:00.001-07:00

Maybe a change of career for me, Dave's Quality Plumbing

sidewalk signs

2011-09-17T13:32:00.000-07:00

Don't know why I took this I just like the sidewalk signs and also playing with a new app on the iphone which has loads of different filters.

its a dog's life

2011-09-04T12:10:00.001-07:00

Top idea - making use of those old soda crates, from Tom Davie I know my dogs would love them as they spend close to 16 hours asleep these days.

mini inflatables

2011-09-04T12:05:00.000-07:00

How about one of these at the beach this summer, you'll make some heads turn, more at Access-agency

bike hanger

2011-09-04T11:58:00.000-07:00

Top idea on how to store your mountain bike from Quarterre, also some good ideas on storing it on the floor, nice work.

top idea

2010-06-06T19:21:00.000-07:00

Saw this, designed by a Dutch man, clever idea, check out Rooney

fire it up!

2010-05-18T13:59:00.000-07:00

What about these then - wall mounted BBQ tempted but haven't really got a wall to hang it on, will have to keep using my faithful aussie one which by the way fired up first time last weekend.

Company called Focus make these.

pantone chairs

2010-05-18T13:53:00.001-07:00

Nice idea - like these chairs, not sure what colour I would purchase, not for the home maybe a cool design studio somewhere $70 a pop check out a company called Seletti for those. Let's hope they match the swatch book and we don't have to get them reprinted!

hot wheels ad

2010-05-10T12:58:00.000-07:00

u spin me right round

2010-05-07T16:08:00.000-07:00

Spotted this cool little turntable operates by pugging in a USB into your computer available from SPIN Plays 3 Speeds - 33 1/3, 45 And 78 RPM Records, Plays 7", 10" & 12" Records, Fully Automatic Return Tone Arm, Diamond Stylus Needle, Auxiliary Input, Adjustable Tone Control, Dynamic Full Range Stereo Speakers, Vinyl-Wrapped, Chrome Snap Closure, Corner Guards, Metal And Resin Handle, Purchase of this limited edition portable record player includes a one year subscription of the magazine.

retail cabinet

2010-02-27T13:43:00.000-08:00

Saw this great heavily lettered retail cabinet being used as a linen press owned by Val Garland an international make-up goddess she does quite a lot of extensive traveling and every month she takes six Eurostar Paris trips and 14 flights, visits seven cities and does up to 50 interviews. Lots of other cool bold graphics in her house.

nice idea

2010-01-21T17:42:00.000-08:00

Saw this neat idea for a cushion made out of an old flag, striking Graphics and bold colours could work well and brighten that old sofa up.

prickly situation

2010-01-21T17:33:00.001-08:00

After spending two years living here in LA one of my favourite cacti in this one - not sure of the variety, maybe somebody could tell me?

road signs

2010-01-21T17:19:00.000-08:00

Great idea and I saw this in Sydney about 5 years ago they made trays as well from old metal road signs very industrial looking.

subway art

2010-01-21T17:07:00.000-08:00

Like this poster of subway stations in NYC very cool

green fingers

2009-12-03T12:28:00.001-08:00

Though this was a cool idea to train all those wandering plants you have around the house, you can buy them in sets and add more sets as the plant grows neat idea. Check out Flora

a flaky idea

2009-11-11T14:18:00.000-08:00

Find it hard to believe but the cereal giant kelloggs are now individually branding each of their famous flakes. The logo is burned a certain way onto each flake - kelloggs claim the taste will not be affected.

best thing since sliced bread

2009-11-04T18:45:00.000-08:00

I kid you not - bread shoes

i want one!

2009-10-09T16:41:00.001-07:00

Now these are cool made from wood - would love to have been seen with one of these whizzing down the Avenue - great bold colours and graphics, made in the UK by a company called kiddimoto they have some great Vespas as well.

coffee heads

2009-10-09T16:34:00.000-07:00

Sick of drinking out of those paper/plastic cups then take one of these along to your local coffee house for a refill, made of porcelain with a silicon cap nice eh - check it out Chiasso a snip at $18 + PP, and they are dishwasher and microwave safe as well.

fiat bambino

2009-09-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

I love this car the Fiat 500 C (bambino), on Milan’s fashion street, Montenapoleone, 20 fiberglass replicas, the same size and shape as the bambino, have become planters for real trees. Called in Italian “Per fare un albero” (Create a tree), is a joint effort between the City of Milan, Fiat, and artist-designer Fabio Novembr e.

kaleidoscopic watch

2009-09-29T10:20:00.001-07:00

Love this watch, great colours and nice neat idea - sort of an estimation of time not too specific which may not be a good idea in terms of hitting deadlines in my industry, the Cyclops watch.

The little black disc passes over the different colour circles to indicate the time.

top cards

2009-09-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

These are my smart new business cards, each card has a different image on the back, they work well and have had loads of positive comments on them.

tickets please!

2009-09-16T10:38:00.000-07:00

Not sure if you have seen this but have this installed in our Den at home very cool and reminds me of home, a great way to fill a big wall up love the font and its printed on canvas an original.

cool house

2009-09-16T10:27:00.000-07:00

You should check out the reflection pool if you think the exterior is cool, fantastic angles and lines.

Great Architect in Melbourne

world wall

2009-09-16T10:20:00.000-07:00

Just installed one of these great vinyl decals world maps on our kitchen wall - cool what do you reckon. Took a while to put up and we nearly lost Japan!.

The clocks are LA, SYD and UK times so we haven't got any excuses for ringing people up in the wee hours!

yucky

2009-09-16T10:15:00.001-07:00

What about these then - they are your everyday plastic sandwich bag but they have green blotches printed on both sides, made to look like mold on your food, would put me off if I shared my fridge with other office workers. Check out

bold graphics

2009-09-15T12:13:00.000-07:00

Love these super size environmental graphics, very strong and striking, Audi showroom in London by Brand Union would love the classic audi in the showroom.

shine a light!

2009-09-15T11:06:00.000-07:00

Nice idea from Liqui Design wonder if I could use all my bags from the supermarkets I have stored away in the kitchen, one worry would be if the bags set a light.

blinding

2009-04-22T20:17:00.000-07:00

Cool roller blind - wish I had one of these for my youngest who wouldn't sleep! City views available currently are Shinjuku, Tokyo, and Kallio, Helsinki. check it out by Finnish designer Elina Aalto of Fiasko Design each blind is custom made by hand.

stripy

2009-04-17T18:08:00.000-07:00

This is really cool and very similar to the kscope branding - love the exterior and the inside is just as cool it’s in Barcelona’s and it’s a new wholesale flower market — Mercabarna-Flor — near the Barcelona International Airport this stunner was designed by Willy Muller Architects .