Dear Lily, Why You Being This Silly?

"This week Lily Allen’s views on file-sharing have been the hot topic. While some agree with her calls to ’save’ the industry from a fate worse than death, others did not subscribe to the doomsday scenario. One of those is UK musician Dan Bull who has written a brilliant song-come-open letter to Miss Allen."

via Torrent Freak

I Hope My Bike Takes You Straight To Hell

via Lost.

Tavi in Pop

And not knowing where to go next, the adults of the 21st century begin relying on children's unbounded creativity to show them the way.

Tavi for POP magazine.

via Refinery 29

The Smiths

Illustrated discography of The Smiths and Morrissey via Vulgar Picture

Sydney's Dust Storm

My house normally.....

My house at 6.30am this morning...

Woke this morning to what looked like the ravages of bushfire smoke, but instead discovered the intense red haze was from a huge dust storm which covered most of the east of Australia. More amazing pics here. And check out this video....till the end.

Children Do As Children See

Made me think.



via Mamamia.

If You Don't Love Classical Music, You Soon Will.

"Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections. Since 1979, Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. He is known around the world as both a guest conductor and a speaker on leadership -- and he's been known to do both in a single performance. He uses music to help people open their minds and create joyful harmonies that bring out the best in themselves and their colleagues.'

via TED

Paul Thurlby

Limited edition of 200 each Alphabet giclee prints from Paul Thurlby. GBP30 to Australia.

via lmnop

Hello Sandwich at the COFA Spring Fair

Meet the clever Hello Sandwich at the College of Fine Arts Spring Fair today in Paddington. You can buy her pre-loved studio materials, wonderfully re-packaged for your next art project.

Might see you there.

The F**king Weather

Tired of pseudo-sunny dispositions telling you that there may be a chance of some showers or sunny periods today? What the hell does that even mean?

Check out The Fucking Weather for the real deal.

52 Suburbs: A Search For Beauty In the Sydney 'Burbs

" I've lived in Sydney for over 30 years but I've never
set foot in most of its 637 suburbs. Time to dust off the street directory, grab my camera and venture out into the great unknown. My plan? To nose around one new suburb every week for a year, in search of the beauty in the 'burb. Care to join me?"

Louise of 52 Suburbs is a dab hand at photographing some of the beautiful diversity of Sydney. What a glorious idea!

Humanoid

Bit late to the game on this one, but better late than never. I have to agree with Jane, a pilgrimage is in order.

Bold & Noble Prints

The first one reminds me of my nan - she would say this all the time. The second one is a typographic map of the UK and you know how much I love maps.

Printed on 250gsm card stock. GPB38 + GBP10 P&H to Australia from Bold & Noble.

Justine Clarke - I Like To Sing

Justine Clarke makes songs for kids that don't make grown-ups cry with frustration. I can't help singing along to her tunes while my little one twirls and jiggles through the house.

I don't know who is responsible for the inventive animation in some of her clips.

Chairs T by Bruxe & Furni

Awesome Bruxe and Furni collaborative summer t-shirt featuring a who’s who list of mid-century object design icons. US$34 from Bruxe & Furni.

Behind The TEDTalk

Go behind the scenes of a TEDTalk. Also, have you seen the list of the first 500 TEDTalks?

TEDx NSW is on Tuesday night at the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington. Speakers include:

Andy Ridley - executive director of Earth Hour, the global climate change campaign that was held in more than 370 cities, towns and municipalities around the world in 2008, with tens of millions of people taking part.

Paul Gilding - served as CEO of a range of innovative NGO’s and companies in his 35 years as a social entrepreneur. His commentary on The Great Disruption has been picked up by numerous outlets including Pulitzer-winning Thomas Friedman in the New York Times.

John Allsopp - Web pioneer John Allsopp explores how this collapsing of the virtual and the real is creating an "augmented reality". Software developer, long standing speaker, writer, evangelist and self proclaimed expert on all things web development related, John has spent the last 15 years working with and developing for the web.

David Malin - world renowned astrophotographer involved in scientific imaging for over 45 years, initially as a microscopist and later as photographic scientist and astronomer with the Anglo-Australian Observatory.

Might see you there.

Lovely Things At Oeuf

Oeuf

luckyboysunday

Yes. luckyboysunday.

via @ohjoystudio

Kitchen Moderne

1. Skona Hem
2. The Design Files own
3. Shoreditch loft Remodelista
4. Photography by Verne via Remodelista
5. Photography by Sarah Blee for Claudio Silvestrin Architects via Remodelista
6. Levenson McDavid Archtects via Remodelista
7. Photography by John Granen via Remodelista
8. A kitchen in Ghent via Remodelista
9. via Remodelista
10. via Alvhem
11. via Remodelista
12. via Mel Bomba
13. via Desire To Inspire
14. via Desire To Inspire
15. Fernlund Logan architects via Desire To Inspire
16. via Black Eiffel
17. via Content Agency