Upon A Fold Paper Goodness

If you have not yet seen Upon A Fold you must....it is very special.

This is a Paper Block pack to build your own shapes. A$54.

via Inside Out

Blunt Umbrellas

This post would have been more apt before yesterday given it's rained non-stop in Sydney for over a week. Today though it's a sun-shiney day. But I love the look of these umbrellas from New Zealand's Blunt Umbrellas.

I love how umbrellas act as our own portable shelter. The engineering required is so lovely. From A$78.50.

Neue's Type & Cities Project

Neue is an online magazine about two things: type and cities. Three times a year they release the best entries received from around the works for design using their city of choice. The first cab off the rank? New York. Next up? Barcelona.

Louisa Dawson's Temporary Displacement

If you went to visit Sculpture by the Sea then you probably rememeber Louisa Dawson installation Temporary displacement (2005) now on show at Newcastle Regional Art Gallery 's courtyard.

Steve Martin's Business Card

photo from here

via Two Thousand

Bird In The Hand Design Challenge

The Bird In Hand zine shop in Newcastle is holding a design challenge for local designers and artists.

'The design challenge for 2010 will be themed ‘Bird in the Hand’ and will see emerging designers and artists creating an image that will be screenprinted onto t-shirts, tote bags and postcards.

This is an exciting opportunity for emerging local artists to see their work printed on merchandise and their profile well-represented in local arts scene and media.'

Go here for more details.

Suburban Type - Sydney Typographic Maps

Capitalising on the typography / map craze (here, here, here and here) comes our own Sydney versions!

A$25 from here.

Be advised of new suburb releases by adding your name here

We Buy Your Kids

There is some extremely excellent design going on with Sydney's Sonny Day and Biddy Maroney of Webuyyourkids, including this identity for Dean Man Espresso in Melbourne.

French Label Calla

*sigh*

Calla

via Refinery 29

Artist & Video Game Blogger's Home

Check out the house tour at Apartment Therapy.

Robin Schwartz: Child & Animal

Robin Schwartz photographs her daughter with a menagerie of animals. Watch out Bindi Irwin.

via Carli Hyland.