Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts

Wednesday, 12 February 2014

FURNITURE LOVE

Furniture is another interest that's with me since college. I even got a specialization in furniture design. In my former activity as an Architect I often was asked to make a piece or so to decorate and refurbish apartments. In bigger projects, like house planning, I worked out the space planning the interior with special care to the furniture design and built-in cabinets. It's a very interesting process, to fill in a home fitting the needs of a specific family.
Because of my preferably and taste on furniture. I've been collecting pieces, not physically though. I would like to share a few of my findings with you. I hope it inspires you.



Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

GUEST POST: Summer is finally here!....

It's 42º today. I'm in Lisbon visiting family and I can't think. My body is too busy sweating. The "be careful what you wish for" thing feels very true right now: I longed for hot sunny days all winter but now I am longing for London's cool nights again! 

I am unable to write much this time. Apart from sweating my body's other favourite activities are nodding and bathing in cold water, just any cold water. None of these are very productive but try and run your business with 42º days and 32º nights... it's like living inside soup!

In order to save my energies for refrigerating related activities, I leave you a selection of summer related works by some of my favourite Etsy illustrators: Bold graphics, outdoor life, bright colours, happy themes, flowers and birds. And not a single drop of sweat, bliss!

Enjoy and have a Happy Summer !  

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

GUEST POST: Collage Art on Etsy.

Collage, from the French: coller, to glue, is a technique primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork results from the assemblage of several different parts, forms and textures, thus creating a new whole.


The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique become very popular in the early 20th century with artists such as Braque and Picasso.



Collages collect the individual character of different found objects and pictures to create an entirely new picture. This can be achieved by combining newspaper and magazine clippings, lace, packaging, paper tickets, posters, old post cards, bits of colored or handmade papers, sections of existing photographs and artwork all combined into a new artwork.



Collage is still very popular today. Many contemporary artists still use scissors and glue to create their collages while others use modern digital photography software to create digital collages of digital pictures and scanned found material.

Pic 06: Ilustrado 42 by Rob
The end results can often be not only beautiful and interesting but also o surprising and surreal. Some can make you smile, others can make you cringe, some will take you back to a bygone era, others will take you into the future or a new world. You may like them or hate them but it is impossible to remain indifferent to these creations.


All pictures in this article are examples of only some of the most exciting collage artists on Etsy. You can find out more about them and their work there.

              Written by Pedro Vieira

Saturday, 20 August 2011

City Stickers Moo Competitions

A few weeks ago I was invited to participate in the City Stickers competition with my Koalita Craft stickers. I made an entree and guess what? I won, isn't it great?
This has been a very good month :)
A few days ago I also won a voucher to spend in Stiched with love uk shop. The luck is smiling at me.

Monday, 13 June 2011

Old Work

A baby boy bedroom decorated by "Fada Traquina", now Koalita Craft. I had lots of fun and care for details on this project. I love the result.

Friday, 11 March 2011

Business card has arrived!!!

I'm really pleased with the result. What do you think?

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Temporarily


Just this month to make some refurbishments and to design our new website and image... come back later and see what we've been preparing for you.
If you are a creative person (designer, illustrator...) or you know one, we are looking for a talented person to design our logo and some other stuff (business card, thanks cards, postcards, stickers...). Please if you are interested just let us know, leave a comment or send us an email.