Adding to my perfume collection, I love the packaging.

Our Own Alphabet

In celebration of their centenary, The State Library of New South Wales is releasing a typeface comprised of elements taken from items within their catalogue.

For each letter in the project, there is a summary of the texts and objects which have been used to create it, which is a great way of publicising the libraries’ collection.

Working closely with the State Library, Design agency Frost* came up with a way to take fragments of visuals of our collections and compose them into letters of the alphabet. This creative process began with O, U and T, and so began our campaign to take the Library OUT into the community.

Visit the centenary website to view the project.

1. Andrew Bird (44)
2. The Kills (13)
3. Trentemøller (13)
4. Vampire Weekend (13)
5. Sufjan Stevens (12)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

somethingfortheladies:

Amanda Mary-Kay, Bearing Sails.

All right. You’re going to hunker down and press that little play button up there.

You’re going to listen for a bit. Appreciate the silence. And here comes a dreamy, minimalist tune to complement your hot chocolate and wintery view. As short as Bearing Sails is, the brevity makes it almost an appetizer for what’s to come.

Mandi Tully has just started on the path to musical success, but any of her songs on Myspace leave no doubt that she’s going somewhere.

So pretty, I’m a fan. Mandi also has a Tumblr account: http://youarebeautiful.tumblr.com/

I made pizza to share with Jadey

Normally when the first thing I read about in the morning is another To-Do app I feel queasy. The market of GTD apps and productivity boosters is pretty well saturated.

Teux Deux feels like a breath of fresh air. It looks a bit like a breath of fresh air as well. It does what a lot of To-Do apps don’t. It just does To-Do’s.

The juggling act of dealing with tags, contexts, lists, sub-lists, projects becomes a project in itself. Perhaps that system of anal organisation works for some – but I think designers will respond to the simplicity and ease of Teux Deux, which conveniently enough is its intention.

Personally, I think it’s going to work extremely well in conjuction with the 18 Minute Plan.

Teux Deux was designed by swiss miss and built by Fictive Kin.

I started using Teux Deux at the end of last week, and think it’s awesome. My handwritten to-do lists always go astray.

1. Department of Eagles (18)
2. The Dodos (15)
3. Bowerbirds (10)
4. Phosphorescent (8)
5. Animal Collective (6)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Oh I love love love this track. It was love at first listen on a freebie Spunk sampler which came with an Andrew Bird purchase one day.

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The Middle East – Blood

I blame the focus fail on the wine. But true to my rules, I was only allowed to take one picture.

Laura would prefer no photos

Antony

Laura & Ant

Lauras bird, I think he should be called Henry