Inspiration blog - by PaperNotes

Non traditional baby bike: cool!

I really LOVE this bike for kids... As you know, we like cycling very much in Holland, and will have our kids up on a bike as soon as can sit ;-)

This makes it even cooler! Check out this three-wheeled bike for 'beginners':

 

Peppels - handcrafty inspiration from Lotte van Laatum

Lotte van Laatum is a designer and creative, who's busy with some very inspirational projects. One of them is the "Peppels" project, which I wanted to share on my blog.

For a carecenter (where elderly people live) in Eindhoven, Lotte created a collection of characters. A lot of the centers inhabitants still do handcraft work like embroidery, knitting, etc.

"The peppels are characters based on products which the women knitted in the past. Socks, gloves, mitten and warm water bottle bags in traditional materials and colors were the startingpoint for the peppels." so she tells us at her website.

Together with the people living there, these characters came to existence, among many others...

 

Serge Seidlitz - illustrations

Really like the work of Serge Seidlitz. Cannot remember where I came across his work or website, but some of his illustrations absolutely inspire me... You can find a lot of his work on Serge Seidlitz' website, here's a preview:

Would love bringing across ideas, and the mapping of them, like this:

Serge's work for a Vodafone campaign:

Sam Weber - art and illustrations

Came across the website of Sam Weber, and wanted to share some of his work:

 

Pose Prints: your personal postcards & notebooks

"We believe stationery should be truly unique to you -- and look like you too!" That's the statement the personalized online card-company Pose Prints published on it's website...

How it works?

1. Choose your template

2. Assemble yourself :)

3. Write down your text

4. Send via email or have them printed for you

How much it costs? $50 for 25 cards.

Funny idea, am curious to see how this develops... Check out the Pose Prints website to see more.

Fashion Olympics with Lucy Liu!

Check this out! I am not really into the Olympics, but this Olympic fashion shoot with Lucy Liu from Harpers Bazaar, I can really digg :) Found through Fashionation.

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Silk Jewellery!

A friend of mine started this jewellery brand called Silk. It's being sold already for a while now, and the founders are totally commited to producing the products "fair trade"...

Just wanted to share some pics of the jewels they design, enjoy;

See all the products on their website: Silk Jewels

Fontstruct.com: creating your own fonts

Came across Fontstruct.com on the web, and just needed to share this great tool. With this one, you can create your own fonts, whithout having to be a designer. You just need an idea, some patience and... do it!

A couple of screenshots:

Creating your own letters using different shapes and stuff:

And then finally the end result :)

 

It's amazing to see more and more of these DIY tools popping up for all kinds of causes. I must say I really love this one. Especially because the people who are going to be good in doing this, can share their own fonts with other people too...

More new art by Bellatrix

Blogged about Bellatrix once before, an artist I discovered at Etsy. This work caught my attention in particular...

Stitch Pixie - handmade bags and such

Stitch Pixie makes a lot of things, mainly handbags and such things, in vinyl. Check out some of her creations: