Inspiration blog - by PaperNotes

Before & after - cool design idea for bedroom

Love this, found via Design*Sponge:

Art by Danielle West

Danielle is an art graduate from Ontario, Canada. Like her style. Quote from her own site: "Born of the unconscious, her doodled characters dictate their own strange stories, and let the viewer - and artist - take and leave what they will."

See her website for more inspiration.

100 inspiring lectures for young enterpreneurs

Amber was so kind to let me know about this useful post for young enterpreneurs... They feature 100 different lectures for inspiration in starting up your own business. Read more here.

Hugo Kaagman at the Zuiderzee museum

Last Saturday I visited the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen, Holland. A Dutch artist called Hugo Kaagman has airbrushed a room and hallway in on of the old Dutch houses over there.

At first I didn't really notice the contents, but after taking a better look I saw a lot of humor in it... In this piece of art he combines the typical Delftblue with modern interpretations of Dutch culture.

Here's some more pictures:

"Exploring other cultures made Kaagman aware of his own culture and he started to research motifs that are typically Dutch. He feels strongly that these should be preserved and combines them with contemporary and foreign motifs. Kaagman’s work is also a vehicle for his ironic comment on political or contemporary events." his website tells us.

Definitely worthwile to share for inspiration, right?

Meet Thounds.com: creating & sharing music

This fresh social-music-network is very interesting to take a look at. Thounds.com has just been released and wants to connect all kinds of people creating music. Thounds will facilitate for them to share, debate on, collaborate and create music together...

"Thounds gives way to inspiration, by cutting the recording process to a simple action. Users can record and share their music ideas very easily because third applications or soundcards are not required, hence people will record live instead of uploading audio files." Founding fathers are Francesco Fraioli, Davide Bartolucci and Gian Maria Girardi.

Thounds - what music are you thinking? from Thounds on Vimeo.

Damn Fine Tea - if this doesn't increase the coolness factor of tea...

Really like that different brands are experimenting with stylish or arty designs for tea products. As a real tea lover, I'm already a fan of Revolution tea and Mr. Jones, but Damn Fine Tea even goes a step further. Am really inspired by their approach!

Found via Lost at E Minor.

For my fellow tea lovers some pics of Revolution and Mr. Jones...

Absolutely inspiring person - Gary Vaynerchuk

Ok, I'm a bit late in sharing this - for my Dutch readers at least - since Gary spoke at the Dutch Emerce eDay last week...

Here's a short clip from his presentation and see a lot more at Gary's website.

Etsyfind: Sascalia mixed media art

Came across the work of Sascalia at Etsy. Like her work, it's truely inspirational. Am especially attracted to her art because of the abundant use of colors and the charming sceneries.

The looks of 20 popular websites at their launch date

Funny to see this... See the looks of 20 popular websites in this article at Telegraph.co.uk.

Thanks @ Giedrius for spotting the article.

Origami tea bags

A Russian creative made extremely cool teabags. When putting them into boiled water, they uncover to be real pieces of origami artwork. Love the idea! See more of Natalia Pnomareva's work here.

Found via Dutchcowgirls - thanks @ Ilona.