Bigfish strikes again!

Popped into sainsbury's last night for a few bits, and spotted some very scrummy packaging design in the cake section (I wasn't buying for me btw, my Dad and Pauline are coming to stay today so I wanted to get a few traybakes in, in proper Norn' Irland style!).
Mr Bunbury's cakes do indeed look "sincerely delicious"; I think I was smitten again by the illustrated and hand-lettered style. I'm a sucker for great handwriting! And when I checked the small print, guess who had done the design.... Yep, that's right, Bigfish strikes again! The official website is still in the pipeline, but they've got a holding page up at the moment, with a cute little competition. Will keep an eye on this one!

Clipper Tea

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One of the things that I discovered on my fab weekend away was that Clipper Tea have had a makeover. I'm loving their new packaging design, which taps into a trend for illustration and hand-lettering.
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I did a bit of digging and the redesign was done by a company called bigfish, who also did the packaging design for Dorset Cereals and Belvoir Fruit Farms (whose cordials have more yummy hand-lettering on the labels). Fab!

London, baby!

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I had the most amazing weekend in London with my ladies- Bea, Cathers, Rach and Shannon. We stayed in a hotel in Kensington and had a great time- good food, fabulous company and real quality time. I love this being my birthday year! I'm totally claiming my new decade! Photos of our trip can be found here.

rip it up and start again

so, welcome to my new blog. i've decided that now is the time to really get to grips with what it is that i want to write about- good design. i'm feeling so inspired at the moment by design, rediscovering crafts and learning new skills, and i'm hoping this blog will be a repository for what i'm learning. hopefully this will be the blog that breaks away from my previous navel-gazing introspection and moves to a celebration of all the things that bring me life!