Janine Vangool of Uppercase on Herman Miller Blog

Uppercase Editor + Publisher Janine Vangool is featured on the Herman Miller blog today. Janine's space is bright + beautiful and contains my big orange scissor print.
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Another angle: Wow Janine sure is organized + tidy....

Lovely copies of uppercase magazine. That great bird cover is by Anne Smith.

ps. Breaking news: Uppercase is now being carried in Anthropologie stores in North America. Congrats Janine!!

Copyright Alanna Cavanagh 2012

New Greek Vase pattern

This is a reworking of a pattern I originally posted about here.


Greek vases in Cerise
copyright Alanna Cavanagh 2012


Greek Vases in Limey green
copyright Alanna Cavanagh 2012


Above is my original pen + ink sketch which I used to created the patterns.

*If you would like to license this pattern please contact my rep Shelley Brown at i2i art.
shelley@i2iart.com www.i2iart.com 416 505 - 9522

Social Media Explained by Mac Web Guru Douglas Wray
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Press: Style at Home

Photo by Donna Griffith. Interior Design by Carol Reed.

Three of my silkscreen prints (S is for swing, Alphabet legs + abc typewriter) appear in the home office of real estate agent Kara Reed in the lastest issue of Style at Home magazine. Fun fact: Kara Reed is Sarah Richardson's Real estate agent + advisor on HGTV's show "Sarah's house". Neat. I had no idea Kara had three of my prints.

(Thanks to my decor women Kim + Margot for letting me know about this article. They are always on top of everything. :-))


Alphabet legs print

Because the photo looks terribly blurry in blogger* (GRRR) I've included some close ups of the prints from my own archive above + below.


S is for swing print

Big ps! The workspace article also includes the cheerful DIY home office below of Jennifer Flores + Sean Stanwick of Rambling Renovators.


Their space contains an ingenius IKEA hack that totally impressed me: An Expediet shelf turned into wallmounted cubbies! Isn't that great?

Gee.... sure would love to get some hacked Expediets mounted over here at Chez Alanna! SIGH.

Man this is a good quote.

People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.

- John Maeda

Some experiments with pastel + collage

I've been experimenting with pastel and collage the past 2 weeks.
I find this medium and technique is helpful for warming up.
(The fat tulips + bridge shapes are influenced by Lucienne Day + Marion Mahler)




I love the effect one gets from cutting out shapes with scissors. They usually have a nice unplanned vibe to them which I like. (I learned this from Paul Rand and Martin Haake)



Above a repeat pattern I created from the leaf part of one of the red collages.
Might make a groovy wallpaper?

Thank you

Thank you Kelly Crossley + Rachel Taylor for the kind blog post today
- and to Lila for telling me about it. :-)

5 year old analyzes logos

Cincinnati, Ohio-based identity designer Adam Ladd asked his 5-year-old daughter her impressions on some popular logos. Watch it here.
Unbearably cute (and perceptive!) and for some reason made me cry. :-)

Contemporary Days: The Designs of Lucienne & Robin Day

Am still deep in textile work this wknd.
Found this film by Design Onscreen on Vimeo:
Contemporary Days: The Designs of Lucienne & Robin Day.

(Was played at the IDS on Friday night)
Really great.

Good design for the masses

"I like the idea that people might not be able to afford a painting for the wall but can have a fabulous pair of curtains."

Lucienne Day

Inspiration for Textile designs

I've been working on some textile patterns the last couple days.
Can't show any sketches cuz the project is secret for now but can show you some of my inspiration.

Calyx by the incredible Lucienne Day
A big hit at the Festival of Britain 1951.
The abstracted flowers were inspired by Paul Klee.

Perpetua also by Lucinenne Day
So great.

By Terence Conran (yep Sir Terence) + David Whitehead 1950

Am off to Zab's launch at MADE.
Please note I posted the incorrect time in last post.
It is today 3-6pm.

Cozy snowy day in Toronto

One of my fave Toronto cafes: Luna cafe at 181 Dovercourt Rd. (at Argyle)
Is it not cozy looking?
Taken on serene walk back home from the Y.

What a lovely night

Salon night with some of my favourite designs gals
Lynda, Kim, Janet, Jennifer, Donna + Colleen

:-)



What a lovely night it was.
ps. Donna brought that great bouquet from a shoot earlier in the day. :-)

This is tomorrow

Creative Morning Two!
Looking forward the danishes + coffee...