Simon Perry: Schemes, dreams & trivia

I’m a massive fan of the Eames, both Charles and Ray - with her materials, in particular.
Here’s a great old video them showing the total-classic LCM.

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Ever wanted to know how to draw caricatures?
Simon Ellinas, who we know from London, has a posting on his blog, revealing the art, step by step.
(Can you guess who the early stage sketch is?)

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We had a contact from a reader of Ventnor Blog to help contact a friend of his that had been written about on the Blog.
I popped over to the enquirers Web site and found a fantastic collection of photos which I’d recommended having a look at. One that really jumped out was the shot here […]

Went to a typically great Berlin opening last night. Set in the slightly dilapidated, turn of the century Villa Elisabeth building in Berlin-Mitte, a number of International illustrators had their work displayed around the rooms set on two floors.
The imaginative use of space, the great party that was laid on; the quality art; interesting people […]

What a brilliant idea. A light bulb fitting with a light bulb built in, that switches on automatically when the main light bulb fails.
In their words …
Incluminate™ provides backup room lighting in case of bulb failure. Simply fitting between the bulb and a standard socket, Incluminate detects bulb failure and automatically illuminates to provide a […]

What a brilliant idea. A window that can transform into a small balcony (their < ahref="http://www.hofmandujardin.nl/pdf/Bloomframe-pressrelease.pdf">PDF). A boon for people with no outside space.

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I saw this at the Santa Ghetto, the ’squatted’ shop on Oxford Street. They’re selling art from independent artists including the omni-present Banksy.
It’s well worth a visit with some real humour in the pictures - well worth a butchers.
I didn’t get all of them, so it’s worth having a look through these other shots of […]

Oh joy of joys!
I’ve finally managed to get Plazes off my machine. I can’t tell you how many ways I’ve tried to get it off.
I originally found it a pretty cool idea, but when I realised that my home location was shown, I decided not to use it any more.
Over the last 3-4 months I’ve […]

This coming Friday is Domino Day - a new one to me, but apparently it’s been going eight years now.
I love the simple pleasure of watching dominoes fall. I find it magnetic - unable to take my eyes away from it.
19:00 GMT will see an attempt on the World record for the largest number of […]

This fireworks show has just won the US fireworks trade gong. Apparently it just uses normal, consumer fireworks. Shows that firework don’t just have to be all about big flashes and noise.

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