Ulrika Gyllstad and Wilhelmina Wiese are the owner of Bantie, a Swedish fabric company. They design and produce their own fabric. Have a look and enjoy!

It has been long time since I updated this category. So, here it goes , the blog of this week: Record the day. I don’t know for you, but I recollect a lot of empty boxes,name tags, boxes images from magazine  anything that please me, well this blog is basically this but in a blog (save a lot of place I should start thinking about it for the sake of my house). The blog is wonderful and very inspirational, please visit her blog and also her other blog.

When I was a child, I thought that a lot of stuff going on science fiction would one day become true, but I never dare imagine that I would actually be alive to see it …

Laura Laine is a stunning Finnish fashion illustrator, she has work for many brand such asZara, Tommy Hilfiger just to name a few. Have a look at her website and if you to know a bit more about her, here’s a little interview on Charlie’s Design Diary .

I don’t usually put music but I really love Yann Tiersen, you know the man who create the wonderful soundtrack of “Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain”, - I say it in french because it sound better to me-. Enjoy and have a nice Sunday !

While wandering at Apartment Therapy , I found out about H2O Architectes.  It is a French architect agency hold by Charlotte Hubert, Jean-Jacques Hubert and Antoine Santiard. This agency restore historic monuments, creates furnitures and so on…Enjoy!

photos: Julien Attard

photo: Stéphane Chalmeau

photo: Nathalie Jouan

Is almost impossible not to notice her photos, the set up is always unexpected and very colorful. You may some of her work in magazine like Elle (the one with girl and her fake dog below). Check out her website, she has a lot of imagination!

Don’t you have sometimes the impression that new technologies go to fast or aren’t amazed to see what we are able to do with anything? Daizi Zheng was asked to design a eco-friendly for Nokia. Et voila, the first phone with a bio battery that work with softdrink! You fill up the phone with sugary drink and once you don’t have battery empty it and fill it up again. A single charge is four time longer than a regular. Great for the environ but let you think about what we are actually drinking… Please check her website, she does some cool stuff. Have a nice sunday.

In february there will be some important International trade show in Europe:

Germany

Paperworld: from  30thof January to the 2nd of february . Leading international trade fair for paper, office and stationery.  (Frankfurt)

Toy fair: from the 4th to the 9th of February. Trade fair for toys, hobbies and leisure-time activities (Nuremberg)

England:

Spring Fair: from the 7th to the 11th of February. (Birmingham)

This little funny animation was created by students of Gobelin l’école de l’image in 2007. They won a lot of award. You can check out the making of at the website.