How to grow your own origami crane in 10 seconds

A short stop-start animation film, I borrowed the music from Modest Mouse (song: "People as places as people")

The Collection Collector #4 Vintage black and white Photos and Postcards

Collector: Lidija Baard

Collection: Vintage black and white photos and postcards

Reason for collecting: "Ek vind die feit dat mense hulle mees besonder en spesiale oomblikke kan weggooi of verkoop in jumble sales ongelooflik vreesaanjaend en interessant, dus die fasinasie. Die mense en hulle lewens is totaal onbekend vir my en dus kan ek enige lewensverhaal vir hulle opmaak. Ek geniet daai vryheid om puppetry te kan uitvoer op mense wat werklik bestaan het."

The Collection Collector #3 Russian posters and postcards

Collector: Koos Rossouw

Collection: Russian postcards and posters

Reason for collecting:

 "I have been fascinated with the East Bloc since I was a young child and no name, whether it ended in a -sky or an -ov(a) or an -ev(a) was too long for me to remember. Russian posters not only epitomised for me the mysterious life behind the old iron curtain, but are for me the most beautiful posters I have ever seen."

Pictured here are some postcards from Koos's Mayakovsky collection.

The Collection Collector #2 brooches, badges and pins

 

 

 

Collector: Blogger's own

Collection: Brooches, Badges and Pins

Reason for collecting: I like pretty brooches. Here I only captured a couple of them. 

Green heart brooch: a gift from Wilna

Sparkly silver diamante brooch: A gift from my mother, Laureen

Pink breast cancer ribbon: lady from Spar

Blue tape measure brooch: Gift from Lisette

Zoo cookie pin cookie: awesome very cool and original pin made by my friend Mia Cilliers. It is made out of felt and resembles the cult classic zoo cookie. To read some of her hilarious travel stories, go to http://adventuresofzoocookie.wordpress.com

The Collection Collector #1: teacup party

Collector: Blogger's own

Collection: Tea cups

Reason for collecting: I only started collecting teacups two years ago, and I buy them as souvenirs. The white and green cup I bought in Egypt, the white dented ceramic tumbler in London and the metallic purple cup I bought on the day I graduated. 

My favourite is definitely the white dented tumbler. It looks like an ordinary used white plastic cup that you get at any birthday party, but it's solidified using ceramic. The tumbler is designed by Rob Brundt, and is available at the Conran Shop. You can also buy it online at :http://www.conranusa.com/ProductDetails.aspx?language=en-US&cid=Barware&pid=649533

Book Review: "papercraft: design and art with paper"

I will post some of the interesting ideas and works from this amazing book on papercraft. There are some awesome projects in this book, although I could only capture some of them. If you see this book in a shop, I definitely recommend giving it a go, the inspiration never ends. Here are some of my favourite entries.

Edited by: Robert Klanten, Sven Ehmann and Birga Meyer
Publisher: Gestalten
Cover artwork: Sarah Illenberger

 Artist: Brock Davis Studio: Laser Bread

Project: Shredded A

Artist: Yulia Brodskaya

Project: Go White (left); London (top right); Darwin was wrong



 Artist: Hina Aoyama

Project: Lettre de Voltaire (left) 'Les Phares' in Baudelaire's 'Fleurs du mal'

 Artist Peter Callesen

Project: Cowboy (detail)

Artist: Kiyoshi Kuroda

Project: Black Butterfly

Artists: Michelle Phillips & James Lunn

Project: Memorandom/Randomemo

 Artist: Lisa Occhipinti

Project: Exiles

 Artist: Robert The

Project: Lobster

Artist: Hina Aoyama

Project: Heron and Camellia

Artist: Brian Dettmer
Piece: Webster Two Point Oh

-Muji paper city, Paris-

My sister Renee sent me this pop-up postcard. which she bought from the Japanese design shop Muji...paper at its finest.