The moment you step into Green Party, you feel like you’ve entered child territory. This brightly lit store stocked with cute gifts is a kid’s paradise. I went with my daughter one afternoon and came back with a bag full of goodies. The racks are filled with little plushie toys, claw clips, stationery, diaries, mugs – {Read More…}
Rachel Ellen, UK
Little girls have a huge fancy for Rachel Ellen’s vibrantly designed products. Rachel Ellen, a designer based in Nottingham in the UK makes some very creative products for little children. Her notebooks are beautifully designed and the use of colourful fonts and colours make her products so irrestible. She makes some lovely pencil sets. These {Read More…}
Typo, Australia
If you walk into a Typo, it is unlikely that you will not find something you like. This gifting and stationery brand, part of the Cotton On Group, Australia makes some really unique stationery items, home goods and other knick knacks. I recently walked into the store to check out some of the season’s finds. {Read More…}
Dots and Doodles, New Delhi: Paper goods
As much as we wish to reduce the usage of paper around us, some of it we use to make our lives colourful. So here is a company that I totally recommend if you’re looking for anything ‘paper’. This Delhi based company has some delightful stationery like gift envelopes, gift tags and kids stationery like {Read More…}
Susse Linton, Sweden: Surface pattern designer
Often when I speak to illustrators/designers, I realize a lot of their style is inspired by travel. I was excited to get in touch with Scottish-origin surface pattern designer Suisse Linton, who now lives in Sweden. Susse’s works spans across animal prints, florals, home patterns and the seaside. My favorites from her collection, are the {Read More…}
Seedling, Singapore
I came across Seedling while hunting for some do-it-yourself craft boxes for my daughter. I often swoon at the lovely craft ideas on Pinterest, but often find it cumbersome to put materials together. That’s why I like companies like Seedling that are geared towards young mums who want to engage their kids but often don’t {Read More…}
Papypress, Singapore: Paper delights
Hello folks!! After my visit to Yao Yu’s letterpress studio earlier this week, I was intrigued to know more. So I decided to make a trip to a printing press, this time a more commercial one, which does tasteful letterpress printing of wedding cards. The brand Papypress, run by the family that owns Precision printing, {Read More…}
Typesettingsg: Old-fashioned type studio
I’m a huge fan of interesting typefaces. A good typeface can change the character of any design. Today, typefaces are dime a dozen, given the ease with which they can be created, using design software. Back in the day, it was really not as simple, with typefaces being created using wood and metal. So, today, {Read More…}
Samantha Dorri: up close and personal {$150 giveaway}
Personalized gifts are fairly common to celebrate the arrival of a baby. Here’s a lady in Singapore, Samantha Dorri, whose brand, Sammyeve, does some lovely personalized wall art for a little one’s nursery. I get to meet her for a brief chat, a couple of weekends ago in Singapore. I realize her personality somewhat reflects in her work. {Read More…}