[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s been a while since I wrote a random list, so here it goes again. These last months have been hard for me, as I find it really depressing. But then, life goes on. I think that now I have all the time in the world, why wasting it? I adapt to the routine well, get up in the morning, set up my own workstation anywhere in the house and start doing stuffs. I response faster to customer’s request and have time to really study a lot of things. It is weird that I finally check some to-do lists that I have been planning since the beginning of the year by only doing it on a day or two. I think this is the power of idle hands :))
Love, love, Summer love.
Last May was my productive month, I started to play around with Illustrator once again, find lights in it, and can’t stop about it. I pitch a lot of ideas and our Summer Collection is born. We tested it out by applying the pattern to the Mug first and then goes to fabric printing by tweaking some of the patterns. Cannot wait to get the result this week. We hope to get all the products done before Idul Fitri.
(image from here.)
As I said before, I don’t have a fix workspace on my home because I mostly use a laptop and sometimes carry a small bag (which always includes notebook, stationary, snacks, water bottle, etc). My favorite spots to date are my dining table and the floor of my sister’s room :)) My house is quite old, so there are so many stuffs on it that you can’t seem to move. I was planning to repaint and change the interior of one of the empty room last year, but my dad was against it. So the dream of having my own workspace is still pending then. But, if I’m allowed to dream about future office, Bando Office is the perfect fit. Messy and stuffy? Who cares! It’s fun anyway :3
Speaking about Bando Office, we must not forget the people behind it. Emily Henderson’s portfolio is too amazing that you can’t stop looking on each rooms that she designed. One of my favorite rooms that she styled before is this lovely playroom. I’ve been inspired by pastel colors a lot lately and seeing this video make me want to make some pattern with pastel colors that will be fit in a playroom or nursery.
Speaking about office styling, Emily Henderson is also the one who is responsible for Oh Joy’s studio and lately I’ve been swooning over another Oh Joy collection for Target (while also re-reading Joy Cho’s piece on TIME about how to be you). Oh Joy’s abstract pattern is unbelievable. I always find it adorable, colorful, and at the same time, chic.
(image from here)
Since I have a lot of spare times right now, I’ve been wandering around Instagram and found a lot of artists who are all totally amusing. One of them happened to be Leah Bartholomew, who loves to create art by layering some shred paper with painting. She is not the only artist who loves doing it, I stumbled upon Laura Blythman and Pete Cromer before (both are amazing~). But I find Leah’s fresh and pastel color is calming and would be well-received with kids.
So, what’s inspired you lately? Catch you later, lovely ones :)