Just came across these beauties while browsing The Dieline - how cool are these?? I'm such a sucker for clean & simple design. And gemstones.

"PELLE Designs are designers Jean and Oliver Pelle who met and studied at the Yale School of Architecture. From their studio in Red Hook Brooklyn they create lighting, furniture, interiors and architecture. Their inspiration comes from observing and re-imagining the possibilities of objects and spaces around them. Ultimately, their work is about a search for a unique beauty that is within the materials and forms they find in their process."




Lovely stuff!
 

Emily Blincoe is a photographer from Austin, Texas. She has a killer instagram and takes the sweetest pictures (although this last one of the squirrel makes me feel quite sad, poor little guy). Definitely worth checking out!

I'm absolutely in love with the work of Stanislava Pinchuk, aka, Miso. This series of handmade tattoos is 

"An ongoing & loose project -
Home-made tattoos for friends & friends of friends, playing with memory,
space & geography turned back on the body, all completed as trades."

 Beautiful.

By now it's no secret that Pantone's Colour of the Year is Radiant Orchid. This year, Sephora has teamed up with the colour authority to produce a line of beautifully co-ordinated beauty products.

I came across the work of Kevin Burg & Jamie Beck via A Cup of Jo this morning. Their work is amazing and I'm totally fascinated.

"Visual Graphics Artist Kevin Burg began experimenting with the .gif format in this style in 2009 but it wasn't until he partnered with photographer Jamie Beck to cover NYFW that Cinemagraphs were born. Marrying original content photography with the desire to communicate more to the viewer birthed the cinemagraph process. Starting in-camera, the artists take a traditional photograph and combine a living moment into the image through the isolated animation of multiple frames. To quote supermodel Coco Rocha "it's more than a photo but not quite a video".

Beck and Burg named the process "Cinemagraphs" for their cinematic quality while maintaining at its soul the principles of traditional photography. Launched virally through social media platforms Twitter and Tumblr, both the style of imagery and terminology has become a class of its own. The creative duo are looking forward to exploring future display technologies for gallery settings as well as pushing this new art form and communication process as the best way to capture a moment in time or create a true living portrait in our digital age while embracing our need to communicate visually and share instantly. "

See more of these epic gifs at  cinemagraphs.com

I just came across the incredible work of Seattle-based artist, Cheyenne Randall - love every single one of them! Be sure to check out his instagram for more.

Emily Faulstich of the insanely cool Hawaiian Coconut is one of my favourite photographers. I first discovered her work via Fieldguided more than a year ago and I've been hooked ever since. I just can't get enough of the soft focus, dreamy colour palette and exotic destinations - and her photos of Cape Town make my own city seem magical and exciting. Emily's website is also pretty awesome, definitely up on my list of top favourite web designs. Emily, let me know if you ever need a travelling assistant, ok? ;)