We’re inquisitive: learning from other artists, illustrators, designers, photographers, filmmakers and musicians, whether they’re upstarts or icons, famous or shy, verbal or visual.

We’re inspired: enchanted by great ideas and strange inventions; by colour and pattern; things fancy and frugal; the charm of vintage in a modern life; the ridiculous and the sublime.

We’re adventurous: traveling to destinations both real and imagined, peeking into creative spaces and discovering magnificent people and memorable places.

We’re eclectic: curating souvenirs, collecting treasures and celebrating the extraordinary in the everyday.

We’re playful: delighting in visual amusements, intelligent distraction, entertaining wordplay and sweet indulgences.

We’re UPPERCASE: a magazine for the creative and curious!
This quarterly magazine is 68 pages of glorious print on paper, 8.75″ x 11″ perfectbound. The Spring issue will be released in early April followed by Summer (July 2009), Fall (October 2009) and Winter (January 2010).

Find out more HERE

By Coöp, a collective of creatives dedicated to the practise of visual communications.

“A family of animal characters were created by combining the square, circle and triangle. The characters were silk-screened to a 1680 X 500mm modernist growth chart for kids.

Honest, pure and devoid of superfluous details, the product imaginatively introduces kids to basic geometric learning and spark the imagination through the inclusion of memorable animal facts.

The charts are compactly packaged in custom triangular cartons made from 100% recycled post consumer waste pulp.”

Available for purchase at one of my favorite online boutiques, present and correct

Thank You for the link.

“Hush little baby don’t you cry…share in songs between parents and babes from around the world, including Hush a ba birdie croon croon (Scotland), The Christ Child’s Lullaby (Outer Hebrides), Naami Naami (Egypt), and Soja Raji Kumari (India).

In an interactive concert that will rock-a-bye any baby, joining the Babies Proms Orchestra are guest performers Heather Lee, Kim Cunio, Llew Kiek (baglama, guitar, oud) and Tunji Beier (tavil, daff, zarb) in what promises to be a soothing musical adventure to inspire bliss.

Recommended for Ages 2 – 5″

I wish the Sydney Opera House was just “a little bit” closer …they run fabulous program for children and families.

“The AIGA Center for Sustainable Design is dedicated to providing designers with a wide range of information regarding sustainable business practice. Through case studies, interviews, resources and discourse, this site will encourage and support designers as they incorporate sustainable thinking into their professional lives.”

Resources.

Published since 1985, the Coordinators’ Notebook “provides a synthesis of the most recent information on topics of interest to people concerned about the well-being of young children and their families.

Now published annually, The Coordinators’ Notebook comprises a focussed, issue-based article, identified through feedback from partners and/or emerging gaps and priorities in the field. Each Notebook has a main article with related case studies, which draw upon experiences from around the world as well as news from the CG networks and new resources, upcoming conferences etc.”