What I'm doing here is called "lifestreaming"
It’s a richer form of blogging because you can include pictures, links, audio and video, along with text. Some of the world’s most popular bloggers are moving over to it. Like Steve Rubel. Here’s how he describes it
I like to think of lifestreaming as today’s digital equivalent of Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks. (Make no mistake, I am no Da Vinci nor do I think of myself in such a way. It’s purely an aspirational metaphor.) Da Vinci recorded notes, drawings, questions and more in his notebooks. Some of these were quite mundane (grocery lists and doodles), others were not. But the body of work was over time, a view of a one individual’s mind (in his case a great one).
Jamie Allpress antiques →
My friend Jamie Allpress has just relaunched his website with a cleaner, more functional design. He buys and restores some fantastic English and European furniture and works of art. I was in his Melbourne shop the other day and saw a table that was 500 years old. One aspect (one of the many) I love about antiques is that they are probably the ultimate example of recycling. Fantastic.
Design Institute of Australia →
The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) is Australia’s professional membership body for designers and design businesses.
Melissa Galt podcast.
This is an interview by Alan Saunders on National Radio 691 with Melissa Galt. She is a well-known designer in the US, but also the granddaughter of legendary groundbreaking architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
I suspect she doesn’t like the second label - starts the discussion being a little prickly!!
We look over Lake Hayes and up to Coronet Peak skifield.
View through the gabled gateway framed by weeping willows.
Evening reflections mirrored in the pool. Due to Queenstown’s position low in the southern hemisphere, dark in high summer is well after 10pm.
The Loose Box. It was built as a barn for horses and sheep in 1881 and converted as a folly and holiday home in 1957. It still rocks today!
The logo for my interior decoration business was inspired by our wonderful stone cottage, which was formerly a barn, in Queenstown, New Zealand. The cottage was beautifully decorated in antique oak and striking red leather furniture by my well-travelled and discerning grandmother, Lellie. This logo design perfectly encapsulates the spirit and essence of the cottage, which is known as The Loose Box, because it was where horses were stabled in “loose boxes” - timber stalls where they could move around freely. The person/horse is merrily swigging on a jaunty goblet which reflects the many celebrations and fantastic ski holidays have been raucously enjoyed by four generations. The wing-back chair exists, as do the foot stool and the lamp. Unfortunately, our dear old labrador, Otter, is chasing rubber bunnies in the sky! But that is exactly how he looked lying in front of the fire.
