http://www.made-in-england.org Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:10:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a while since I've done any bloggin I know.. My excuse? Well I'm in Amsterdam and computerless in the evenings, I need to get a laptop but don't want to buy one until they bring out the new MacBooks.. Anyhow, I haven't been completely idle, I've also been working ... http://www.made-in-england.org/me-4-you-threadless-submission/ A while back I was repeatedly sent this Beardcap link, I never blogged about it at the time as it was all over the internet already. But the Icelandic company responsible - Vík Prjónsdóttir continues to knock out fresh stuff, in particular I'm lovin' their new blankets. The layering of this ... http://www.made-in-england.org/vik-prjonsdottir/ Ha ha, I have a bit of a soft spot for internet absurdities and Selleck Waterfall Sandwich delivers on that account. The man, his mustache, a waterfall and a sandwich for good measure, strangely entertaining.. Via: Neatorama. Related posts:4 Glass Beer Waterfall Here’s how they drink in Iceland, we’ll miss you...3 ... http://www.made-in-england.org/selleck-waterfall-sandwich/ Mark Spurgeon is collecting photos of old hand painted building signage on his site - Preserve. Most shots are from New Zealand and Australia so far, so if you have anymore, send them over » Lots of great stuff on there, but I'm really taken by these massive numbers painted on ... http://www.made-in-england.org/preserve-hand-painted-signage/ Normally I would have a blind spot to web polls like online advertising, but not these from Spot The Tiger. Each week a new poll is illustrated by a guest designer and put up for vote, there's some great designs and interesting results. Pictured above: Nuclear weapons by Nazario Graziano, Smoking ... http://www.made-in-england.org/spot-the-tiger/ It's that time of year when designers across the globe check out what Nicholas Felton has been up too the previous year in his annual report. As always, meticulously recorded data and beautifully put together. Letterpressed print version available from his shop (only 2000 copies). Related posts:Nicholas Felton Annual Report Brilliant ... http://www.made-in-england.org/feltrons-2009-annual-report/ Stunning tattoo style from Amanda Wachob. Looks like nothing I've seen before, the colours, the brush strokes, doesn't look like it could of been made with a needle? Via: design work life. Related posts:Reasons for not getting a tattoo While doing a bit of research into vintage tattoos,...The London Life Drawing ... http://www.made-in-england.org/amanda-wachob-tattoo/ Love that random note at the end :) This fella clearly has some chopsticks up his sleeve: Related posts:Clothes Peg Chopsticks Can’t seem to find them for sale in the...Alexisms 46 ...Great collection of random images As-Found. “The ‘As’ in As-Found stands for the perfection... http://www.made-in-england.org/dogs-are-better-than-cats/ Holy Crap, NASA are working on this one man helicopter/plane concept that Q in MI5 would be proud of. They're calling it the Puffin, minus a few propellers here and there, it definitely has some similarities: I love the quote on Scientific American's article - "In my opinion, a mass-marketable version ... http://www.made-in-england.org/electric-powered-flying-suit/ This set of foodie felt patterns ($3.99), just caught my eye, I really want to make a string of felt sausages :) There's a plethora of other cute felt patterns from julyhobby on her Etsy. While looking up what the hell you call a string of sausages, I came across Sausages 4 ... http://www.made-in-england.org/foodie-felt-patterns/ 21 year old Illustration & animation student Matthew Lyons is knocking out great work reminiscent of classic animation backgrounds. The highlight I think is his (hopefully) growing collection of fictional movie title screens. The Light-Fingered Raw Material Fiddler below cracked me up, got to be the best movie title ever :) Via: ... http://www.made-in-england.org/fictional-movie-title-screens/ I got a sneak peak of Social Suicides Dictators of Fashion collection when I bought my yellow suit. First impressions, very nice :) Juicy pics on their site, although the online store doesn't seem to have any stock yet. I want to like the Churchill suit (top pic) but I'm drawn to ... http://www.made-in-england.org/dictators-of-fashion/ It constantly amazes me how far reaching my blog is, merely hours after asking if anyone had a Kickstarter invite on the blog, Lisa Yao came through with one :) Then a couple of days later the founder & Art Director of Kickstarter Charles Adler, dropped me line saying "DO IT. I absolutely ... http://www.made-in-england.org/my-kickstarter-project-is-live/ Just got a comment on an old post that I'd completely forgotten about. Felt like it needed a re-post, such a simple genius idea (not mine sadly), need to remember this before mid December next year.. Related posts:Shaun Inman redesign Interesting redesign of Shaun Inman’s site. Each element on...Drawing with ... http://www.made-in-england.org/beer-advent-calendar/ Fascinating tattoo paintings by Shawn Barber. Quite a large growing collection, I particularly like the equipment/tattoo gun studies. Via: NOTCOT. Related posts:Simpsons Couture NOTCOT have some scans of the “Simpsons go to...Stuart Haygarth Really nice chandeliers by Stuart Haygarth, made out of...Reasons for not getting a tattoo While doing ... http://www.made-in-england.org/tattooed-portraits/