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    The martians are landing

    September 13, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    I’ve blogged about her before, but Beck Wheeler is just ace. Check out this great little comic strip…

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    art, Australia, general brilliantness, interweb, Uncategorized
    milk crate chandelier

    For those of us Aussies that have a soft spot for the milk crate…

    July 28, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

    Milk crates. I love them, and they certainly hold a place in my heart and a certain amount of nostalgia for me. My student furniture consisted of a whole range [...]

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    Australia, design, ideas and inventions, interiors

    The Bumblebeez Dr Love

    July 1, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

    A wonderful video for the Aussie band The Bumblebeez. Just shows what you can do with a little bit of imagination, and without the usual 5-figure music video budget…

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    general brilliantness, tunes

    GTV 9 Get the Feeling promo ID 1972

    May 28, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

    Can you believe someone has found this and posted it on YouTube? Featuring every true-blue Aussie x-gen’s favourite mute bear – Humphrey B…

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    Australia, nostalgia

    Whos a pretty boy, then?

    May 14, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

    A pic of Nitin and I, taken in his local bar, on the waterfront in Manly…

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    Australia, mates
    rabbitlove

    If I told you that I loved you… would you scratch me on the ear?

    May 13, 2007by laurajb 1 Comment

    Bought this piece from the amazing Australian artist Beck Wheeler, about 2 years ago. Gotta love those rabbits… Buy her stuff here.

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    art, Australia, general brilliantness, shopping

    A great idea for teaching design from the heads of the JBs

    May 12, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

    Chatting with Brad and Dan at the flat tonight, and the issue of teaching design came up.Dan had a wonderful point – that more and more the designers role is [...]

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    design, theory

    upside down Miss Jane!

    May 1, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

    I’ve been waiting since YouTube kicked off for someone to post a snippet of Mr Squiggle up there, so that I can finally explain to everyone in the UK what [...]

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    Australia, life outside work, nostalgia

    3 cheers for mum and dad! And Kip and Doug!

    April 25, 2007by laurajb Leave a comment

    I don’t know if I congratulated my family back home enough for taking part in this momentus event! I was at a conference today listening to a talk by the [...]

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