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The Shaking Wash is a personal laundry washer for travelers. It is aimed at washing smaller articles like underwear and socks and uses a shaking motion to clean the clothes. The light compact design makes it portable and it works on both batteries and electric power. Ideal for the lazy folks!
Designer: Jung Seub Lee
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The royal conclusion to this series of photos.
When I return to London (for now that I’ve been once, I’ll have to go back again and again) with Finley and Glen, we’ll go to the V & A Museum of Childhood together. This free museum had excellent displays of traditional and historical childhood toys, but also areas for play and a nice place to have a lunch as a family.
This spelling cabinet from 1790 caught my eye. What an amazing specimen!
If it has letters on it, I’m automatically drawn to it.
This 1890s Victorian party programme outlined the activities for a wealthy child’s party.
Some more modern-day items. (It’s funny to see the Fisher Price village as “museum quality” — the one I played with some 30+ years ago is now Finley’s.)
The boy mannequins look unhappy and worried about getting their clothes dirty. If anyone knows where you can get these Left and Right alphabet shoes today, I think Finley and I would both be happy.
I’m in London without my big guy Glen and little guy Finley, so I packed this Fisher Price fellow to keep me company. He has been enjoying the sights.
The scale of the city doesn’t seem to bother him at all!
Back in December, I was asked by Avenue, a local lifestyle magazine, to create a self portrait for a series that runs on the last page of each issue. People don’t often realize that UPPERCASE was a one-woman operation for quite a long time and are surprised when they find out. “How do you manage to get it all done?” is a common question. Struggling to do all of the magazine workload on my own and was getting pretty tired out. So I decided to clone myself:
Glen took my picture against a white wall (Finley wanted to be part of the fun) and then I printed and cut myself out and went to work:
The image and brief article appears in this month’s Avenue. And as regular blog readers will know, I now have three talented people working for UPPERCASE: Glen is a regular contributor, Eleanor manages the online shop and subscription queries and Erin is our new online editor. (So much better than clones!)
I borrowed the ladder to set up the decor and repair a few lights. It is nice to see the bookcase with its orange glow once again.
While I was up there, I took a few aerial shots of the studio since everything is freshly spring-cleaned.
It feels quite spacious from up here with a wide angle lens!
Ah, my orange couch and the huge coffee table book about Alexander Girard. Two things that I never have time to sit and enjoy. Better climb down from here and do more party prep!
I have lots of photos to edit from Thursday’s Lucky 13 party, but I wanted to make this video first. Having this souvenir makes all the work of organizing and decorating worthwhile. Sometimes I only have eyes for my little guy.
Even before I designed the tin package for Lisa Congdon’s A Collection a Day, I had a fondness for old tins. Here are some of my favourites: top left floral tin is one I found at the Hillhurst Sunnyside flea market (which is a small Sunday market near my house—I should head out there today!) The orange tin I borrowed from my mother-in-law Iris. The blue tabacco tin is from Glen’s collection. Though a Polish tin for jam, I purchased the turquoise round tin in Estonia. The yellow tin is one of my dozens of typewriter tins.
I have these on my shelf at work for some daily eye candy.
The intricate motifs and details on these old tins inspired the book and package design for A Collection a Day.
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