'If tips are puddles, principles can be oceans.'

10 Principles that might make your work better of may make it worse was a post I came across whilst browsing through aisleone.net, an ' inspirational resource' which focuses on Graphic design and typography.

Similar to many talks we have recieved from guest lecturers and advice from other students Frank Chimero ( Illustrator, Graphic Designer and writer) documents his own guiding principles, doodling on post it notes. Some of these principles included : Being honest, Don't be scared of your tools and being too comfortable can be dangerous. 

However, my favourite was number 10 ' Execute'. Forever trying to think of that initial good idea rather than just jotting down rough ideas is something that happens to me a LOT. Yet after reading Chimero's statement it actually made me more open minded. 

'10. Execute.

An idea on the page is worth 100x more than an idea in the mind. You can only judge and be judged by work that’s executed. Eventually, we all realize that most of the ideas that look great in our mind look dumb once they’re real. But, at least you now know.'

Funky design fire extinguishers

Fire extinguishers with a difference! Apparently being sold in Paris... lets hope as well as looking good they actually do the job and put out fires! Especially like the ones with the typography on.

Coffee cup drawer

 A nice idea drawing on cups by Boey found on the swiss miss blog. His drawings are really quite something I think amazing and a gift I wish I had... also has his own journal which is quite funny www.lamboey.com