"There were days I thought I would die, until i heard you talk about the magic"

inspiring my work this week:

o1." a little princess"

just remembered about this diamond of a film. i love it, brings back memories from childhood but it's such a beautiful story. some parts are so sad, and the acting by the main girl is well overplayed at times, but it's so inspiring.

theres themes of indian magic, princesses, the mystery of soldiers lost in battle, the whole class system, romance and just the bond between a father and her daughter. i love it, sometimes its so much more enjoyable watching old films rather than over-hyped current ones.

o2. sunshine and the promise of summer

the suns been out loads this week. it's not that warm yet, but its amazing how much it can put you in a better mood. it's getting me really excited for summer 2010, corfu, lots of chilling out and hopefully lots of design. i can't wait for the smell of suntan lotion, deciding which bikini would be best for the pool and taking trips to the park, no matter how old we are now.

o3. spending the day with mum on thursday

loved it! we didn't get up to that much, mainly things that needed to be done, like sort out all my finances and a big food shop! i got all my dollars sorted out for my trip to NY soon which got me so excited that i had to put up my brooklyn bridge poster in my room that has been waiting to be done for months. i decorated it with photographs from my last visit -some amazing architecture shots and the standard yellow cab shots! i still really need to research what i wanna' do and where i want to visit, because i want to cram in as much hopefully inspiring visits on the trip as i can to help my work. i can't distract myself too much anyway - i wont be able to drink, boooo!

04. road trippp to lancaster

we went on a bit of a road trip to lancaster on friday night. the sat nav took us a well long way round but it was nice to see a few new places. it felt really strange to be back in the countryside with sheep and cows etc. we went to a headphone club night too, which was odd at first but we got into it and had a really fun night out. the moors we drove through on the way back were really inspiring as well, it makes you remember theres loads of just empty space out there. land that you could literally get lost in -how dark. and then there was a house too, just in the middle of areas of motorway lanes, such an odd location for a house, or such a inconsiderate place to build a motorway?

05. typography

i'm coming to the end of my first typography project on my course. but really i have gotten so interested and caught up in the study of it. i keep noticing it everywhere and although i wish i had been given a much more modern and workable font, i have fallen a little bit for bodoni. i keep noticing it in places and get really geeky with pointing it out. i'm gonna' carry on investigating and studying typefaces because i think theres so much as a designer that i can still get out of it.

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i'm trying to make this blog a bit more formal and interesting.

i think as a designer i should make it more about my inspirations and work rather than informal rants and raves about life. but hey, i can't guarantee that won't slip in ;) haha

here's to a new chapter of hey,fox.

Bx