Design Indaba 2013

Very excited for the Design Indaba conference happening this week, from tomorrow til Friday! If you haven't heard of it before, the Design Indaba is a design conference that happens once a year in South Africa, with amazing highly accomplished speakers from around the world. It happens in Cape Town, but there are simulcasts held in other venues around the country and I'll be attending the Durban simulcast. Last year was incredibly inspiring, and I see this year being even better! Particularly looking forward to seeing illustrator and letterer, Jessica Hische. It's three full days, so posts may be a bit slow/non-existant for that time, but I hope to share some inspiration from the event next week.

Read more about Design Indaba and see the list of this year's speakers here.

Moments of Happiness 02

Where I share with you a few snaps of recent goings-on :)

These two little adorable sweethearts made their way into my life recently! The cuteness is so intense it's almost unbearable at times. My rule is I can't take in more cats unless they come to me coz then it's a sign, right? So these two were traipsing down the road one day following some people who weren't interested and would surely have been run over pretty soon had we not taken them in. And now they're mine :) YAY CATS!
(If you're also a cat person and would like to meet my other "kids", look here, here and here)

The Botanic Gardens is one of my favourite places to chill - it's so peaceful and beautiful, and inspiring! Nature and its colour palette are truly awe-inspiring.

I collect second-hand classic books and I found a whole stack of great ones recently! It was like finding hidden treasure. I love reading and doodling at my favourite outdoor cafés.

The sea! Need I say more? 

Flowerface Doodles

Some doodles from my sketchbook - watercolour and pen. 

What do you think?

Haydanhuya Wooden Things

How awesome is this bag?! Gökhan Eryaman is the Turkish genius behind these beautiful, simple wooden bags, also known as Haydanhuya. They're carved from one or two pieces of solid wood, usually oak, walnut and lime wood and leather.

A quick doodle...

A quick doodle inspired by the cool plants at The Factory Cafe...