Lean and clean

Here are some illustrations I made last year for my husband's Lean consultancy. They represent the 'Five Ss' practice which is used in Lean management to tidy up work spaces and make them more efficient. Now I really should have a declutter of my workspace too!

This is where I always put my spanner

Interviewing Lot Bakker of Lot of Architecture and Design

Lot, short for Charlotte, working on a painting

This month I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend Lot Bakker, Dutch Architect, Designer and Illustrator and owner of 'Lot of Architecture and Design'. Our Skype chat starts with a house tour of Lot’s apartment in Delft. Her quirky flat is arranged over two stories plus an attic. Every floor has a worktable where Lot keeps many different materials and tools to draw, sew, and make holes in things.

Illustrated Recipe

I'm so excited that my illustrated recipe has been approved and published on They Draw and Cook website.

If you haven't heard or read about this website yet you should definitely have a look at it. There are some beautiful illustrations and delicious recipes.

www.theydrawandcook.com

This is the link to my recipe:

http://www.theydrawandcook.com/recipes/yummy-saltimbocca-by-laura-stratta

Illustration by Lou!

Illustrated ceramics and colours in the kitchen

I really like this series of illustrated ceramics by Mark McGinnis!

And this colourful kitchen display by Doimo Cucine.

I have recently had a chat with a friend about Synesthesia, the ability to experience sensorial stimulations in associated and mixed ways. For example you could experience Colour as Sound, or Taste as Colour, and so on. Some people see the days of the week as colours.
The conversation got me thinking about colour in the kitchen and how it would have an effect on the taste of what we eat. So I dug up these photos of the Design Week in Milan.
Could wine taste better from a green glass or a pink one? Or would a meal benefit from being served on these illustrated ceramics?


Photos by Lou

Pinboard fun and cool hooks

For anyone looking to accessorize a small hallway or room here are two objects I really love.


Pinorama, by French designer Inga Sempé

This perforated metal grid has a cork panel at the back so you can  pin cards, notes and postcards on it.  You can add a mirror, a small shelf, and a pen holder. It would go really well in a hallway, or above a desk, or even a sink!




Pinorama in blue

Pinorama in white

Hook by Danish designer Line Depping



Hook by Line Depping

Made of compressed ashwood, this minimalistic, original and multitasking hook is produced in several colours.

(By the way, I'm not sure why the yellow net bag had been left on the floor, but that's very cool too!)


PS: Some of Inga's work is now on show at the Design Museum Holon in Tel Aviv, as part of the collective exhibition 'GATHERING: from Domestic Craft to Comtemporary Process'.
Photos by Lou