Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

Who knew afternoon tea could be so risqué? Dutch illustrator Esther Horchner, that’s who. Go on, live a little, abandon your inhibitions and maybe swap the Liptons for lapsang?

estherhorchner.nl

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And while we’re sharing a little lomo love, lookie lookie at this special limited edition Valentines Day Diana Mini.

lomography.com.au

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Julian Callos is an artist living in Los Angeles. This is what he gave his friends for Christmas (just a small selection). He made each one of his tribe a spirit animal that represents them. They are completely amazing and I bet they are now cherished and adored and talked about and handled with loving care by their new proud owners. Heh, art is a great thing, isn’t it?

juliancallos.com

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If you hate Comic Sans like we hate Comic Sans, you might just love this book. It is not just for design geeks with an inordinate fondness for fonts (and yes, it does tell you when and why you should say ‘typeface’ instead of ‘font’ and why designers get all finicky about it). It is an easy entertaining read about why Helvetica has taken over the world, the outrage caused by Ikea abandoning Futura and the very strange sexual proclivities of Eric Gill.

simongarfield.com

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Florentijn Hofman, you are too funny.

florentijnhofman.nl

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Oliver Lake, just what kind of crazy tunes do these toons play? And can I download it from iTunes? BTW, nice illustrations.

iotaillustration.etsy.com

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The mesdames and their Macs are pals, but it is good to get a pencil out whenever possible. Madame Dent’s pencil of choice is a wooden Supply Co. ‘Very Best’ mechanical pencil with a 0.5mm 2B lead. So is Madame Mitchell’s. Mademoiselle Michelle opts for a Staedtler 3B and Mister Clifford favours an all natural Derwent Drawing 2B (no varnish or paint so bits don’t flake off in his mouth). What about you?

We also like this selection of pencil-related apparel, including Ashi Dashi Pencil Knee Highs, Sara Carr Pencil Scarf and Jeffrey Campbell Pencil Me In Flats.

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It is hot. Strawberry icecream would be nice.

brentjacob.com

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Not your nana’s needlework– these patterns put the cross into cross stitch and are available for grumpy-bum stitchers from Subversive Cross Stitch.

subversivecrossstitch.com

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As you know, we here at Mitchell & Dent like our cats. You can see them on our website and look left, they are are even in our crest. As much as we like our cats, we think that Pippy and Timmy‘s owner might like cats even more than we do. See what happens when you get an incredible photographer and two kitkats in the one space together. This is just a teeny sample.

Pippy & Timmy on Flickr

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