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Nudi-tea

Madame Dent — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:35:27 +0000

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

Love is in the air

Madame Dent — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:06:20 +0000

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

lomography.com.au

The art of giving gifts

Madame Dent — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:21:20 +0000

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

Fontastic

Madame Dent — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:57:21 +0000

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

Rubber duckie, you’re the (big) one

Madame Dent — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:03:05 +0000

Florentijn Hofman, you are too funny.

florentijnhofman.nl

All together now

Madame Dent — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:10:37 +0000

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

2B or not 2B?

Madame Dent — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 04:07:36 +0000

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.

Rad attack

Madame Dent — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:09:21 +0000

It is hot. Strawberry icecream would be nice.

brentjacob.com

Very cross stitch

Madame Dent — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:50:05 +0000

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

Meet Pippy and Timmy

Madame Dent — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:11:23 +0000

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