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Balloons are perfect for celebrations. Japanese artist, Masayoshi Matsumoto, creates the most colourful balloon sculptures celebrating nature including birds, plants, insects and wildlife animals that blow us away! Simply wonderful!
Besides animals, Masayoshi Matsumoto also makes animal skeletons out of balloons.
Coffee provides a warm hug, especially when they are held in coffee cups that are illustrated with such bright and warm colours and patterns. More fab coffee cups can be found on Instagram via Coffee Cups of the World.
With our frequent commute on the London Underground, with the hustle and bustle we sometimes forget to take stock of the beautiful patterns and illustrations that could be found decorating the walls of the London tube stations. Thank you to instagram account Tube Patterns that have documented the graphical commute.
The below set of tile graphics include patterns from stations including Paddington, Tottenham Court Road, Euston Station, Highbury and Islington and Oxford Circus. Choo choo!
Biscuits are always on our minds, especially during elevenses, when biscuits are dunked in a hot drink. Mark O'Brien a cardboard craftsman based in Manchester crafts amazing objects out of cardboard as props for theatres, shop displays etc. The objects he has created included shoes, robots, post boxes. Our favourite, however, are definitely these signature British biscuits including Custard Cream, Pink Wafer, Digestive, Party Ring, Bourbon cream - not dunkable but definitely adorable.
Lazy Autumn Sunday has us craving for warm cooked brunch. We love discovering brunch places on a weekend enjoying breakfast and reading the papers. This brings us back fond memories in Tokyo π―π΅ when we head to βWorld Breakfast All Dayβ in Shibuya, Tokyo not far from OmotesandΕ, 葨ει.
This little cute spot not only is the decor delectable. The shelfie, displays of packaging, menu and graphics are fun, eclectic, full of retro vibes and nostalgias; featuring breakfasts from different parts of the world. Itβs a feast for the belly and eyes. We always have a soft spot for a fryup, the smell of bacon and eggs.
We think the term βAll Day Breakfastβ is greatly apt as we can really have breakfast food all day! ππ³π₯πβοΈ.
PS. If you are a paper crafts lover, they have published a book on origami breakfasts too ππ»ββοΈβ€οΈπβοΈ
A shelfie of packaging delights
Soul satisfying working kitchen with retro vibes
Royal baking powder brings back on nostalgic memories
Cute product graphics descriptions blurb on breakfast condiments and ingredients from around the world
Origami paper breakfast
Full English Breakfast - Eggs, Baked Beans, Fried Bread, Sausages, Tomatoes and Hash Brown
The address is as follows:
World Breakfast All Day
3-1-23-1F Jingumae
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
These vintage Christmas baubles from London based illustrator May Van Millingen definitely kickstarts the Christmas cheers for us as we prepare for the season. The characters, the colours, the details, the pen and ink strokes definitely strokes of genius. In addition, if you are a foodie like us, check out May's other illustrations, they are delicious.
Photographer Andre Goncalves captures beautiful windows of buildings via his Instagram account for his project "Windows of the World" which will soon be published as a book. It is a window of opportunity not to be missed if you love colour, design, patterns and architecture. Completely mesmerising especially the window collages.
In addition to dedication to windows, he has also captured doors around the world too.
A magical display of paper mushrooms precisely crafted for a forest themed shop window display. This beautifully composed mushroom view is by Zim & Zou for a Hermès store in Dubai.
