Coming soon...

Sorry it has been a little quiet over here on the Little Solsken blog recently. I'm currently updating my website, new blog posts coming soon.

Little Solsken loves...

I stumbled upon a lovely company called This is ground who are based in Los Angeles. They have many useful handmade leather products. The kind of thing you didn't know you needed but are all actually very useful. As they say on their website 'Creative solutions to everyday problems'. I particularly love the range of Mod folio's, a customisable case to store everyday possessions in an organised way and great for travelling. There are many variations depending on your lifestyle, I personally love the Designer Mod one. 

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- Bag - Shelf  - Container -

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Beautiful Editorial Design inspiration

- Darling - Oxford American - Skateboard -

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Clever use of Negative space

- Snow white - Little Red Riding Hood - Legs (Shigeo Fukada) - Faces -

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Summer zest

Citrus tone collection.

Sunset

fruit

Vespa

Orange stairs

Stationery

Clementine print

Typewriter

books

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Colour Inspiration

* Flowers

* Paper

* Building

* Brochures

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Packaging design is always an important part of a product. I particularly like Japanese simple understated designs, as sometimes less is more and the most simple things are the most beautiful.

- Rice packaging - Paper packaging - Citrus natsudaidai juice - Brass pen case - Rice sweets -

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Once Upon a Type...

Inspired by The Golden Sans Project, a documentation of the Gold Coast’s residential and urban signage by Andrew Suggit. I've been exploring typography and signage designs, particularly how regional styles have evolved and taken inspiration from the local surroundings. Some styles are instantly recognisable for a particular region others more subtle.

1. Palm spring post box 

 2. Miami   

3. Barbados sign post 

 4. Las Vegas  

5. New York coffee shop 

 6. Sign post 

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Little Solsken loves...

1. Lanterns

2. Chairs

3. Mug

4. Cards

5. Bike

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Winter wonderland...

1. trees

2. snowy reindeers

3. line of trees

4. sheep

5. shed

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Stationery *sparkle*

Lovely foiled papergoods by Sugar Paper -LA, kikki.K and Brown paper.

Stripe notebook

Diagonal foil notebook

Birthday card

Thank you card

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Pastel Rainbow

Pretty summer pastels.

1. Girl

2. Balloons

3. Rainbow slides

4. Rainbow building

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Little Solsken Loves... Typography

Recently I have been exploring the typography world, I've always been interested in type but even more so recently.Below are a few of my favourites.

1. Chalk board

2. Gent

3. type and photo

4. California

5. Guitar

6. Springs

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Little Solsken Loves... Esme Winter

I recently stumbled upon the lovely work of Esme Winter and I'm very glad I did. Esme created her first products in 2011 and now has a beautiful collection of designs for wrapping paper, notebooks and note cards. The patterns and colours are timeless and understated. I love them all.

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Sunshine tones

Many lovely shades of sunshine. Yellow is such a happy colour, from muted to neon they all put a smile on your face.

Star

Telephone

Door

Bike

Dress

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter, hope everyone has a lovely long weekend and the easter bunny stops by with lots of chocolate.

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Maxomorra

I recently came across the lovely Swedish brand Maxomorra. They produce fun, organic cotton kidswear. I love their bright, happy designs that come in an array of lovely patterns including, clouds, bikes, jellyfish, cars, stars and many more. My favourites are the cloud tunic and hedgehog balloon dress.

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Spring...

Happy first day of Spring :)

spring, daffodils

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