Pandamonium

The world is in trouble, right? The ice caps are melting, the landfills are filling up, nature is in a general state of turmoil, and what are we doing about it? Sometimes we cycle a bike or bring bottles to the recycling bank or turn off the tap when we're brushing our teeth, because every little helps. The World Wildlife Fund did its bit for raising awareness of tackling climate change, promoting sustainable living and protecting endangered wildlife habitats through an art-meets-nature catwalk show in Hyde Park. Designers like Hussein Chalayan, Nicola Formichetti and The North Circular created pieces of wearable art in a collection showing the beauty and fragility of the natural world while simultaneously representing the WWF's global conservation work. The world is a beautiful place; lets love it like we should.

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Things I see I like

Today I'm singing of my love for Lizzy Stewart. An illustrator who studied at Edinburgh College of Art I only discovered yesterday her collection of book covers the style of which make me yearn for a house of my own so I can line the walls with bookcases filled with such beauties and sit every evening in an armchair by the window reading, dreaming and drawing.

Cake in the City

A flash of publicity for a new Edinburgh cafe! It's Vittles on Home Street, it's my place of work and it's where you should go next time you want to eat cake, listen to Mumford and Sons and sit down with a cup of coffee to watch the world go by. Plus at the weekend you'll have the pleasure of being served by my lovely smiling self - and who could possibly say no to that?

All the cakes are baked by Jemma at home in her kitchen and her mum bakes the shortbread biscuits you're given free with your cup of caffeine. If you know me and my ethics then you'll understand why I like the biodegradable packaging, the recycled cups and napkins, the locally sourced jams, chutneys, meats, deli foods, and the general 'freshly-made' system that the good folks at Vittles follow.

I'm also sharing my personal excitement over Perry Court Farm crisps as it is the first place I've seen them stocked since reading about farmer Charlie Fermor and his family business run from their farm in Kent in October's issue of Country Living Magazine. Visit the Perry Court website with a wee click http://www.perrycourtfarm.co.uk/!

Those of a feather

It really feels like Autumn. The trees are in a constant change of wonderful colours, the footpaths are littered with crisp fallen leaves and the bright cold days make you want to walk down country lanes. But now the autumn has brought with it the inevitable rain. With the heavens opening at regular intervals we wrap scarves toward our sodden heads and hurry on our way home. This afternoon I wasted much time looking out the window and as the kitchen was precisely where I wanted to be it meant we spent the evening eating scones, drinking tea, knitting and chatting away like four little birdies in our big cosy nest.

week two at ECA

I've been so busy running here and rushing there that I've hardly had a moment. So what is it I've been doing apart from learning that learning to become a designer is a stressful lot of work? Well... over the course of yesterday and today a workshop was held with designer and 'Smart Textiles' researcher Lynsey Calder.The idea was to explore surfaces and think outside of two dimensional. Lynsey, in her manic photographing of everything everybody was making, reminded me of my own humble blog. And because blogging and the internet is where it's at, we even set up our own tumblr site which can be found here at 3Dsoup.tumblr.com.