Designer Cadin Batrack
May 7, 2008
Cadin Batrack is a motion graphics designer who created the Pencil Farm. Besides this and his showreel, I have no idea who Cadin Batrack actually is. His showreel is lively and full of graphics you will have seen on popular TV channels and movies, such as X-Men so do watch it. The music for the reel is happy and entertaining and starts off “Hey, mister fancy-pants…” I liked his work right away.
The Pencil Farm has a cheerful demeanour and contains games designed by Cadin, each with cute little graphics and quirky gameplay. The ideas expressed are fun, simple and beautifully executed. It even has a “Game builder” with which you can customise a simple collect and drop game to put onto your blog or website.
I made a game with dragonflies to put on here, but it won’t show properly so I’ll have to figure out how to get it working. In the meantime, visit the pencil farm and www.cadinbatrack.com
PS: Cadin’s surname makes me think of the batmobile and snowboards.
A Lovely Laptop
May 5, 2008
The Overlap Tray by OFFI is my idea of an ideal home desktop. Unlike a regular tray table with foldaway legs, the Overlap Tray is meant to stand out and be used. Functional, aesthetically pleasing and great for breakfast in bed – it even has cork mats for cups of tea and a place to keep your books & papers while you’re carrying it! This is my kind of tray!
The price has gone up since I first discovered it ($149-$189 US), so again I await the sales… Available here in Birch (below right) or Walnut (above)
Light as a feather
May 1, 2008
Giving a new meaning to “soft light”, the D*Light Huggable Pillow is warmer in more ways than one. Soft, cuddly and gorgeous to look at, I LOVE them – give one of these anytime of the year and you’d be on my Christmas and Birthday card list forever.
“The amazing effect is the way you see people interact with the pillow, they start to smile, immediately begin hugging it and just can’t seem to put it down at all… Think of it as a soft and intense version of the SunJar, that lets you hold the sun in your arms.”
Available from Diana Lin Design for $160 US in Glamourous Gold, Powerful Pink or Wonderful White. This is no bargain bin give-away and considering how highly the designer values top quality materials and is working on sourcing them at better costs, I reckon it’d be worth every shiny penny. My favourites are the white then the gold (I don’t do pink)… Maybe the other way round.. Oh heck I like them both :)
UPDATE: If you are in NYC on May 17-20, Diana Lin Design will be at ICFF booth 855. They will be introducing new products and new covers for d°light Huggable and they would love to see you there!
