Focus II

I have to accept that one of my most beloved distractions is the appreciation of other designer's work.

Mostly women, I spend most of my afternoons listening to music, and enjoying so delightful stories from this girls, they share so much through their pieces.

Tea and art, it's practically narcotic.

Since I've been collecting this blogs for a while I'll post this three at once.

Blanca Gómez
With so little, shapes and color she can project so much.


Suz Sánchez
Blown away by her patterns of life.


Verónica de Arriba
Gorgeous characters we meet through paper, necklaces and all sort of materials.


All this gals are spanish, two of of them from Bizkaia, which makes me so happy, I used to meet artists through friends at exhibitions (back in my city), now I'm happy that I keep on finding them through other channels, but still can enjoy their work and purchase it. So motivating, to see, share ... to be.

Hands as instrument

When I go to art exhibitions, and stare at beautiful paintings or sculptures I feel so thankful for being able to show a litlle of what my thoughts are in a decent way.

Back in the days, artists were experts in several techniques, from drawing, painting, shaping, all with natural elements and their mind wide open.

Now for designers like me, its possible to translate some clients ideas into images, with taste and clever shape picks, because of the help of software.

But we still can find amazing and truly breathtaking design, that can be called art.

Irma Gruenholz's beautiful clay illustrations are amazing, the combination of materials create gorgeous environments.

via netdiver

Focus

Been a little bit out of my path. But now I have some time off (mummy and wife duties) so I'll try to focus and make a planner so I can manage time better.

I'm listening to Regina Spektor's Far, got my camera ready. Lots of ideas I still have to put on paper.

Been practicing a little more of Illustrator tricks. I follow some blogs that publish tutorials, one is Jay Hilgert's bittbox, but the one I really love is Veerle Pieters's blog, they're both great but I can relate to Veerle's style. This two not only share their talent but they really care about design and the way we approach it in order to be better.

Fireworks

On friday we went to one of the many local festivities of this year. One of the good things I've enjoyed the most since I moved here are this events, each town has its own, there are concerts and lots of traditional things that I still don't completely understand. This plus my favorite time of year in Euskadi, summer, they are magical, beautiful colors and sun until 10 pm. ¡amazing! (personally I think is kind of a compensation for hard winters).

One of the most important moment of each night is when they ignite fireworks. This was Ander's first time, since they do it pretty late for him, and he was pretty excited.

There we were on the grass on a lovely night, me and my two basques. Ander was so happy, but tired too. I looked at him, all smiley, he said: "¡Wow!, they look really ¡cool! ¿When do we go home to bed?". Sweet moment.

Summer

Here it is, the sun is still reluctant, but summer is here.

And I'm really into movies this year. Even though there are so many things to do, between tons of local festivities and the beach, I'm really expecting this year San Sebastian's Film Festival,hoping they show a couple of movies I'm really into. Sofia's Somewhere and Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right, ever since I saw the trailer, back in april I just fell for it. It looks like a very fun movie and the cast is amazing.

Emerging

My last post was about nature at rage, claiming its right to flow through what now became concrete structures on the way of what once was the path for water to flow.

My beloved Monterrey has been punished by a disaster, fortunately human losses were minimal, but the city has collapsed and has a lot of material damage.

Even if we are far there are ways to help, through our family and friends. Even through art, because this is happening to fast, our planet is starting to complain about all the exceeds of humans. Today is in one place far, tomorrow it could be near.

Diego Huerta made a series of photos about this particular disaster, there are breathtaking, a testimony of what happened through damage and people. Because one of our proudest treasures is our people, so many of them poor, but happy.

Thank you Diego for this gesture. And thank you to all who are there helping, thank you to those gorgeous kids that made of some pictures a statement: Let's rise, we can do it.

Via Mayola's mail

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Es el momento...

De regalar momentos. Después de un desastre natural, de vernos a salvo, de contactar con los nuestros y dar abrazos... gracias.

Un momento, para observar, ¡estoy bien! ¿y mi familia?

Un momento, miro por la ventana, los echo de menos, ¿y yo qué puedo hacer?


Un momento y actuar, hay mucho que hacer, ser voluntario es posible, es solo eso, un momento...

Y ahora quedan trozos, el vehículo serán los pies, un momento para meditar, ¿qué hemos hecho de nuestra ciudad?

Un momento y actuar.