Rory Dobner

On a recent trip to Liberty's I spotted these lovely pieces by Rory Dobner. There are a lot of neon signs out there, but I like the contrasting feel of these, having them mounted on different materials. The wood gives them a more rustic feel, and I like how the glow of the word picks up the grain in the background.

The 'Love' image at the bottom, is made more interesting again with each letter having a different style., giving that more vintage feel of a collection of found objects. More of his work can be found here www.rorydobner.com.

Liberty Print for Nike

Once again in a bid to put off writing my dissertation, I have found myself looking at shoes (or in this case trainers). I have wanted a pair of Liberty print Nike's for a while, but I've never really loved any of the prints previously used...until now.
The print was designed as part of a collaboration between the Liberty design team and illustrator Brian Wildsmith for the Autumn 2011 collection, which also featured collaborations with two other children's illustrators David McKee and Lauren Child.
So if anyone would like to buy these for my birthday or christmas, I'm a size three and they're £77...

Annina Vogel

Whilst looking on the Liberty website I came across jewellery designer Annina Vogel.

Using vintage charms, she creates one off pieces like the ones below (my three favourites!)

The pieces don't come cheap though, the ring comes at a pricey £6,500 and the necklaces at £350 each.

Liberty Print Barbour Jacket

This is the Carline Liberty print Beadnell jacket from Barbour. If I had £219 to spend on a jacket, I would definitely buy it. Until then I will just have to dream about it, or win the lottery.

My new mini suitcase

I bought this from Merci when I was in Paris. I always wanted one of the Liberty Print suitcases, so when I saw this I had to buy it, and it was a bargain at €45 compared to the Liberty ones which are £70!  

Liberty Print Suitcases

I want one of these...or maybe all of them. At £60 each though I don't think I will be getting one anytime soon.