Its fascinating the avenues design research leads you down. If someone said to you I'm looking to design a piece of tableware for chocolates, I'm sure Mondrian would not be your first suggestion for research avenues. Actually this extraordinarily famous painting has brought me a long way. The intersecting lines, bold colours and irregular sized boxes had provided great stimuli for a high end chocolate display that i am currently working on. Clearly fine art and design really can relate and inform.

This was an absolutely stunning exhibition at the Tate Britain. Its not a hugh show and its expensive to get in but its absolutely stunning. The scale of the works really can't be explained, it it one thing to look at am an image, it is another entirely to stand in, under, next to or peer around something. I adored the raw materials and the evidence of the making process. One of the better exhibitions i have ever been to. 

With the huge surge in wet weather this winter and the usual rise in Thames water level it is a little wet in these parts. There are some disadvantages, can't use much water, can't flush toilets often, can't drive in most directions and things keep floating away. All in all though, its really very beautiful and somewhat refreshing. Man really isn't so powerful after all. Water will always conquer and we can always  live on boats. I would quite like it to stay. Its not often you get geese swimming past the kitchen window. 

Angelika Studios is an art gallery and working studio run by six wonderful artists. I was privileged to be invited to this evenings private view showcasing work by all the in-house artists. It was a stunning show with great work and equally great people. Adore the mixed media and colour involved in Lindall Pearce's work. Great evening and well worth a visit if you get a chance to visit. http://www.angelikastudios.co.uk