This little micro-trend has been gathering pace for a while now, have you spotted it? With its many different incarnations, some of the most recent design examples are quite stunning. Most people's idea of pixel art is a very basic video game type graphic, childish console software created boxes in primary colours. Originally created using... Continue Reading →
Naked Roof Artistry? Leave It Out Poppy
I have honestly never seen anything as ridiculous as this in my whole life. Speaking as a lady builder who spent months on frozen roof slates last winter, this daft woman isn't an artist, she's just another attention seeker using the same old cheap method to grab headlines. How in God's name are female builders and roofers... Continue Reading →
Mid Reno Roast:The Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
It's rare to have both brain and belly fed at the same time but I'm delighted to say that very thing happened to me this weekend. It was a dismal rainy Sunday, perfect for visiting the all new Whitworth Art Gallery after it's recent renovation. Even on an afternoon off I can't stay away from... Continue Reading →
Building Site or Modern Art Interactive Experience??
Realised today that I'm totally missing a trick and have this DoUpDiary building site malarkey completely wrong. What was I thinking? It's not a negative, soul destroying mud field, it's a potential gold mine! Artist Olafur Eliasson has just opened Riverbed at the Denmark's Louisiana Museam of Modern Art and I quote A surface of... Continue Reading →
Installing some *Splendid* Typography Mosaics today
Down at the Splendid Sausage Co, a restaurant where I redesigned the interior a few months ago, Mike & Em have commissioned some fabulous artwork from our friend Amanda at Manchester Mosaics. The pieces capture the different fonts used for the quirky names of different dishes, including my personal favourite, the Mighty Meaty, and are... Continue Reading →
Beautiful contemporary mosaic art on a woodland walk
Wowsers! Just had to share these amazing works of mosaic art with you today, having been following their process and creation during 2013 by our friend Amanda McCrann at Manchester Mosaics. We love her work anyway, but these really are something special, commissioned by North West developers Seddons to draw walkers through a beautiful woodland... Continue Reading →
Fabulous Manchester mosaic artwork against a Moregeous backdrop
Had an excellent day with local artist & friend Amanda McCrann who creates the unique, stylish and colourful artworks you can see in the slideshow below. We created a number of settings around the Moregeous rental apartments, hallways and gardens to showcase her artwork for the Not On The High Street on-line shop - it... Continue Reading →