For a while, I have been pinning creative workspaces I love on Pinterest. These are a few of my favorites. Looking at other designer and artist’s workspaces is very inspiring. They are so full of colours and personality.

Smitten Studio / Decor8 / Better Homes & Gardens / Endemic World / Polkaros

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I should have posted this months ago.

I submitted an illustration piece for USFOLK, Canberra’s Independent Arts and Culture Magazine. It was for an article called “The Quarter Life Crisis” by Erin Priestly.

A little story with no connection to my illustration piece (story time!): It was actually pretty funny when I read the article that I got.  I’m 26 years old, settling down in a new city that is totally different from the last 3 cities I have lived in my life. I’m newly married, which is the best decision I’ve ever made, so there’s no problem there. But for a while I actually have been worrying about other aspects in life. Such as… my career, whether or not I’m (emotionally) ever going to be ready to have a child, will my life gets more comfortable (financially) as I get older… blah blah blah.

Then, BAM! I received that article. I have never heard a thing called “The Quarter Life Crisis” until I read that article. So now I know that I’m not the only one. Which is kinda great. So all I have to do now is to hold on, keep on doing what I love doing which is designing, try as hard as I can and let nature takes its course. Then hopefully, my quarter life crisis will be over before I know it.

Okay, Enough story time, kids.

So yeah… about the illustration, as you can see it began with a sketch, I scanned it and turn it into vector graphic illustration, submit it to USFOLK Magazine and it was published in their 4th Issue (Autumn 2013). For a copy of USFOLK, you can purchase it here. It’s a really cool magazine, guys. You should get a copy.

To the USFOLK team, if you’re reading, thank you again for the great opportunity!

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I have been blogging less and less, I know. Doesn’t mean I’m abandoning Design is Yay. Don’t worry, I’m not going to. Blogging, ever since I started doing it regularly, has become my hobby. I don’t give my hobby that soon, especially when it’s been great. I get to share things that inspires me, I connected with new people and the best thing of all is getting my work as a designer recognised.

However sometimes, I still find it difficult to divide my time between blogging and my design work. I’m currently working on 4 client projects on top of my own (Mad Cat Studio and re-designing my portfolio website).

So to still keep my blog updated while I’m busy doing work, I’m going to start sharing Studio Updates. I will be updating on what I’m currently doing in my little one-woman-studio, Wita Puspita Design.

What’s new today, is my re-designed portfolio website, which I’m really proud of.

HOME PAGE

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PAGE

ABOUT PAGE

CONTACT PAGE

I designed the website on my own, with the help of a developer friend.
Check the website out, and tell me what you think :)

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I’m feeling very generous, so I’ve decided to giveaway some souvenirs I bought during my trip to Indonesia. No, they are not your typical keychains and fridge magnets souvenirs you usually get from your not-so-close colleagues. These souvenirs are handpicked and selected from some of Indonesia’s best independent designers.

Just a note, this giveaway is NOT sponsored by any of the shops. I just thought it will be a great giveaway for you readers, a great way to promote these independent designers, and I hope to bring even more readers to my blog. Win-win! :)

I have 4 gifts to giveaway.

Giveaway 1: Monkey Plushie by Cemprut Indie Craft

The woman behind Cemprut, Aphrodita, handmade awesome and cute plushies that you can “adopt” from their facebook page. They use the term adopt instead of buy to create a personal connection between you and the cute creatures you adopted. Each plushie is unique. They might sell lots of other monkey plushies, but they might have different fabrics and colours. So the monkey I’m giving away to you is called Alvodapo.

Giveaway 2: Rickshaw Tissue Cover by Canvas Living

I discovered Canvas Living during my visit to an independent shops market in Jakarta. Canvas Living was created by Harry & Sally (When Harry meet Sally? :P). They use natural canvas to create lifestyle products such as Tissue Cover, Jewellery box, pouches, bags, sandals and many more. The item I’m giving away is a Rickshaw patterned Tissue Cover. Rickshaw is originally called Bajaj in Indonesian. It’s a mode of transport at certain areas in Jakarta.
Facebook Page

Giveaway 3: Batik Pouch by Batik Keris

Okay, Batik Keris is not exactly independent. I bet if you have ever been to Indonesia, you have seen Batik Keris. But, there has got to be a Batik item in this giveaway! And this pouch is cute.

Giveaway 4: Hand-Illustrated Notebook by Koolastuffa

Remember that Art Festival I went to in Jakarta? I posted a photo of Koolastuffa stall. So you know the kind of stuff they sell. I’m giving away a hand-illustrated small notebook. Check out more of Koolastuffa’s awesome products and illustrations in their blog.

How to Enter:
Do ALL of the following things:

• Like Design is Yay page on Facebook, if you haven’t yet
• Like and share this post on facebook (each “like” counts as one entry, each “share” counts as second entry. So if you share, you’ll get double chance of winning :) )
• Be my loyal and supportive reader :)

Who Can Enter:

Anyone from all over the world. Prizes will be shipped internationally.

Rules:

• I will pick the winners randomly from the people who like and share the facebook post.
• Each person can only like and share the post once.
• You can’t choose which gift you are going to get. They are all nice.

Closing date: Monday 3rd of June 2013 at 12 midnight Sydney time
FOUR Winners will be announced and contacted via facebook on the 5th of June. So make sure you check your facebook.

Good Luck!

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Sugar Mama is an American Style Patisserie shop located in Santiago de compostela, Spain. Their identity and illustrations were created by David Sierra. Check out David’s other work because all of them are amazing.

Sugar Mama Logo Development

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Love The Wigwam Cabins Identity designed by Oat Studio Boston! Everything about this logo is so right; the colour, the shape, the fonts.

I wish I could see more of this project. Unfortunately I can’t even find The Wigwam Cabins’ website.

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Mother’s day is around the corner (12 May!). What do mothers do best for their family? Cook. Or at least prepare meals, even if they are store-bought. Even though I’m not a mother, but I plan weekly meals for me and my husband. I thought it would be nice to plan our meals on a cute planner. So I’ve decided to create one and share it with you.

After planning your meals, list the ingredients you need to buy using Fruity Fresh Market List notepad which you can purchase from my shop. Don’t you think these two items would make a great gift pack for mother’s day?

Continue reading after the jump for download link.

Click the download link above to print your Easter Party Invitation Cards. Printing result might vary depending on the paper and printer that you use. I printed mine on a smooth matte white cardstock, using Canon Pixma MG 6250.

All photos and artwork are © Wita Puspita for Design is Yay. The images or documents you download in this article (or across my entire blog) are free for personal use only. Please do not use them commercially. If you re-post or re-use them in any way for your site or blog, please credit my blog. If you would like to use the printable for any commercial projects of yours, please ask for my permission first. Thank You!

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This morning I woke up, check my phone, and to my surprise, it’s May.

Where did April go?

So here comes my monthly (except for April because I forgot. Sorry) desktop wallpaper calendar for May.

Here in Australia, May means the leaves start turning red and orange, and they start falling. Autumn is really beautiful here, especially in Canberra. I never really appreciated Autumn when I was in Melbourne, because all year round all I saw were gothic buildings and graffitied alleys. I lived, worked and studied in the city of Melbourne, and I hardly went outside the city. I used to dislike road trips. That was why, during my 6 years in Melbourne I had never went to Mt Dandenong, Yarra Valley and many many more. Although to be honest, now that I’ve been to both, I say Mt Dandy is overrated (plus the food there are ridiculously expensive). Yarra Valley is beautiful though

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Ros Lee is a Singaporean designer who live and work in Tokyo (lucky girl!). After several years working as an in-house designer for a Tokyo based interior and lifestyle goods company, she created Polkaros in 2011.

Ros Lee applied her fun and unique illustrations onto the products. When creating products for Polkaros, she was inspired by traditional crafts and Japan’s zakka goods.

Looking at her products, I feel like I want them all.

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Fuuki Bunny was created as a side project by artist/graphic designer from Sydney, Willem Scholten. Fuuki first started as street art in the form of paper stickers, pasted around the city of Sydney. Seeing a huge interest on the character, Willem Scholten decided to print them on t-shirts.

How cute is the blind Fuuki :)

More Fuuki:
Youtube
Instagram
Facebook
Website

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