Imagine my delight when l came across daily life being reflected through the delicate form of paper! Designed by Japanese architect Naoki Terada who established Terada Mokei this year, the 1/100 Architectural Model Accessories Series is simply a playground of paper bliss!

Displayed here is the No.9 Orchestra and No.1 Housing series.

The beauty of the 1/100 Architectural Model Accessories Series, is the interaction that it immediately generates. Each set comes as a self-assembly kit, so by simply popping out the pieces and folding them into place, you can create your very own world. What fun!

With a full orchestra coming to life, and a cyclist enjoying a ride while a dog looks on. One can’t help but become enchanted!

l do believe that the basic concept of the self-assembly model kit has been given a new lease of life via the extraordinary 1/100 Architectural Model Accessories Series.

Enjoy!

With reverence for archaeology, the excitement of discovering Magie Hollingworth’s recycled paper sculptural work is an absolute delight!

Inspired by primitive artefacts, archaeology and nature, Magie Hollingworth takes everyday common tools, strips them down, relieves each one of its dutiful function, re-shapes them into decorative pieces, and celebrates their importance to which can now be grandly admired from afar.

l find the spoon installation with it’s nostalgic images, beautiful and heart-warming, a celebration of a by-gone era. And yet like most unearthed artefacts, the messages conveyed, does and will continue to hold relevance to our everyday lives.

Magie Hollingworth’s work certainly generates an inspiring and creative approach to looking at artefacts!

As a graphic designer who values and appreciates the beauty of white space, l find this project called “Edition Unikat II” created by sculptor Simon Schubert utterly mesmerizing! The intricate folding, and creasing of lines to re-construct the grand interior of a villa (in the style of the Arts Foundation “Villa de bank” in Enschede, Netherlands), magically transforms the humble piece of paper into a visual joy to behold!

Creating a tranquil setting, which soothes the mind, l simply wish to gently make my way up the staircase, and continue my walk…

© Simon Schubert

l hold a firm belief that creative inspiration can be found while enjoying a stroll through our natural habitat. The hand crafted collages and sculptors by Helen Musselwhite charmingly capture wildlife and their surroundings in the form of colourful bold paper shapes and strong graphic lines.

Inspired by folk and ethnic art, Helen Musselwhite truly has an individual style of working with paper. Each piece skillfully reflects the hand cutting, folding and scoring techniques, used on an extensive range of papers, which are often further developed to create muli-layers with textured and patterned surfaces. Generating a 3-dimensional fairytale like glimpse into the natural world.

The piece shown here is called “Number Tree”. As a graphic designer, l like the idea of combining images with typography, and l simply adore the wide-eyed colourful owls!

A splash of Helen Musselwhite’s colourful wildife art is surely a bright light shining, during these snow-laden winter days!

The beginning of a new year tends to inspire me to start mapping out my travels plans for the year ahead. Yoko Yasunishi and Yusuke Hayashi from Drill Design have certainly put a new spin on how to look at the world in the form of Geografia! These 3D paper delights invite you to experience the world’s structure from a sectional point of view.

l like the tactile teaching aspect that these globes create, as they sit at a 23.4 degree angle, when placed alone, reflecting the exact tilt of the earth’s axis.

Naturally, l simply had to smile, when l discovered that you can also choose to leave the exterior blank, or in my case, excitedly colour in the countries of the world. Learning by playing!