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How beautiful are these? Created by two Spanish graphic designers, they are made using a centuries-old technique. The Arabian Andalusian technique, known as Taracea, is still being used in Granada, Spain and it involves artisans with both patience and skill creating geometric compositions out of inlaid wood. As explained on
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You’ll risk screwing up, sure. You’ll risk ruining it all – the skills you’ve acquired, the small notoriety you’ve been given, the general comforts of knowing what the heck you’re doing, of feeling comfortable, of feeling good, of feeling right. The past eight months have brought
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Above: Beautiful Dublin skyline print by Donal Mangan. Funny and true. Been bopping along to this JT gem. Cute video too. "Any body, every body is a bikini body": Wonderful post from my trainer Liz. I gots all of these awesome letterboards on my wishlist. A new series
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I'm a big fan of Google's Chrome browser. I use Safari for all personal stuff, and Chrome for all work stuff, which is handy for keeping settings, histories, and autofill forms tidily separated. I'm pretty hooked on Chrome extensions, which are easy, powerful ways
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Can't stop checking out this brilliant Pinterest board from my friend Eleanor. The fuzzier the shot, the more it tugs at the heart-strings; it's like the messy carelessness of the pictures are a metaphor for that time in your life – a time of fun yet angsty
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It's usually around September that my stationery fetish goes into overdrive. I don't know if it's the new job, working from home more, or just how feckin' cute these finds are, but I'm feeling a bit of a desk update. Above:
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Colouring books for adults (distinctly different from adult colouring books, just so we're clear), have become hugely popular in the last year or two – check out how many of the best-selling books on Amazon right now are colouring books for grown-ups. For Christmas, Ben gifted me Lost Ocean,
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It's probably total sacrilege to say this when it's still January: but doesn't it feel kind of, well, spring-like out there at times? Maybe that's why I've been pinning this wonderfully fresh colour combo. Pastel pink is going to be
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One of the things I'm becoming more and more fiercely passionate about – and honestly, one of the reasons behind my recent leap – is my firm belief that the tech industry needs more women. More than ever, more parts of our lives are powered by technology, yet women aren&
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"I live just about as much during the day as a trapeze performer does when he is on the bars — it’s catch the right bar at the right minute, or into the net you go" – Willa Cather Keeping on the theme from earlier in the week, I
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One of my favourite January activities? Planning the trips I hope to take. Or remembering what I loved about last year's – the fresh, biting Donegal air, the inadvertent giddiness that comes with seeing the New York skyline, the first peek at a Dublin cherry blossom, or the feel
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Anything techie can sometimes feel a bit, well, cold to give as a Christmas gift, but I hope these five stylish finds prove otherwise. Tech accessories have come a seriously long way, often incorporating natural, tactile materials like leather and wood, as well becoming beautifully designed things in their own