RW Design 2012-05-21T08:17:36+10:00 Tagline http://rowenwagner.com/blog <![CDATA[monocle archive boxes]]> 2012-02-20T09:19:03+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/monocle-archive-boxes Admin Classic archive boxes from Monocle

]]> <![CDATA[indesignlive]]> 2012-01-19T21:50:29+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/indesignlive Admin I'm on indesignlive today. Thanks Alice!

]]> <![CDATA[tuerca production]]> 2012-01-10T21:59:01+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/tuerca-production Admin Tuerca jewellery packaging, in the making. It takes me about 15 minutes per box...

]]> <![CDATA[new years resolutions]]> 2011-12-31T14:13:47+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/new-years-resolutions Admin <![CDATA[time i designed]]> 2011-11-15T22:20:34+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/time-i-designed Admin That lovely feeling when someone in the world that you have never met likes your work and blogs about it. Big smile. 

"I HAVE NEVER WANTED SOMETHING SO BADLY"

]]> <![CDATA[gumby]]> 2011-10-12T09:19:32+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/gumby Admin Loving Google today, wish I still had my Gumby bendable toys. 

]]> <![CDATA[ellipse wins]]> 2011-10-07T22:10:12+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/ellipse-wins Admin Was excited to win the product design category of the Melbourne Desgin Award last night. Thank you Workshopped for making this product a reality. 

]]> <![CDATA[miam]]> 2011-08-25T09:14:13+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/miam Admin

Miam by Akama, via Yves. Amazing. 

]]> <![CDATA[takeaway]]> 2011-07-26T09:35:52+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/takeaway Admin "Takeaway is anything but ordinary" in these folded sheet metal beauties from Established & Sons. 

"In general, the question of what’s inside a box is more intriguing than the box itself. But the Takeaway turns this presupposition inside out"

]]> <![CDATA[home at ikea]]> 2011-07-22T08:53:11+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/home-at-ikea Admin Christian Gideon makes himself at home in this humorous series of well-shot photos of himself and his friends getting very settled in the megastore, location undisclosed.

"My friends and I started asking ourselves - what if you lived in Ikea? Well take a look…"

]]> <![CDATA[natural play]]> 2011-07-19T18:33:31+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/natural-play Admin Diego Morales

]]> <![CDATA[andrea0503]]> 2011-07-13T14:07:41+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/andrea0503 Admin 'A simple, but statement oxidized sterling silver ring with a beautiful natural herkimer diamond'. andrea0503 on etsy. 

]]> <![CDATA[heiko waechter]]> 2011-07-11T13:53:44+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/heiko-waechter Admin “I tend to focus on details, rather than the full picture, seeking order in chaos, and beauty in the mundane” Heiko Waechter

]]> <![CDATA[nice one nixon]]> 2011-07-05T18:29:09+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/nice-one-nixon Admin Bit of vintage beauty from Nixon. Images from Rick Shofield from his album Things. 

]]> <![CDATA[santa marta]]> 2011-07-03T18:39:05+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/santa-marta Admin Favela Painting - Santa Marta: Praça Cantão, Communidade Da Santa Marta, Rio De Janeiro

]]> <![CDATA[falcon enamelware]]> 2011-07-01T18:14:58+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/falcon-enamelware Admin Rebrand of Falcon Enamelware - a collaboration between designers Kiwi&Pom and Morse Studio. Photography by Sam Stowell. Really like this. Via Creative Review

]]> <![CDATA[MWM graphics]]> 2011-06-24T09:24:46+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/MWM-graphics Admin Awesome colours and patterns in fine art and illustration from Matt W. Moore

]]> <![CDATA[melbourne design awards 2011]]> 2011-06-23T09:14:00+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/melbourne-design-awards-2011 Admin Melbourne Design Awards 2011 - entries open today. 

]]> <![CDATA[shopped or not]]> 2011-06-22T08:51:19+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/shopped-or-not Admin Igor Siwanowicz via shoppedornot.com

]]> <![CDATA[japan/toys]]> 2011-06-21T23:06:57+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/japantoys Admin Just arrived back from an awesome 10 days in Japan, primarily for Tokyo International Toy Show. The trip was fantastic. Will soon post a revised top 12 finds that made it back as excess baggage. 

]]> <![CDATA[Moose Enterprise]]> 2011-06-20T21:06:24+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/Moose-Enterprise Admin The reason for the recent relocation down to chilly Melbourne is a new job - product designer at Moose Enterprise. Makers of Might Beanz, Beados, Gomu, Sea Monkeys, Party Animals and Aqua Sand (to name a few), most 20-somethings would remember them more fondly for their colourful yo-yo's, knuckles and fiddle sticks. Having followed Moose Toys since university I'm very excited to now be part of the team. 

]]> <![CDATA[SYD>MLB]]> 2011-06-19T16:38:02+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/SYDMLB Admin Apologies for 5 months blogging absence. I've since moved to a new home in a new city to start a new job which has all kept me quite busy. Now settled, let's start again with plenty to report.

Rowen

]]> <![CDATA[swiping havoc]]> 2011-01-19T18:08:30+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/swiping-havoc Admin ABC News are allowing you to swipe through before and after shots of the Queensland Floods in a creative yet shocking visualisation of the disasters effects on various sites. This second presentation was developed by Jim Whimpey and Andrew Kesper, executive producer Matthew Liddy. 

]]> <![CDATA[geek gadgets]]> 2011-01-17T14:06:15+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/geek-gadgets Admin Great page of fun and inventive geek gadgets for your nerdy enjoyment

]]> <![CDATA[erwin wurm]]> 2011-01-15T14:40:16+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/erwin-wurm Admin UFO by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm. Rad. 

]]> <![CDATA[lego inception]]> 2011-01-13T14:24:35+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/lego-inception Admin From Wired's blog Underwire - Lego, inception style. They've done a great job with the details. 

]]> <![CDATA[20/20 rollout]]> 2011-01-10T14:14:59+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/2020-rollout Admin HUB's 20/20Bin roll-out continues across Sydney's major railway stations. Took this image today on my phone at Central - looking great, and the cleaners are loving them.

]]> <![CDATA[Sydney NYEX]]> 2011-01-05T13:43:14+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/Sydney-NYEX Admin

Time lapse video of Sydney's NYE fireworks. Loved the 'make your mark' theme, with cinematography by Murray Fredericks and editing Lindi Harrison for the City of Sydney

]]> <![CDATA[edible websites]]> 2011-01-03T15:49:53+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/edible-websites Admin Restaurants occasionally hit the spot with a fresh web presence. These important marketing and information tools are sometimes as enjoyable as the food. Three of my local favourite food sites: bills, Guzman y Gomez and the Winery by Gazebo. Yummy. 

]]> <![CDATA[happy new year]]> 2011-01-01T17:05:59+10:00 http://rowenwagner.com/blog/happy-new-year Admin