Self appraisal

After receiving the unbelievable news that I made it to the second round in applying to School of Art and Design everything's been a bit fuzzy for me. Now that I have recovered from that AND the nasty flu that attacked me earlier this week I decided it was time to compliment myself and give me a present for a job well done.

I had decided this already when sending the application portfolio, but originally it was supposed to be something a bit smaller... But I follow this philosophy that says "When you know, you know" and so I ended up placing an order with Zana Bayne Leather. All those plain boring or too girly outfits are gonna get a kick in the ass when this one arrives.

Anyway, busy weekend ahead and after that something I could refer to instant death of creativity and ability to draw. But I'm doing my best not to panic here. After all, they already admitted that I'm not totally hopeless. Trying to keep that in mind.. yup yup.

Now go outside and do things, get inspired and enjoy summer y'all! Have a nice weekend :)

- Maria

Abuse

"Clean future city"

"Cleaner Helsinki"

"Carried away"

"Singing in the rain"

Now I'm gonna use this blog for a simply selfish purpose. See, I took part in this competition where you can get your own stamp published for the World Design Capital Helsinki -year 2012. The theme is "future cities" and I approached it in two angles: designin cities in a environmental-friendlier way, and "everyday design" that Finnish design is all about. There the idea is about how design can make everyday seem better and brighter. So I ended up with four stamps since there was no limit for the number of works by one participant.

SO NOW your task is to vote, vote, vote for all four of my stamps and get me to the next round.
And this is how:

1. Use Firefox/IE and go to www.futurecity.fi

2. Organise the works after "nimimerkki"

3. Scroll down to m and vote for stamps by "mariamoi" by opening them and clicking the thumb

4. Do this all by Monday 25 April and wish me luck :D

THANK YOU SO MUCH <3

- Maria

Spring inspiration

Lately I have finished my internship and returned to school, but mostly I've been motivated to draw and study something as important as spring/summer 2011 or pre-fall 2011. Here are some of my favorites for the spring. I'm loving the colors and simple lines (like pretty much everyone at the moment).

I can't name any favorite collections really, but the pictures in this collage are from Christopher Kane, Dries van Noten, Prada, Proenza Schouler, YSL, Gareth Pugh, Helmut Lang, MaxMara, Jil Sander, Loewe, Lanvin, Hermès, Celine and Dior. Some of my favorite designers dropped out from this list, but I know for the autumn they'll be back :)

-Maria

(pics style.com)

Helicopter

Hanging at my boyfriends work here in Rovaniemi. Next week we are off to Turku and Helsinki. Finally !! Can`t wait to see my friends and family, shop in Zara, enjoy some culture and I actually have the chance to dress nicely since it`s not so cold there. I miss my high heeled shoes!

- D

Prada Spring/Summer 2011 Video Campaign

Snow land

- D

furlicious

Fur and wool, propably the only two things that keep me worm here in north.

coat Marella, hat from furhatworld.com, scarf Mulberry

- D

Stuck with winter

There's been a perfect silence here in the blog I see, sorry for that. I changed from PC to Mac and ever since I've been a bit allergic to computers... But I promise I'll get used to this new fancy thing and start again with the blog-life.

Here are some landscapes of perfect winter days during the holidays in Jyväskylä and Levi.

And hey, I hope everyone has had a good start for the year 2011!

-Maria