THANKS TAPESWELL!

I received a mystery package today and it was most exciting. A box FULL of amazing tapes from my friends at Tapeswell.


So i thought i would take a few pics and post them. I still need to photograph each on the delicious rolls separately as some of them are lace which look much more wonderful 'taped' down onto a surface than rolled up.


From retro floral patterns to delicate laces, i still can't decide which one is my favourite, I particularly love the wood grain packing tape which is simple yet effective.


So THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU, i have definitely got my tape fix for the month.


Oh, i forgot to mention, similar to this flower one here, there is a butterfly one which i also received which is just beautiful.


When i went down to the mail room at work, i could spot which package i thought might have been mine immediately but had to wait patiently until the mail guy finally picked the box covered in tape.

If anyone wants to get hold of some decorative tape for a project or just for fun... here is their site. http://www.tapeswell.com/

Happy days.

LYNNIE'S TAPE PICS

Its a sunday evening and i thought i would share some extremely nice photos taken by my friend lynnie who has an amazing knack with the iphone camera, i manage to get the worst, out of focus pictures with mine, but she seems to be able to work magic. These photos are from her walk some... somewhere in London...


Its "caution electrical' tape covering some kind of bollard or electrical outlet layered with yet more tape. The photos look amazing.


I would really love to get my hands on a roll of this tape!


If anyone wants to send me some tape pics from your travels, i would love to see them and post them here!

BONMOT POETRY TAPE: BROWN

Here are some recent photos of my* brown packing tape on tour in London. It was lucky enough to have a photoshoot with a fancy photographer in some slightly odd locations around town (and someone's backyard). I love them.


And i should mention that this tape is for sale. The prices are:

1 roll if you live in UK - £5 (add £1 for postage / roll)
1 roll if you live in USA - US$8 (add $2 for postage/ roll)


Just contact me if you want some. If you live anywhere other than the above two locations, i can still post, the above prices are just a guide, I can quote you a specific price if you contact me.


Check out the other roll which is also still for sale:
http://www.bonmottrading.com/


Both rolls are also being sold in v. cool design store off Carnaby street in London called Beyond the Valley - if you are ever in the neighbourhood.


* designed by Wai Lee and Jacqui Ma

KIDNAPPED

For someone (me) who is in quite a dark mood today, this made me laugh inside just now. A blog dedicated to pictures of people depicted being kidnapped. hahaha. http://mrhobbs-kidnapped.blogspot.com/


Kidnapping inevitably involves some kind of tape or gagging material... enter the silver gaffer tape which seems to be the most popular when it comes to kidnapping.


I know if i was going to kidnap someone, i'd probably go for white gaffer myself, but i suppose you would just have to go with what you've got. Brown packing tape probably wouldn't be quite as good you'd have to do so many layers that you would be better off just wrapping it endlessly around the kidnapee's head.


The blog is seriously random which i find hilarious, it sort of reminds me of the megaphone shop i once saw in Lisbon... can a shop sell anything more particular than just megaphones? Obviously in the image above the guy hasn't exactly been kidnapped but he is probably feeling in quite a dark place, possibly due to his haircut.


This is not very convincing because christmas packing tape couldn't possibly realistically restrain this victim.


The blog lists credits of what movies / shows these kidnap scenes are taken from - you'll have to check it out for yourself! Have fun.

REBECCA WARD TAPE INSTALLATION AT KATE SPADE NEW YORK

The lovely Rebecca Ward has been recently featured on the Wooster Collective. This is the video interview that accompanies the article.




The perfect integration of the tape installation into the shop style space really tranforms with the obsessive stripes. The candy colours are girly but also clashy and cool at the same time.

Here is the direct link to Rebecca Ward's site www.rebeccasward.com

And here is my previous 'interview' with her from this blog: 2nd Dec 2009 Interview

LADY GAGA WRAPPED IN TAPE

This new video by Lady GAGA is all my fantasies wrapped up into one! Check it out
http://www.ladygaga.com/telephone/#
What more could a girl want?

RUBANS DE NORMANDIE - PARIS TAPE SHOP

Salut... wandering around the streets of Paris last week, i came across this little tape shop located not too far away from the place du republique on boulevard Beaumarchais.


I love the little shops in places like Paris that only sell one thing... in this case, tape. I once stumbled upon a shop in Lisbon that only sold megaphones!




For predominantly industrial uses, the shop also had this beautiful gold tape that i wish i could have got my hands on... unfortunately the shop was closed.



And of course.. a few tape dispensers to top it off.

TAPE IN PACKAGING - PORTLAND GENERAL STORE

Wood body creme by Portland General Store, available to buy from the lovely shoppe - Hickories Hard Goods. I particularly like the thick strip of white tape sealing the lid.


Nice packaging!

TAPE WALLPAPER

It looks like a roll of brown packing tape has been exploded onto the walls of this oddly symmetrical room.


Oh the fun you can have with tape! (as seen at: design-crisis.com)