No, no Im not talking about the Candy Floss, although I do love it. I'm talking about all the things I need in my life right now from this amazing Cape Town based Shop. (I'm almost starting to believe that Cape Town is on the scale of Moderate to Average... but I could be wrong.)
They're busy working on their online store at the moment, so unless you live in Cape Town and can pop by The Woodstock Exchange any time soon, it might be a little harder to get your grubby hands on these delicious designs.
You can keep up to date with them on Facebook, until their website is up and running then I'm sure we can all live inside the internet looking at these delicious things. Damn.
All right, enough babbling from me, take a look!
I particularly love the little illustrations and the cute story behind them. I think this brand can go along way and boy do I want one of those cute Ghostie Tote Bags!
&Kathrynwhat
As you probably know, I have a little bit of a Craft Market Crazy streak around December when all the Creepy Crafters Crawl out of their hiding places in time for the Christmas Craze. Well, Kamers Vol Geskenke, has just added a new Market to their bill, one that's happening right now! To keep all of us Jo'burgers sane over these long weekends for the next month, Kamers has introduced a Market over the Easter Weekend. It's still going to be on until Monday, so you have plenty of time to get your goodies.
This is my delightful new pillow from a lovely little Cape Town based Online Shop called ZANA.
Their stuff is supper fresh and has a really good texture.
I'm a sucker for good textured things.
You can order Online or check them out at the Biscuit Mill.
Added a new ring to my ever so slightly growing collection! This one is super cool. Its paper thin, made out of copper and sterling silver. You can check out more from Liesbet Van Cappellens' Jewelry Collection on her website: http://www.lvcjewelry.com/
This, however, was the best. this chocolate is the most delicious chocolate you'll ever taste in your life and it hail from good old Pretoria. They have 6 exciting flavours and the best chocolate package design you could ask for. Check them out on Facebook to get your hand on some!
There are so many amazing Illustrators out there that I literally cannot consume their work fast enough.
This is James Gilleards work, that he did for a Software company a little while ago. I really like his style of illustration and his use of colour and caricaturisation as well as how flippin' cool the little characters look I just wanna squish them and maybe have little bobble heads on my desk to look at sometimes cause they look like they would understand all your inner turmoil. (What a long sentence, I apologise...)
Here are some of his works, but you can see more at his Behance page here.
This is my personal opinion on how cool Television Broadcast Channels and their Brands are. I based this information on my limited knowledge of percentages and on how many cool shows, in my opinion, there are on that channel. Its also judged by the coolness of the shows that its showing and not by the amount (Reality shows do not count) CBS - 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Under the Dome. HBO - GIRLS, Game of Thrones, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire. FOX - The Simpsons, American Dad, New Girl, Brooklyn Nine Nine, GLEE. Mnet - Ray Donovan, Suits, Homeland, Nashville. eTV- How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, The Young and the Restless.
I really enjoyed the Emmy's Choreography number. I really want to watch American Horror Story: Asylum. Yes.
Is a Television Show even a brand, or is the Company that pays for it and broadcasts it the Brand? Hmmm... We... with my amount of experience with brands and such things like Branding Strategy I... have no idea.
But I am going to try and make you believe that I know exactly what's going on here.
There are so many Television Broadcasters out there. Just in South Africa we have MNET (Did you know there's also an MNET in South Korea and Australia?), SABC 1,2,3 and eTV. Then we have DSTV with all it's 500 channels, like The Discovery Channel, the History Channel, the Style Network... the list is ENDLESS! Then you have to think about the huge corporations in America and England like Fox, CBS, HBO and the BBC. Television is a huge deal. It brings us all the news and entertainment we could ever wish for, right into our living rooms from around the world.
Let's not get in too over our heads here. Lets start small, not get to crazy over this thing. Its no big deal - its only Brand Strategy.
MNET: Mnet started way back in 1986 and has been going strong ever since, with loads of International hits and a bunch of locally produced shows like Carte Blanche. Over they years, Mnet has increased the viewer ship of their audience by spicing things up with the shows we have all been anxiously awaiting to watch from America and other places overseas. Earlier this year they were screening shows simultaneously to the States, which was pretty cool, because you didn't have to spend all your internet trolling time trying to avoid spoilers of your favourite shows.
"I really enjoy watching Mnet, it has my shows on!" - Kendyll, Durban.
Mnets logo is a blue 'M', in a ribbon that has been spiced up over the years to look more classy and sophisticated, doing the brand well to reach its target audience and really put itself on the map as worth while channel when DSTV came around. It as finally a worthy competitor taking on channels of a higher calibre.
Mnet has many ways of keeping its viewers entertained and in touch on a personal level, with initiatives like Mnet Cares.
There are also many opportunities for viewers to get involved with competitions and premium initiatives with Mnet and DSTV.
Mnets Sunday Night movies have always meant family time for people, and that's the kind of connection with the people of South Africa and the audience that Mnet has built up over the years. They're all about connecting people, bringing magic into their homes and lives.
"It's a good and bad thing. People are sleeping at that time, but the movies are good usually." - Daniel, Johannesburg.
Jimmy Hendrix T-Shirt; Denim High-waisted Shorts; Ankle Boots and a Navy Blue and Red Button-up Jumper. Accessories: Beige Sunnies; floral bracelets and a pair of over sized floral stud earrings.
The Carrie Diaries
Outfit Inspired by Carrie Bradshaw
Blue Cotton Blazer with Pinstripe detail on the sleeve; Pink patterned dress and, a Blue and White satchel handbag. Accessories: Light pink lace glove; Owl earrings with Turquoise inset stone and a flower detailed headband.
The Carrie Diaries
Outfit Inspired by Larissa Loughlin
Black Cropped T-shirt; High-waisted Plaid trousers with Black Velvet Pumps. Accessories: Black Glam Clutch bag; Red Sunnies and a Silver Rope headband.
Two Broke Girls
Outfit Inspired by Caroline Channing
Black Floral Cap Sleeved Blouse and
Rust coloured High-waisted shorts with button detailing.
Accessories: Bronze Chunky bracelets; Crystal pendant and Clock inspired earrings. Leopard print pumps paired with a Brow fedora and a Radio inspired handbag.
Two Broke Girls
Outfit Inspired by Max Black
Black and Red Plaid Collared Shirt, with a Black High-waisted A-line Skirt; paired with Black Platform, lace-up shoes with Pleather detailing on the toe. Accessories: Light Brown Skinny Belt and assorted Rings.
For my first "Compulsory Post" based on this weeks Brand Strategy Homework, which I only actually did in class - you know how it is.
We had to find an article (Look I even managed to find it again) relating to our chosen topic, read the article and come up with 5 Insights, from that article.
After all that hard work, there was more.
This involved struggling through someone else's homework, trying to read their handwriting and understand what exactly they were talking about on their blog, and then having to awkwardly find the person in our class to return their homework to them.
It was after all that, that we got our crumpled pieces of paper back with a few new (or in my case not so much) insights.
This is the photographic evidence of such homework.
Well, I dunno about you but that wasn't all that interesting, and had very little (unless you read the paper) to do with TV Shows and how they inspire our life journeys through emotional problems and all that weird psychological mush so I have a cool song/video for you to listen to/watch.
I can just about hear your minds a reeling with what on earth this wonder could be, you might even be asking yourselves "What Even Is That?", so, without further adieu:
