If there’s one thing that’s at the heart of Happydesigner, it’s a love of the outdoors and nature. You can see it in so many of the children’s book illustrations we create for our clients. So, we’re really pleased that at the end of the month, from May 27 to June 4, is National Children’s Gardening…
Seasons of mist, mellow fruitfulness – and football? Why we love autumn
Unless you’ve really not been paying attention to the news, the World Cup kicks off this month. For football fans everywhere, this four-yearly event is the pinnacle of the soccer calendar, although this time, the choice of Qatar as the host nation is controversial. Don’t worry, this blog isn’t about the World Cup, but it…
From books to the biosphere: how we’re helping the planet.
At Happydesigner, we’re all about children’s book illustration. We eat, live and breathe books – well, we don’t eat them, but some of them smell really nice (especially when they are new!). But actually, this isn’t quite true; we’re not ‘all’ about children’s books. There’s a lot more to Happydesigner, and one of the most…
Seasons of mist… autumn is on its way
It was just over 200 years ago, in 1820, that John Keats published possibly his most famous poem of all, Ode to Autumn. With the opening line ‘Seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness’, and then referencing everything from apples, to bees, to swallows, to hazels, it’s a beautiful poem, all about this bountiful season. Poignantly,…
We’ve literally got a spring in our step to welcome the new season!
Spring has sprung! We’ve just had a wonderful weekend chez Happydesigner, blessed with glorious sunshine, with the days starting frosty, and the nights clear and moonlit. Spring sunshine, frosty mornings, moonlit nights – sounds like the setting for the opening of a novel! But we digress… Spring has sprung. Plants are beginning to bud, snowdrops…
Not rock, paper, scissors but… trees, paper, books!
Trees. There’s nothing Marmite about trees. We’ve not come across a single person who doesn’t love trees. Even those who are pretty much wedded to being city dwellers love the fact that there are parks and green places dotted around, all with trees in them. We have an additional reason to love trees at Happydesigner….