Heroes in a Half Shell

COWABUNGA DUDES!

We've been wanting to make these for a while, we love Hero Turtles and from the likes and favourites we've had across facebook, twitter and instagram, it looks like you do too!

In reference to the Hero Turtles bit. It was Hero Turtles, when I was little it wasn't Ninja Turtles because apparently that was too controversial. Wikipedia it if you like, I'm telling the truth!

However, Jacques is going by Ninja Turtles for a few reasons, 

1) He's a boy and it's cooler
2) He can't remember what happened last week, let alone when we were five.
3) He'll do anything to make me look more crazy than I actually am.

Ninja Turtles, Hero Turtles, they look the same, so let me introduce you to:

Raphael is cool but rude (and also my favourite),

Michelangelo is a party dude, (Jacques favourite)

Donatello does machines,

Leonardo Leads!

Available in big necklaces (see above) and also rings and brooches, (see below). 

Rings and Brooches

The rings and brooches have mirror bandannas for that added sparkle! Totally RAD, right?

To prove how much Jacques and I loved Hero Turtles, here are some photos of us in hero turtle Pyjamas when we were younger... 

Jacques in Hero Turtle T-Shirt or Pjamas I'm not sure, with his mum, little bro Josh and big bro Jamie.

Me in my Hero Turtle Pyjamas

So represent the nineties and get yourself a Hero Turtle! Now available at Porta, 4 Bond Street, Brighton, and on Etsy HERE!

ROAR!

Karli

Out takes!

So we recently took photos for the new SS13 designosaur collection with Bob as photographer and Amelia as model. (See that post here)

Obviously we aren't very serious people so there are some funny out takes... I thought I'd share them with you!

Amelia is really not going to appreciate this post, but ho hum, lets see if she finds it! (she can't be too angry because there's some pretty silly ones of me!

ROAR!

Karli
designosaur

LUCKY DIP!

Our LUCKY DIP boxes are back and better than ever!

You may remember that a few months back we sold a limited number of lucky dip boxes full of designosaur goodies! This time round, they are still limited but they now only contain DINOSAUR items!

YAY!

You can get your designosaur dinosaur lucky dip box here!

ROAR!

Karli

Plastic Fantastic - It Happened!

So I didn't blog on Monday, I don't know if you noticed or not, but yeah I'm here now instead. 

SO PLASTIC FANSTASTIC HAPPENED... and it was AWESOME!

The goodie bags!

If you don't know what plastic fantastic is then I blogged about it before - look it up (no seriously look it up lazy bones, I refuse to repeat myself)

So it started at 6pm, Jacques and I weren't completely ready and the first blogger came early! Ahhh! Then the rest of the bloggers arrived dead on 6pm so it was all rather overwhelming!

We had thought that most people would drift in and out, throughout the night so next time we will try and make it so there is more space and utilise the two floors rather than just the downstairs. It was pretty rammo for the first hour!

It all went past in a literal blur! We saw Toby and Kieran from INSIDE magazine and had a quick chat with them, HelloDODO turned up (because they are super nosy) and we waved across the room to them! Jane Postlethwaite who is an up and coming comedian supporting designosaur, was there picking out new pieces for her collection and we were able to smile and nod towards her. Along with a whole lot of other bloggers who I am unfortunately I am going to group together into the blogger category.This is because I did get lots of names and I did chat to lots of lovely people but I feel like you guys might be getting bored of my listing.

Toby and Kieran checking out their goodie bag!

Hello DODO - wanting to sneak a peak of designosaur's new collection!

A bit about the collections...

So Maggie Angus jewellery belongs to designer Anna Evan's (OMD her name isn't Maggie Angus that's crazy - no it's not guys, breathe)

I loved the giraffe bracelet from Anna's 'High Summer '13' range, so that's what I'll be getting when it's available. All of Anna's jewellery is bang on trend with monochrome and geek chic inspiration. 

Anna and her beau

The awesome amazing giraffe that I want!

Rosa is so annoying because she's buff, photogenic and her jewellery is awesome. I am very excited because we are doing a jewellery swap which means I get a ROSA PIETSCH! (and Rosa gets a designosaur obvs)

Carla of Sugar Jones and Rosa Pietsch of Katze Shop

Rosa's new collection, the gorgeous Light Bulb collar clips and the mega amazing lantern necklace!

So this just one of Sugar Jones' many beautiful designs, (see above for photo of her face). I love it! It's all bright and colourful and nostalgic and YEAH! I think spending the evening with these guys as well as the couple of hours previous to set up I realised that although they seem very composed, they are nearly as mental as me, they just do a better job of hiding it...

Super Cool!

and finally, our new stuff!

Jacques obviously isn't part of the new collection I just thought this photo of him was funny.

Just a few...

snapshots...

...because I will do a proper blogpost on the new collection soon!

The event overall was awesome. We loved seeing everybody's new collections which are now all on sale at Porta (yes already! QUICK! RUN!) 

So here are some wonderful more photographs by the amazing Bob Prosser (this entire blogpost's photos are the handy work of the wonderful Bob)

Jade who blogs for VICE and on her own blog http://berudy.blogspot.co.uk/. I totally love this photo because you can see SUGAR JONES on Jade's tablet.

My hands, I had beautiful green glitter nail varnish on that decided to flake off in huge chunks at around 5.55pm. My finger farm still rocks though.

Hooting Miss Owl lovely a bit of Sugar Jones

Sugar Jones, Hooting Miss Owl and themummydiary

If you were at the event then please #hashtag your designosaur photos with #designosaur and your event photos with #plasticfantasticporta. If you were there and you loved it, or loathed it, let us know! If you weren't there then keep your eyes open for more events coming soon!

ROAR!

Karli
designosaur

Plastic Fantastic!

Do you write a fashion/lifestyle blog or write for a magazine?

Well if you do then this event may interest you.

We are going to be part of PLASTIC FANTASTIC! at our Brighton stockist, Porta.

The event will showcase ourselves, Maggie Angus, Sugar Jones and Katze Shop by Rosa Pietsch.

Here is a selection of my favourite pieces by this wonderfully talented bunch, who all have different styles but using the same medium. 

Maggie Angus - Cloud Bracelet

Sugar Jones - Octopus Necklace

Katze Shop by Rosa Pietsch - Cat Necklace

Now, because I know that Hello DODO reads our blog, and Ali knows that I am anti-cats (bubye few readers that I have) I have to come clean about the cat necklace. I am not anti-cats, I am anti-cats on the internet/on accessories. I love my home* cat, Cooper, but he looks the same all the time, so I don't need to instagram him. HOWEVER, I know that everybody else loves cats on the internet and there aren't enough GOOD cat accessories so I thought I would feature this piece. Also whilst I am confessing things, I got a 'Rosa Pietsch' for Christmas. It is an incredibly aswesome art deco-esque triangular (hipster chic) shape with gold leaf and pink pigment in resin. IT IS INCREDIBLE, but it got bought for me, so there are no photos of it on the internet. I could take my own photo but it won't be shiny and glossy and white like the ones above, so you are just going to have to dream about it, or come to Porta to see it in real life. 

Well I feel better now, didn't want to be lying to you all.

Where was I?

Oh yeah...The event will be us designers showcasing our new collections and we will all be there so you can meet us and have a chat about our new designs (or old designs - I don't mind). There will also be GOODIE BAGS! YAY!

If you would like an invitation, please email portabrighton@hotmail.com and RSVP by the 14th February.

ROAR!

Karli 

*Home - a Home Cat is a cat that is my parents but also belongs to me by default. Another example of a Home item is Home House - the house where my parents live but I also visit and used to live in.

WOAH! We're in the NHM!

So you have probably heard, because I've been banging on about it on twitter and facebook, that we are going to be stocked in the Natural History Museum London! YIPPEEEE!

I'm sure you don't need any explanation of what the NHM museum is but our new designs are for the exhibition "Extinction" - the tag line is "takes us beyond dodos and dinosaurs to explore the crucial role extinction can play in the evolution of life." which makes us seem a bit silly as we make dinosaurs and the new extinct animal we chose was a dodo, but we weren't sure what was going to be in the exhibition and if they were animals that people would want to wear...

So here are our new members of the big ol' designosaur family!

Apologies for quality, I am always at work so take photos late at night (bad lighting), and then try to make them better with instagram (comprrrressssed).

We haven't named them yet, normally we do name them. Any suggestions for their names? If you don't leave suggestions I will have to name them myself. Maybe Matilda the Mammoth and Dilbert the Dodo... hmmm.

These are EXCLUSIVE to the NHM, but we will be creating brooches of both designs which will be available on Etsy soon.

Hope you like them (well I know you do because they have been liked on facebook and favourited on twitter) but if you haven't seen them before we hope you like them!

ROAR!

Karli