Thursday, April 28, 2011

rain shapes



A Cat, Snake, Hand and Snail sat looking at us in our dry warm office, from the concrete garden wall. How funny!

Click image to enlarge :)

LOVE LOVE LOVE!



Makes me want to race home and paint my wooden floors bright yellow... if only I had the guts!  I've sourced these gorgeous pictures from one of my favourite interior design websites www.apartmenttherapy.com 


Posted by Emma / Design Team

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Colours I have been inspired by lately...

Posted by Imogen / Senior Designer

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Kindness



Lagoon Tea Towel Design preview for Summer 2011 Range / Cuba.

Random acts of kindness, it’s easy to forget that they actually can happen, but they do! In between chocolate bunnies and chocolate eggs this Easter I managed to drag myself out of the house to take my son and niece to Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium in Auckland and after queuing for 35 minutes I got the front of the line, pulled out my wallet and realised I had no way of paying.  Lucky for us there was a very kind young man behind us in the queue who offered to pay for us all. Such a small thing (actually quite expensive but I made him give me his phone number so I can pay him back), but it really made my weekend and reminded me how important it is to be kind to people – spread the kind karma!


Contributed by Katrina / Citta Design Retail & Marketing Manager.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Easter Cuteness













We hope you all have a lovely Easter! We thought we would end the week with some cute bunny pictures.

Inspired by...





These mens t-shirt designs from Threadless.
What would your man wear?

Monday, April 18, 2011

Brrrr....


Snow in Central Park Lounge Pants

O'Hara Lounge Pants

What a horrible day we are having! After the beautiful weekend we just had, the weather has taken a complete turn. We are sitting here in our scarves with the heaters on, longing to go home and pop our pjs on! It feels like winter.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Inspired by...?









Imogen is busy researching ideas for a Cuban toy range, and sent us through this link.
We cant decide whether these are cute, or creepy.
We like that they have little friends... or lovers...

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

cuban personalities




Oh to be an old lady in colourful Cuba!

Thanks!


Taxi!

Cherry Bomb


Thanks to everyone who voted for our candle packaging designs. Winners have been notified and one of the two tea towels above will be making their way to you shortly!

Friday, April 8, 2011

Masahiro Mori


Spotted over at Oh Joy! blog, the Masahiro Mori mini cups we were fawning over in Tokyo.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Citta Design Men Contribute #2

Citta Design is housed in a 3000m” building in Mt Eden.
There are 9 different sections to the ground floor building.
Approximately 30 females inhabit the dwelling.
By 9am, they would have all said ‘hello’ to each other.
By 10am, they would have all had pre morning tea.
By 11am, they would have been through all 9 sections of the building.
By 1pm, they will all hold meetings.
By 3pm, their day is over.

Only 5 males work at the above building.
All are separated from each other by either a wall or a glass door.
By 5pm, only 3 would have had the chance to say ‘hello’ to each other.
By 5 pm, only 2 of the 5 would have walked into at least 4 sections of the building.
By 5pm, Morning break and lunch is now optional.

DISCLAIMER:
All particulars about male employees at
Citta Design are the sole opinions of our Financial Controller Denzil Grant and nobody else.



Contributed by Taufa

Vote & Win!

We are in a pickle and need your help!
Below are 6 candle packaging designs that Emma has been working on for our Summer 2011 range - Cuba.
The problem is that we can only do 5 designs, so we have to delete one from the range... but we are finding it hard to choose!
So we are putting it to the vote!
Which design is your LEAST favourite? You are voting for the packaging, NOT the flavour :)

NB/ The yellow/gold colour will be shiney mirror gold!

1. Fig & Mint.
Showing front & side view.


2. Ginger & Amber
Showing front & side view.



3. Havana Fig
Showing front & side view.


4. Honeysuckle
Showing front & side view.


5. Magnolia Blossom
Showing front & side view.


6. Sea Salt
Showing front & side view.


Voting closes on the 8th April, 5pm NZT.
As an added bonus, one lucky voter will WIN a designer tea towel from our Winter 2011 range.
To enter in the draw, simply cast your vote, then leave your name & email address on the comments page.