5th designer challenge: the fish

In round 5 of Designers Challenge, in which every 2 weeks 2 home and garden designers will take the same RL picture as inspiration and create what they see in Second Life in their own way, Marcus Inkpen of the Looking Glass and Kayle Matzerath of the Garden of Dreams have chosen this intriguing picture [...]

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SUYS cozies up to your coast once again!

Welcome to part 2 of the July SUYS event! This month’s theme is ‘Coastal Cozy‘!! Our designers for this week’s SUYS are: [ba] Barnesworth Anubis [SLurl] Belle Belle [SLurl] Cheeky Pea [SLurl] Interior Addiction [SLurl] La’Licious Designs [SLurl] Little Boxes [SLurl] MudHoney [SLurl] Panache [SLurl] [SPRY] [SLurl] Remember – everything released for SUYS is just [...]

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4th designer challenge: the outcome!

In round 4 of Designers Challenge, in which every 2 weeks 2 home and garden designers will take the same RL picture as inspiration and create what they see in Second Life in their own way, Elle Kirshner of Second Spaces and Sesi Ackland from Little Boxes chose a vintage summer collage as inspiration and [...]

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Designing Worlds is back – with a visit to Alien Isles!

Designing Worlds has been dark for a few weeks since the annoouncement of the end of live filming by treet.tv – but we certainly haven’t gone away! And we are back today with a show at 2pm SLT Monday 25th July – shown on the Treet livestream – and we’lll be gathering in the studio [...]

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So … remind me. Who is this all about, again?

NB – this post comes without pictures because I can’t show the pictures I’m going to talk about.  But you’ve all seen them – the opening shots when you load the Second life browser. In the past, before the internet was much more than staring transfixed at a computer screen for five minutes while a [...]

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July SUYS

Welcome to part 1 of the July SUYS event! This month’s theme is ‘Coastal Cozy‘!! Our designers for this week’s SUYS are: Ambiance Interactive [SLurl] Awesome Blossom [SLurl] Cleo Designs [SLurl] Funky Junk [SLurl] Insight Designs [SLurl] LISP Bazaar [SLurl] sur+ [SLurl] UrbanizeD [SLurl] {what next} [SLurl] Remember – everything released for SUYS is just [...]

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Wedding Bells will chime – in the summer issue of Prim Perfect!

Welcome to the June issue of Prim Perfect — and something of a departure for the magazine. Usually we target a region in each issue — but this month we’re doing things a little differently and have taken a theme. June is, of course, traditionally the month for weddings, so we are taking a look [...]

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What’s In A (Sur)Name?

It would seem that the Jira asking to Bring Back Last Names Options! has struck a nerve on many residents of Second Life, including me. The issue becomes more convoluted due to many points of view (and to me, nearly all of them quite valid), depending on individual needs and ways of looking at Second [...]

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RFLSL2011 – Seasonal Highlights – Winter warmers

And so as the Relay winds down so we emabark upon the final stretch of our lap.We leave the deep warmth of the Autumn and plunge into the icy cold winter in RFL Spirit.Alia Baroques tower fills the skyline, an eagle soaring overhead. the effective use of a limited palette of monochromes punctuated with red [...]

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RFLSL 2011 – Seasonal highlights – Autumnal glow

Autumn leaps from the summer in rich earthy tones and splendid warmth as we continue our circuit.The new section is brought to full impact by the gorgeous forest of Kayle Matzerath, whose creative use of information stones and wooden photo frames adds an element of eduation and intercative fun to the visit, and alongside the [...]

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