Well, it’s three in the morning, I have a head cold and can’t sleep – please excuse my late night ramblings!

Sooooo…ah, yes: Anthony and I are very excited to be heading over to Noosa, Qld in couple of weeks for the grand opening party for Riverside Dental. I am looking for to meeting Dr Patrick O’Rourke in person and checking out his new, fabulous practice.

We’d love to do some more Queensland projects – drop us a line if you’re looking at a doing a project this year!

What else…? We are currently working on a fabulous new practice in metropolitan Perth which I hope to be able to include some concepts here very soon!

King St Dental is well under way in the construction stage ( I must go and have a look!). This project has been particularly tight in both space planning and in construction schedule, but it’s going to look great! (I know I go on about tight spaces, but three surgeries in 68sqm – crazy, but true!).

Anthony keeps saying our motto should be ‘we do big things with small spaces’ …!

We also have two other projects in construction: one in the city and another down south which are both due to be open around Easter.

And we have another project that has just got council approval which we will be starting soon! (I really wish I could drop more names, but our clients privacy is important to us).

So that’s a bit of an update (I can stop composing posts in my head and get some sleep now!)

While in Melbourne before Christmas, Anthony showed me some works by US artist Josh Agle AKA SHAG. I started reasearching his work and found that I really love his use of colour, the depth and balance, fabulous retro interiors and sense of humour.

His website quotes: ’The paintings themselves celebrate consumerism and consumption on vividly colored, sharply rendered panels; the characters drink, smoke and eat in lavish, stylish surroundings.’

I think it’s important to surround yourself with images and objects you enjoy as a reminder to not take life too seriously both at home and in the workplace. I tend to get anxious about things and these little reminders are essential in bringing me back into focus.

My first SHAG serigraph (signed, of course!) arrived yesterday – so exciting! It is an homage to Edourd Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass. I admit, I’m a bit of an art history nerd, so this particular print really appealed to me!

SHAG Luncheon on the Grass

My second one will arrive any day now! We are looking at doing some serious house renovations this year and I’m thinking about turning our dining room into a SHAG gallery – that’s not as bad as it sounds;-)!

If you want to check out some more about Josh Agle, check out his website SHAG

I called our client, Dr Lucy de Jesus last week to find out how the construction of her new surgery was going. It was so great when she said she was seeing patients this week!

We really enjoyed working with Lucy and her husband Tony to create a lovely, calm, zen-like practice. They have purchased some beautiful artwork which fits perfectly into their colour scheme, giving the practice Lucy’s own personal touch.

The practice was constructed by National Projects and we are all delighted with the result.

Check out some photos here

We, at Ego Squared, are looking forward to a fantastic 2010! We are officially back in the office from Monday 11 January.

I’m looking forward to checking out the status of two of our projects that were due to be completed just prior to Christmas – can’t wait to get some pics up.

We also had two projects going into pricing – both are looking at construction completion around April.

We would like to thank Dentpro, National Projects and Dentifit for all their hard work constructing our surgery designs last year – we look forward to working with you all again this year!

Also, thanks to Jeremy at Henry Schein Halas, Joe at ADEC, Greg and Mike at West Coast Dental, Jeff at Fimet and Greg at HTC Sirona for all their assistance! We couldn’t do it without you:-).

Wishing you all a fantastic, prosperous 2010!

Well, just over a week to Christmas – where did this year go…? We are heading to Melbourne Friday night for a week and can’t wait! I have hardly done any Christmas shopping, but what better place to do it…?!!!

I’m not sure how to link this post to surgery design – ummmm,  how about ‘if you are in Melbourne and a thinking about fitting out next year, we’d be happy to catch up for a coffee and chat while we are there…!’ How’s that? Very subtle, I thought!

Well, I hope you all manage to get in some rest and relaxation and are ready for a fantastic 2010!

See you in the New Year!

Natasha