Thursday 22 March 2012
Digital workshop with Mary
I find doing digital a hard thing to do, not because I can't pick up the techniques or learn what they are teaching, more that it goes against what I really want to be working on. Right now I have a passion for making thing with my own hands that take hours; that I can touch and feel and change and really put my sweat, tears and sometimes even blood into. I know it is an important skill for us to have in the future, but part of me wants to rebel against this fast moving and digital age we are moving into. I want to go back in time when there weren't the technologies, or even the fabrics and materials we have now. This is why the blog, and the finished idea of the project having to be digital are so hard for me to have to do, and feel more like a chore.
Lauren Bowker
Bowker was a student at MMU and just shows what you can achieve if making it big in this industry is your dream. She has set up her own company since graduating from London called PHNX - see the unseen. This like Brendan Dawes to me sounds like she wants to create something magical and something which creates a statement which people will talk about afterwards.
It was interesting how she spoke about rejection being a big spur in life, and that if you have a dream of what you want to achieve, then you should just do it and not let others stifle you.
She also does a lot of work for the commercial work, and it is about taking your ideas of the work you've being doing for yourself, and seeing how you can make them work in a more commercial, high street idea.
It was interesting how she spoke about rejection being a big spur in life, and that if you have a dream of what you want to achieve, then you should just do it and not let others stifle you.
She also does a lot of work for the commercial work, and it is about taking your ideas of the work you've being doing for yourself, and seeing how you can make them work in a more commercial, high street idea.
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Brendan Dawes, Fillings for Rectangles.
Brendan Dawes referrs to his practice as creating 'stuff' that people either love or hate.
This image was a project where Dawes created an interface out of play-doh and the more or less of the play-doh the camera could see, the faster or slower the film would play. I don't really understand anything about computer technologies, but I understand the concept of playing around with your art to generate more interesting and innovative ideas. Dawes referrs to this project as something analog being able to control something digital.
The work Dawes creates is supposed to replicate magic. The audience is supposed to look on at it with a sense of wonderment and something they'll talk about afterwards. it's about putting your work out on the internet and seeing what people think about it, someone important may just spot it.
The work Dawes creates is supposed to replicate magic. The audience is supposed to look on at it with a sense of wonderment and something they'll talk about afterwards. it's about putting your work out on the internet and seeing what people think about it, someone important may just spot it.
Monday 19 March 2012
Inspirationa videos from Group Meeting
The main interest in this film is the first part with the fabric growing over the two women, however watching on, the colours used later on are beautiful, and the sand scenes would be amazing to have a go at.
Initial Project Ideas
Some first ideas we had, to visualise and analyse whether or not they would work.
The idea of overpopulation leading to the desertification of land.
Over population in cities and what that might mean health wise and resources wise.
The effect more waste therefore more dust would have on health. Whether or not we will need to wear dust masks as is starting to happen in urban China.
Some more futuristic ideas of gas masks. Whether or not we will need them and what form they may come in.
The idea of overpopulation leading to the desertification of land.
Over population in cities and what that might mean health wise and resources wise.
The effect more waste therefore more dust would have on health. Whether or not we will need to wear dust masks as is starting to happen in urban China.
Some more futuristic ideas of gas masks. Whether or not we will need them and what form they may come in.
First Mould Drawings
Population Increase
I used the photocopier to show the increase in population. This was really fun, and would be a cool way of creating a stop motion film easily. I could make a small sample and photocopy it to show it growing rather than have to make the whole thing.
I also like the way if I did make this into a stop motion, it would be disjointed and irregular because it wasn't done in the same position. This adds a hand made, slow process into the film.
Vaughn Bell
Vaughn Bell: dust masks which replace the smell of urban pollution with oak leaves and moss.
Creating a mini biosphere which people can breathe in.
Group Meeting
Everyone turned up and it was really good to see everyone and get all their views on what they want the project to be. Julie mentioned how to use the blog in a really productive way, to reflect on what went wrong and the problems which were able to be solved. We also need a wider research of art and design context to fully appreciate what is going on in the whole art world.
At all times we as humans carry 2 pounds of bacteria on our bodies. This sounds disgusting, but also shows how intricately our lives are intwined with mould and bacteria already. It would be interesting to look at conceptual ideas of how disease and mould spread and move as inspiration rather than the actual structure of the mould itself. I want to look at the beauty of it aswell as how to shock people.
The ideas we came up for concerning videos of mould and disease spreading were to do with footprints spreading as more people walk over the same paint, and using a uv pen so the 'germs' are only seen using a certain light.
At all times we as humans carry 2 pounds of bacteria on our bodies. This sounds disgusting, but also shows how intricately our lives are intwined with mould and bacteria already. It would be interesting to look at conceptual ideas of how disease and mould spread and move as inspiration rather than the actual structure of the mould itself. I want to look at the beauty of it aswell as how to shock people.
The ideas we came up for concerning videos of mould and disease spreading were to do with footprints spreading as more people walk over the same paint, and using a uv pen so the 'germs' are only seen using a certain light.
Thursday 15 March 2012
Sime Mould Stop Motion
Slime mould solving a maze to get food. So clever!
Stop motion would be a really good way to film if we are going to use mould.
Slime Mould Powered Robot
This robot is powered by slime mould! Shows how technology could be more environmentally friendly in the future.
Ideas For Growth and Mould
One of the ideas from the group meeting was to look at the future of communication and whether there will be any face to face conversations or whether it will end up being digital. I remembered I'd seen an article on a slime mould which could communicate through bio-chemicals, and this could be an amazing way of linking the future of technology with the idea of nature and mould. There have also been studies of it being used in technology such as robots and can even solve puzzles.
The texture is really interesting too because the slime effect is translucent and reminds me of skin. This could be the way in which fashion moves and changes because it is like a second skin, growing over the body. A natural technology which won't hurt the environment or react with human skin.
Latex would work really well to create this texture. Also the trapping of things inside to create pattern.
Communication could easily be transmitted through the slimy surface of the slime mould to other people. It could be the future of what powers computers and how trends are spread.
The texture is really interesting too because the slime effect is translucent and reminds me of skin. This could be the way in which fashion moves and changes because it is like a second skin, growing over the body. A natural technology which won't hurt the environment or react with human skin.
Latex would work really well to create this texture. Also the trapping of things inside to create pattern.
Communication could easily be transmitted through the slimy surface of the slime mould to other people. It could be the future of what powers computers and how trends are spread.
Wednesday 14 March 2012
13th March Ian Whadcock - Illustration: Talk notes
Rather than his actual work, what really inspired me about Whadcock was the way inwhich he described how he worked and the thinking behind creating. Our visual research is what makes us different to our peers. To be able to make ourselves as different as possible from those people is the amount of risks we take and the amount of failure and rethinking we encounter - as long as we take each thing as a positive.
We as designers need to push ourselves and push the boundaries of our art and this needs to be done in university because after, to develop yourself, the different directions tried in athe safety of uni have to be contracted to a marketable style.
It is so important to keep yourself learning constantly, in an art sense we can be commissioned to think not just make so keep yourself moving and don't be happy repeating the same ideas over and over again. A way inwhink Whadcock pushed himself was to move digital. This would be an important step for me too as I always try to resist it.
He recommended we tackle with the things we don't want to do (in his case portraiture) and this allows us to come with ideas and processes we had never imagined before. It can feel odd and difficult, and the work produced can feel like a step backwards, but just the action of stepping out and trying something different is always a step forward.
It's about disrupting the certainty, and moving ideas on from the literal begining (and that is always a valid way to start a project). It is also so important to referance, resource and underpin your ideas the whole way through a project to maintain the knowledge and new inspiration fueling the work.
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ian Whadcock often works for banking publications because he is able to take a business idea or model and translate that from the literal, to something much easier to visualise and understand. he has also started pushing himself more by doing free collaborations with smaller businesses like a dance school in Macclesfield just for the experience and opportunity to do something he had never thought of doing before.- especially with the idea of film.
We as designers need to push ourselves and push the boundaries of our art and this needs to be done in university because after, to develop yourself, the different directions tried in athe safety of uni have to be contracted to a marketable style.
It is so important to keep yourself learning constantly, in an art sense we can be commissioned to think not just make so keep yourself moving and don't be happy repeating the same ideas over and over again. A way inwhink Whadcock pushed himself was to move digital. This would be an important step for me too as I always try to resist it.
He recommended we tackle with the things we don't want to do (in his case portraiture) and this allows us to come with ideas and processes we had never imagined before. It can feel odd and difficult, and the work produced can feel like a step backwards, but just the action of stepping out and trying something different is always a step forward.
It's about disrupting the certainty, and moving ideas on from the literal begining (and that is always a valid way to start a project). It is also so important to referance, resource and underpin your ideas the whole way through a project to maintain the knowledge and new inspiration fueling the work.
ian Whadcock often works for banking publications because he is able to take a business idea or model and translate that from the literal, to something much easier to visualise and understand. he has also started pushing himself more by doing free collaborations with smaller businesses like a dance school in Macclesfield just for the experience and opportunity to do something he had never thought of doing before.- especially with the idea of film.
13th March Trends and Forecasting: Talk notes
A trend is the direction in which something moves and has a consequential impact on the culture, society, amd business. This doen't have to be just clothes, it can be banking, textiles, artist movements. It happens over all areas of the media on websites, magazines, books and catalogues; however the best ones to look at are the websites and the magazines because they change the fastest and are the most up to date.
There needs to be in our work a focus on creating a concept towards the new and the next. The ways inwhich forecasters go about this is through mindmaps (making links between what is going on all round the world), skethbooks, moodboards (adding detail to an idea through different meduim visuals), titles/words, or a visualisation (the desired shape or form of something).
The best way to come with fresh and new ideas is to look at photography and art, not other textiles artists for your inspiraton as it will alsways be in some way linked to them. There should also always be a large emphasis on colour and pushing of the boundaries of what you enjoy and are comfortable with.
Moodboards are an amazing way of communicating ideas of colour, texture, technique and even fastenings. It is good to have your own images be it photographs or drawings, found visualisation and even real material so as to fully put foreward how you want something to feel/look.
The way we should percieve artist inspiration is to see it as something which has already been done, and therefore something which you do not want to do. We should always be pushing on from the inspiration we find, because once we have done something, and people have seen it, it's old.
How will this be affected in the future? The idea of something being old as soon as it has been done. Will that be possible in the future? Or will it just slow down so each decision and new idea is worked on for and longer period of time to have been fully considered.
There needs to be in our work a focus on creating a concept towards the new and the next. The ways inwhich forecasters go about this is through mindmaps (making links between what is going on all round the world), skethbooks, moodboards (adding detail to an idea through different meduim visuals), titles/words, or a visualisation (the desired shape or form of something).
The best way to come with fresh and new ideas is to look at photography and art, not other textiles artists for your inspiraton as it will alsways be in some way linked to them. There should also always be a large emphasis on colour and pushing of the boundaries of what you enjoy and are comfortable with.
Moodboards are an amazing way of communicating ideas of colour, texture, technique and even fastenings. It is good to have your own images be it photographs or drawings, found visualisation and even real material so as to fully put foreward how you want something to feel/look.
The way we should percieve artist inspiration is to see it as something which has already been done, and therefore something which you do not want to do. We should always be pushing on from the inspiration we find, because once we have done something, and people have seen it, it's old.
How will this be affected in the future? The idea of something being old as soon as it has been done. Will that be possible in the future? Or will it just slow down so each decision and new idea is worked on for and longer period of time to have been fully considered.
Alexander McQueen
The focus on this 2012 collection was heritage and creating classics with beautiful detail. I believe this could be a vital and really beautiful view of the future. Where clothes are exquisitely tailored and embellished to express the person, not just the trend. Where people keep their clothes for thier whole lives and appreciate and look after tham fully.
Erdem Kiziltoprak
Erdem Kiziltoprak comines, like Iris Van Herpen, the future of digital technology witht eh traditional and beautiful handcrafting. Images are taken of single celled organisms and translated into a wearable which expresses something about the individual wearer. I love this idea of taking something invisible and turining it into something visible so as to allow it to be fully appreciated.
Iris Van Herpen
I looked before at Iris Van Herpen for the 3D workshop and loved her. Thankfully the work is relevant im this project too. It is all forward thinking but with a kind of space age feeing. It is about the combination of beautiful hand techniques and digital technology. Perfect for us! It is the idea of form before function.
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Much Needed Artist Research
Laerke Hooge Anderson looks at the future of textiles and materials, not so much in a practicle way, but as a 'conceptual expression'. There is specific interest into low tech ideas of biological techniques and an idea of how they could be used in the future. The image above comes from the idea of Folk law, and the resurgance of an old way of life having a kind of 'rebirth' in the 20th centuary.
It's the idea of combining the natural with the synthetic to create a new natural or 'ancient designs for the future'.
March 12th Alan Holmes: Talk notes
The art school as a whole is going in a different direction. Usually as designers we would have a process of working which is a linear movement from observation to translation to production. But this as a textiles student is often disrupted because we constantly need to feed ourselves with more visual information. In this project it is particularly different because we are being told to think of the end before we've begun. This is unsettling for me because I've never experienced being encouraged to work in this way before. Everything about the project is backwards to what I've been taught before which is a scary situation to be in.
This project is giving us the opportunity to look beyond our small university worlds into the greater world and what is happening there. How should we respond to these things when we are given the time and the resources? We are told to conect human experience with human skill.
It is a daunting project beacuse in a lot of ways we are dealing woth fiction. How will we know what will actually happen in the future. In a lot of ways, us as designers are able to decide for ourselves are able to decide for ourselves what the future will be like. Will the ideas of high street shopping be different? They are becoming more like museums with souvenires bought rather than necessities such as Collect in Paris. There is also an added idea of brand loyalty and being able to convince people of your idea.
Past students work of interest was also mentioned. The work of Stephanie Cooper was based on upcycling and the fear of the apocalyose/ and of the world. It was about adding value to something by recycling rather than losing money from it. It was a 'designer intervantion' exploring the theory that waste is an asset becasue it can be reused and resold. The garments were also reversible which was increasing the longevity and appearance of each one.
Lauren Bowker focused more on the dyeing of fabric (unfortunately I can't find any images to show these two artists) using photocramatic and thermocramatic materials. It made me think why we wear clothes and why we might wear them in the future. Right now, main function of clothes are to keep warm and to keep modest, but what if they could be more than this? The photocramatic materials Bowker used were found in carbon monoxide detectors which changed colour on such contact. But placing these outside in public places they were found to still change colour showing a high level of the poisonous gas. In this way could our clothes begin to have a more practicle use and communicate the world around us, not just what we add to the world around.
The most interesting designer mentioned in this talk for me was Amy Trigger Holroyd with the company 'Keep and Share'. Her ethos is making things which will last a long time, even be passed down the generatons.
So essentially she is creating family heirlooms. They are in a way 'fashionless' because they can mould to any trend. This idea of shopping will in the future lead us to limited but beautiful wardrobes. We will have a personal relationshop between the designer and ourselves being able to try garments on and send them back for free. This would be the new era of brand loyalty.
This project is giving us the opportunity to look beyond our small university worlds into the greater world and what is happening there. How should we respond to these things when we are given the time and the resources? We are told to conect human experience with human skill.
It is a daunting project beacuse in a lot of ways we are dealing woth fiction. How will we know what will actually happen in the future. In a lot of ways, us as designers are able to decide for ourselves are able to decide for ourselves what the future will be like. Will the ideas of high street shopping be different? They are becoming more like museums with souvenires bought rather than necessities such as Collect in Paris. There is also an added idea of brand loyalty and being able to convince people of your idea.
Past students work of interest was also mentioned. The work of Stephanie Cooper was based on upcycling and the fear of the apocalyose/ and of the world. It was about adding value to something by recycling rather than losing money from it. It was a 'designer intervantion' exploring the theory that waste is an asset becasue it can be reused and resold. The garments were also reversible which was increasing the longevity and appearance of each one.
Lauren Bowker focused more on the dyeing of fabric (unfortunately I can't find any images to show these two artists) using photocramatic and thermocramatic materials. It made me think why we wear clothes and why we might wear them in the future. Right now, main function of clothes are to keep warm and to keep modest, but what if they could be more than this? The photocramatic materials Bowker used were found in carbon monoxide detectors which changed colour on such contact. But placing these outside in public places they were found to still change colour showing a high level of the poisonous gas. In this way could our clothes begin to have a more practicle use and communicate the world around us, not just what we add to the world around.
The most interesting designer mentioned in this talk for me was Amy Trigger Holroyd with the company 'Keep and Share'. Her ethos is making things which will last a long time, even be passed down the generatons.
So essentially she is creating family heirlooms. They are in a way 'fashionless' because they can mould to any trend. This idea of shopping will in the future lead us to limited but beautiful wardrobes. We will have a personal relationshop between the designer and ourselves being able to try garments on and send them back for free. This would be the new era of brand loyalty.
12th March Mind mapping session
Looking at the idea of slow is beautiful in more detail. But how slow do we want that to be? Is it something we are going to be able to do as part of these ten weeks, or is going to have to be staged and predicted in a digital format?
There was a big emphasis in this session on being aware of what is happening in your area at the moment, and the depth inwhich we are wanting to go into in terms of presentation and concept.
There was a big emphasis in this session on being aware of what is happening in your area at the moment, and the depth inwhich we are wanting to go into in terms of presentation and concept.
9th March MOSI trip: archive rooms
Being a museum of science and industry, the objects in the archives tend to be industrial science objects. These can range from large scale machinery to small scale swatches of fabric. There are also such things as marketing and trade literature which show the way that art movements changed even the most mundane advertising, and shipping tickets. I don't know how useful this is going to be in the project, but it is still interesting. I like the idea of taking inspiration from the past. What I did learn form the advertising material was that it was always intrinsically linked to the time it was produced, the colours that were fashionable and the ethos and culture that was surrounding them.
9th March Whole group discussion
The idea of a group sketchbook.
Looking at the slow processes in Manchester: getting dark, congestion, nature/mould/deterioation/dust/population - climate change will create more refugees coming to the city. How will they affect and change our culture in the future?
Going back to slow production.
Multi-use/ reversible. Creating a longer life out of a garment.
The idea of growing a fabric, natural, mould.
Designing something yourself using pens and a whiteboard effect garment.
Heat changing like mood rings to communicate with everyone what your mood is?
Looking at the slow processes in Manchester: getting dark, congestion, nature/mould/deterioation/dust/population - climate change will create more refugees coming to the city. How will they affect and change our culture in the future?
Going back to slow production.
Multi-use/ reversible. Creating a longer life out of a garment.
The idea of growing a fabric, natural, mould.
Designing something yourself using pens and a whiteboard effect garment.
Heat changing like mood rings to communicate with everyone what your mood is?
7th March Group 6 1st Ideas
Uncertainty, crisis and chaos; community, practice and process. It is a problem solving activity so we need to start with a problem.
The urban condition. How are people living urbanly across the globe? Can we make something to contribute to the well-being of the citizens. What about the ecological balance in the urban environment? Do we desing for business or design for society.
There is going to be a massive shift in travel, living spaces, and storage spaces. WHat will be important about the design of something - longevity or style.
My Ideas so far, notes form the slow is beautiful presentation:
I like the concept of 'Slow is beautiful', thinking about amazing quality and taking inspiration from the past to take on to the future. Ideas before the mass production and fast turnover of fashons of clothing - the heritage of British fashions.
How will the fashion industry react to climate change, the shortage of cotton and other raw materials? How could the workforce be affected by shifting supply chains? How might technology change fashion and fashion production? Will we reuse and remanufacture clothing?
The document on 'Slow is beautiful' talks about a rise in hand crafting and use of wool as a hygenic, natural and durable fabric. Also the ideas of accessories becoming more important because they can dress up the same outfit in different styles.
I found a link to the 'Slow textiles group' who are very interesting. Thier ethos is about really creating an identity around what you are as a designer so that all the work created is deep and meaningful. 'Developing a strong cultural identity which celebrates personal vision within a collective and cultural setting' I predict this will be improtant for the future.
Just some quick words thought of in conjunction to this:
Embroidery, handcrafting, accessories, jewellery, body adornment, local, no waste, slow and considered production, past influences, heritage, meditative process, timeless textiles, changable to trends.
The urban condition. How are people living urbanly across the globe? Can we make something to contribute to the well-being of the citizens. What about the ecological balance in the urban environment? Do we desing for business or design for society.
There is going to be a massive shift in travel, living spaces, and storage spaces. WHat will be important about the design of something - longevity or style.
My Ideas so far, notes form the slow is beautiful presentation:
I like the concept of 'Slow is beautiful', thinking about amazing quality and taking inspiration from the past to take on to the future. Ideas before the mass production and fast turnover of fashons of clothing - the heritage of British fashions.
How will the fashion industry react to climate change, the shortage of cotton and other raw materials? How could the workforce be affected by shifting supply chains? How might technology change fashion and fashion production? Will we reuse and remanufacture clothing?
The document on 'Slow is beautiful' talks about a rise in hand crafting and use of wool as a hygenic, natural and durable fabric. Also the ideas of accessories becoming more important because they can dress up the same outfit in different styles.
I found a link to the 'Slow textiles group' who are very interesting. Thier ethos is about really creating an identity around what you are as a designer so that all the work created is deep and meaningful. 'Developing a strong cultural identity which celebrates personal vision within a collective and cultural setting' I predict this will be improtant for the future.
Just some quick words thought of in conjunction to this:
Embroidery, handcrafting, accessories, jewellery, body adornment, local, no waste, slow and considered production, past influences, heritage, meditative process, timeless textiles, changable to trends.
6th March Dave Haslam: Talk notes
Dave Haslam talks a lot about the secret public and the importance of small scale events in Manchester. His other major theme running through the talk is 'marginal activity' and being different from the main stream. The idea of mass appeal is against all the small scale things that happen in Manchster, especially the hard to find tiny club nights which happen in many unassuming buildings.
A club night of particular interest was 'Drunk at Vogue'. This gay friendly, but shunting of the overtness of canal street event is only publcised by word of mouth and fanzines. This sparked of the idea of 'What is cultural significance?' It is about how much of a difference something makes to our world. But that that be energy, creativity or potential not just the mainstream.
The end of Dave Halsam's talk was what spoke to me the most. The world is capitalised and large scale, but why not rebel? Make small scale, handmade and local. Make bespoke and independant. Why not self publish like the fanzines such as 'Shrieking violet'. These people who created those thing just got on with it. They didnt wait for the world to dictate which way to go, they did what they wanted.
If your spirit is opposite to the times, then change the times! Ths idea will be encouraging for the 'Slow is beautiful' video on Moodle. I have many ideas which don't fit into our world now, but that gives us an opportunity to change things.
A club night of particular interest was 'Drunk at Vogue'. This gay friendly, but shunting of the overtness of canal street event is only publcised by word of mouth and fanzines. This sparked of the idea of 'What is cultural significance?' It is about how much of a difference something makes to our world. But that that be energy, creativity or potential not just the mainstream.
The end of Dave Halsam's talk was what spoke to me the most. The world is capitalised and large scale, but why not rebel? Make small scale, handmade and local. Make bespoke and independant. Why not self publish like the fanzines such as 'Shrieking violet'. These people who created those thing just got on with it. They didnt wait for the world to dictate which way to go, they did what they wanted.
If your spirit is opposite to the times, then change the times! Ths idea will be encouraging for the 'Slow is beautiful' video on Moodle. I have many ideas which don't fit into our world now, but that gives us an opportunity to change things.
5th March 4-5pm Adam Dant - Illustrator: Talk Notes
He creates a routine in the studio space. This is what I thrive on, when I have a fixed routine, even if I've made the routine myself. It is also something I think is important for me in this project. Dant creates characters through drawing which appear in the Sunday papers and other commisioned work. There is work done completely in the studio, and others which are on the street.
There is the idea in Dant's work each time of a concept before beginning. It's a fixed starting point before beginig any of his work. This is something really important for us to do in the group because it will allow us to have a starting point we can all work on but maybe from different perspectives depending on our textile specialism.
This artist is focused on depicting things literally, which in some cases adds humour because it could be taken to literally.
The people who live on the plank, Adam Dant
Here he created a miniture world in each cirlce, linking them altogether. This piece is massive and you'd have to get pretty close up to see all the detail.
There is the idea in Dant's work each time of a concept before beginning. It's a fixed starting point before beginig any of his work. This is something really important for us to do in the group because it will allow us to have a starting point we can all work on but maybe from different perspectives depending on our textile specialism.
This artist is focused on depicting things literally, which in some cases adds humour because it could be taken to literally.
Here he created a miniture world in each cirlce, linking them altogether. This piece is massive and you'd have to get pretty close up to see all the detail.
5th March 3-4 pm Wearing It!: Talk Notes
The project won't come to you, you gave to make it happen for yourself and the group. It's a comfort to know that it os not just about making 'clothes' it's a concept, so we can still work in the ways we work.
This is a GROUP PROJECT, it is not about the individual; wirking as 'help agents' in the process of design as problem solving. The problem we are being asked to address is: population increase...how will that affect the way we travel, our storage, our future clothes and technology. We need to create new solutions.
What about the issue of cities merging together through urban growth? Will our cultures merge, or will they stay very seperate and cause tensions?
We are asked to look at function (how we need less things now than before because one bit of technology like an iphone does the same job as an ipod and a phone).
Julie said something really interesting which has stick with me that if things were precious to us, we wouldn't be so quich to throw things away. I've been thinking about classic shapes and timeless garments which are hard wearing and are able to last for generations without being damaged. How amazing would that be?!
The possible outcomes of the project are making me slightly wary because of the amount of digital expected when I really have no interest in it. Also hoe we present it in that context is still extremely up to suggeston. It could even be completely digital through the whole project without any making what so ever. It was mentioned earlier though that we are still encouraged to work in the way that we work so I am going to stick with that idea and try not to get overfaced with the idea of digital.
This is a GROUP PROJECT, it is not about the individual; wirking as 'help agents' in the process of design as problem solving. The problem we are being asked to address is: population increase...how will that affect the way we travel, our storage, our future clothes and technology. We need to create new solutions.
What about the issue of cities merging together through urban growth? Will our cultures merge, or will they stay very seperate and cause tensions?
We are asked to look at function (how we need less things now than before because one bit of technology like an iphone does the same job as an ipod and a phone).
Julie said something really interesting which has stick with me that if things were precious to us, we wouldn't be so quich to throw things away. I've been thinking about classic shapes and timeless garments which are hard wearing and are able to last for generations without being damaged. How amazing would that be?!
The possible outcomes of the project are making me slightly wary because of the amount of digital expected when I really have no interest in it. Also hoe we present it in that context is still extremely up to suggeston. It could even be completely digital through the whole project without any making what so ever. It was mentioned earlier though that we are still encouraged to work in the way that we work so I am going to stick with that idea and try not to get overfaced with the idea of digital.
5th March 1-2 pm Unit X: Talk Notes
This project is about Evolution, Opportunity, New directions, Careers, Portfolio futures, Opportunities to share, External opportunities and New estate. The title has been intentionally left blank so that we can make it exactly what we want it to be. This just seems too wide for me. It's a highly daunting concept feeling like you could do anything, but only one thing at the end.
The project is loosely called 'Interrogationg Manchester' - The city, future living, the role of the creative practitioner and community. We are asked to think: what is a city? How does it work? How do they grow and change? Indeed cities and scary, busy and hostile places, but there are small 'villages' of people creating tight communities.
I feel more peaceful with the statement: digital will never fully take over because of the 'happy accident' which works only in a community. I am not very digitally minded so this was a scary concept for me. But I believe that are and design will always need people; and maybe I need to prove this.
The project is loosely called 'Interrogationg Manchester' - The city, future living, the role of the creative practitioner and community. We are asked to think: what is a city? How does it work? How do they grow and change? Indeed cities and scary, busy and hostile places, but there are small 'villages' of people creating tight communities.
I feel more peaceful with the statement: digital will never fully take over because of the 'happy accident' which works only in a community. I am not very digitally minded so this was a scary concept for me. But I believe that are and design will always need people; and maybe I need to prove this.
Saturday 3 March 2012
Manchester Art Gallery, Friday 24th February
I had seen the long term exhibitions in the Gallery many times before apart from the collections exhibit upstairs, so I decided to focus on that and the new Mark Leckey exhibition. I loved the collections part of the 2nd floor because it is about normal people. Many of the artifacts were just used by people in daily life, and meant something to them. Each one of them have a story to tell and yet no one will ever probably know them. There was a Victorian cross stitched pin lid in one of the collections. Stitched into the top it said 'You are not my sister'. It took me by surprise and really stood out for me because you would never have thought you would see that sort of message on an every day object. This to me sounds like it has a sinister tone, but it may have been endearing or an 'in joke' between the person who made it and who it was made for. This will however only ever be left up to the onlookers imagination from now on.
The other exhibit on the 2nd floor was from the artist Mark Leckey. I particularly enjoyed the video about the rave cultures of the 70s and 80s. It;s interesting to think of that happening in my parents era, even my parents going to them, when to me it seems a rather modern occurance. I also like the link between the image on the video, and the sound that was put with it. I was the only person in the room and there was the largest sound system I had ever seen for that size room, however it served its purpose. The base was so high, you could feel it heavily in your chest and pressure in your head. It kind of took over your body and you couldn't think of anything else. But once it seemed to be dieing away, it was as if you didn't want it to, like it had become the norm. It was an amazing and creative way of representing what you experience in the rave setting.
The other exhibit on the 2nd floor was from the artist Mark Leckey. I particularly enjoyed the video about the rave cultures of the 70s and 80s. It;s interesting to think of that happening in my parents era, even my parents going to them, when to me it seems a rather modern occurance. I also like the link between the image on the video, and the sound that was put with it. I was the only person in the room and there was the largest sound system I had ever seen for that size room, however it served its purpose. The base was so high, you could feel it heavily in your chest and pressure in your head. It kind of took over your body and you couldn't think of anything else. But once it seemed to be dieing away, it was as if you didn't want it to, like it had become the norm. It was an amazing and creative way of representing what you experience in the rave setting.
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 29th February
Global threads is the exhibition on in the Whitworth Art Gallery. It is about the use of cotton in our world today and how we are wasting and damaging the environment in our quest to get it. I liked the work in the 1st part of he exhibition which had cotton t-shirts with messages printed on them. They were very simple, yet were direct to the point and really made the audience stop and take notice.
The messages made note of the amount of wastage of water and energy to make even a small amount of cotton clothing, and the insanity of how many different countries a garment has to go to until all the process of its manufactue are completed.
There was also an exhibition of clothing which had been 'upcycled' where students from a local college had taken old clothes, and made something more exciting and beautiful out of them. It should really encourage us to see what we can actually do with the clothes we throw out.
The messages made note of the amount of wastage of water and energy to make even a small amount of cotton clothing, and the insanity of how many different countries a garment has to go to until all the process of its manufactue are completed.
There was also an exhibition of clothing which had been 'upcycled' where students from a local college had taken old clothes, and made something more exciting and beautiful out of them. It should really encourage us to see what we can actually do with the clothes we throw out.
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