Smarin

I've been looking for unique types of furniture design for my visualisations & came across Smarin by designer Stephanie Marin.

http://www.smarin.net/en/

There are some really amazing ideas shown on the website for anyone interested in interiors and furniture. A lot of the things on there really link in with what I'm trying to achieve, they're fun, stylish & unique.

MAURIZIO GALANTE & TAL LANCMAN

 This is quite a fun piece of furnishing textiles, where the designers have taken a Louis XV arm chair and created a strinking digitally printed marble pattern, making it look very much like a hard throne made of marble, rather than a soft comfortable arm chair. I love the play on hard and soft, and the fun, perceptive nature of this piece. More at Cerruti Baleri.

TOM DIXON - LIGHTING

Thinking about joining the ideas that I am using with regards light, I also thought about what kind of contexts this could have in a more furnishing home kind of scenario. I found this wonderful piece of 3D design work by Tom Dixon, a British design company who create interesting light fittings, focusing on not only the aesthetic of the light itself but also the shadows and projections they create.

I think the patterns of the shadows it is producing are beautiful, and something which really got me thinking about the relevance to my project, with regards light but also the geometric shapes which I am also looking at. It also makes me think about the possibility of working a bit in three dimensions aswell, which I will try and look into.

FLORIAN SCHMIDT - IWT

Florian Schmidt uses concrete to create interesting pieces of furniture, which may look soft but are in fact made of sewn together concrete. The material he uses is called 'concrete canvas', he sews together the pieces, then wets the canvas and then as this dries it hardens into concrete, providing a strong structure with which people can sit and enjoy.

 I like the processes of this, and how it changes through the making, and I thought it could possibly be useful for people who were considering furniture or seating.

Christopher Pearson - Animated Wallpaper Installations

Like Steph I've been looking at various types of wallpaper too, mostly the interactive kind.

Christopher Pearson uses high definition movie files and projects them on to walls.

This is a section from 'Hickory Landscape'.

Rowland Ricketts

Matt Shlian

Eva Schjolberg

Anne Kyyro Quinn

Jonas Samson

Interactive wallpaper, the tree grows though out the day.

Linda Florence

Creates wallpaper and floor tiles that can be changed by interaction e.g. scripting at them or walking on them.

Blumen Wallpaper (Vanessa)

Electronic Wallpaper Display, 2004.

Blumen transforms traditional decorative surfaces into a display of floral pattern using electroluminescent technology. The wallpaper divides and decorates space.

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Tracey Emin DVD

This week I rented a DVD from the library called "TRACEY EMIN"

It is a short video interview of about 25 minutes long.

I found the video to be quite inspiring because Tracey Emin talks about her work as though she is referring to a limb of her body. She is very much intune with her work, and it is very much a personal thing to her. This, to me, is a positive attitude towards your working practice.

She states "I Always say if I didn't make art, I'd probably be dead... But let's be more realistic about that. If I didn't make art and I'd done well in life, then I might have gone into retail. I would probably be the person in the shop that would be always prganising the display, and always making the noticeboard look nice in the canteen, stuff like that. I'm a genuinely creative person."

Before making this statement she talks about the troubles she has been faced with in earlier chapters of her life, such as having no money and suffering from depression. She talks about how these dark areas and low times have affected the work she has produced, such as "My Bed" which she says she produced only for herself, as a statement to herself and as a wake up call. To help her to move on from those troubled times and to turn those dark and low times into a positive. She reflects that she felt particularly vunerable when creating "My Bed", and one of the most worrying aspects of the piece was that people she knew and cared about would see "all those things" cluttered in and around the bed.

After renting out this DVD I think I will definitely rent more in the future. I felt that I understood the meanings behind the words more hearing it straight from the artist. I am a visually driven worker physically seeing and hearing helps me to connect with what is being said, rather than reading from a book. I found it very useful, and would advise others to rent more DVD's from the library.

Astrid Krogh- BS

uses lighting and pattern to dominate a space.

http://www.astridkrogh.com/

Monika Grzymala- BS

uses something as simple as tape to creat her instilation and fill a space. very effective.

exterior - BS

This got me thinking about the potential of working with an exterior posibly the court yard or roof terris.

Selina Rose- BS

creates bespoke interior surfaces using mostly felt. she does acoustic wall panels, throws, room dividers, upholstery, table top decorations, lighting, rugs and cushions.

http://www.selinarose.co.uk/

Benjamin Hubert- BS

Creats a lot of unique looking furniture, lights and objects. But thinks a lot about he is going to dress and fill the room when displaying his peices. - some nice pictures on his space label on his website.

http://www.benjaminhubert.co.uk/

Timothy John - BS

He does amazing work with weave covering objects within spaces that wouldnt normally be covered in such a way.

could potentially work in the new building
http://www.timothyjohn.net/#!__woven-series4

Loop.ph Bethany smith (BS)

Loop.ph do a lot of work with sculpure and lights they also create peice to fill spaces.

eg.

Think its definatly worth a look

http://loop.ph/bin/view/Loop/WebHome