Lookbook Movie

Vanessa Bruno

I really love this video, it's super sweet. I love Lou Doillon, her movement and the colours in this video are just really soft, subtle and lovely. It's something to consider when I get round to making my video for my website.

Reflection

A Really Bad Leek in the Bathroom.......

Tore the apartment apart tonight to try and find out where the leek was. It ended in the bathroom, but we had to find where it started. Water is a tricky little bugger. I know this seems irrelevant, but I didn't plan for this or my bag being stolen, but we never plan for life. We plan for things going wrong with our projects but never with life.

I'm totally stressed at the moment because these things that I didn't plan for are eating into my project time. It's definitely something to think about in future, always allow for problems with the project and also problems with life. You live and learn!

Reflection

SetBack...

I had a bit of a setback yesterday, I was out on Monday night and my handbag got stolen, which absolutely everything in it. So, I had to spend all that night up changing all my passwords that were connected to my iPhone and then all yesterday sorting out the phone replacement, bank stuff and the police report. I didn't manage to get any work done at all, and when I finally got everything sorted I just wanted to sleep. 

I did go to the talk on Portfolio Presentation that the FBRS organised with the Fashion Careers Clinic which was really good. It was good to see examples of other peoples portfolio work and get some useful tips on what to do and also what not to do. The talks they do are super helpful and I really feel it's good to go to these to better my chances of employment when I graduate. 

All in all, I lost a days working, which is super annoying. I'm gonna have to work extra hard now to get back on track, at least it was only one day.

Tutorial Feedback

A Date With Sue

Tutorial time again with Sue, I was pretty anxious that I hadn't done that much since I last saw her. I worked hard in the last few days to get it up to scratch so that I could show her some sort of progression. Once again she was happy that I was where I should be at this point so it made me feel a little more relaxed about everything.

Up until now I have been a little unsure about my inspiration as I've had so many influences and found it hard to make a decision on my definite areas of interest. I have not decided that I want to look into the clothing and accessories of space suits for details and design lines. I am trying to arrange to go to the Science Museum to view their private collection, which will be really useful. I think this will help me to decide upon my materials a little better also, as this was what Sue had commented on in my tutorial.

I am going to order the evaluation kits for the electroluminescent wire the fibre optic material soon so that I can se how feasible it will be to use this technology in my design. I will also look into using other high tech materials that are available. 

The consumer is proving the most elusive for me, I am kind of avoiding it a little, which is odd because generally I really enjoy doing the consumer profile. I think because I am a bit worried about creating some fantasy consumer that doesn't really exist. I don't really know anyone that would be my consumer, i think that I am designing for myself in the future, if that makes any sense, or the type of consumer I aspire to be. It's a tricky one, but I'm sure I'll overcome it. I need to collate all the information I've gathered so far and see if a clearer image presents itself.

All in all I'm very stressed and tired but the work is moving along and I seem to be on the right track. I still have a mountain of work to do so no more fun times until hand in.

Reflection

Reflection

I received my Research Planning grade today, which was a relief. I did well, but would have liked to have received a slightly higher grade. It's a good start to the year though, and as it says on my feedback sheet, I need to make sure to 'maintain the momentum'. I feel like this past few weeks since my last tutorial have been very unproductive. Although I didn't spend quite so much time on the project in this time, I have been doing work, but I don't feel I have a lot to show for it. Getting this feedback has given me the extra kick I needed to get motivated again. I know I need to buckle down as I still have a lot of work to do.

We have a tutorial tomorrow with Rob Philips about our layout, which is something that I am not very confident with. I feel that its not really my strongest point and I'm kinda worried that my clean and simple approach to it makes it look really dull. I want it to be clean, classic and sharp looking, but not boring. It's a fine line to be honest and I hope I manage to pull it off well. I think I might do a few examples to show Rob tomorrow. I may also try and get a graphic designers opinion on the matter, cause I think small little adjustments can make all the difference, and graphic designers have that eye for detail.

I feel like I need to start pulling it all together a little bit now and really solidifying my concept development, so that I can get a clearer picture of what I still need to do.

Lucy McRae

Lucy McRae

Lucy McRae is an Australian artist straddling the worlds of fashion, technology and the body. As a body Architect she invents and builds structures on the skin that re-shape the human silhouette. Her provocative and often grotesquely beautiful imagery suggests a new breed; a future human archetype existing in an alternate world.

Trained as a classical ballerina and architect her work inherently fascinates with the human body. The media call her inventor, friends call her a trailblazer. Either way, she relies on instinct to evolve an extraordinary visual path that is powerful, primal and uniquely Lucy McRae.

This 'Making Of' video showcases a project that started over two years ago generating dynamic textiles made from liquid, air and vapor. 1.2 kilometres of transparent plumbing tubing was knitted with fishing wire to skin Robyn's body. 40 litres of glycerol pumps through over a kilometre of tube, powered by drill pumps that connect to valves releasing air intermittently between the liquid. Gradient colors pulse through the tubes at different speeds, the effect is a living, breathing dynamic skin that traverses the landscape of the body. The Dream Team Lucy McRae, Barnaby Monk, Mike Pelletier, Sanne Van Wersch, Laetitia Migliore and Amba Molly Special Thanks to Mandy, Sofie, Froukje, Honor, Loes, Ine and Branca Edited by Ine van den Elsen.

Peristaltic Skin Machine from Lucy McRae on Vimeo.

Amazing!




Source: http://www.lucymcrae.blogspot.com/

Lebbeus Woods

The work of Lebbeus Woods, currently a professor of architecture at the Cooper Union in New York City, has influenced the designs of many films including 12 Monkeys, Alien 3 or The Fifth Element. "His work is experimental architecture in its most powerful, and politically provocative, sense."

The majority of his explorations deal with the design of systems in crisis, visions of a possible reality, provisional, local, and charged with the investment of their creators and are best known for his proposals for San Francisco, Havana, and Sarajevo.

I really love the sharp lines of his architecture. I can see how his work has inspired Michael Kampe. His work is very futuristic and industrial looking and it is not surprising that he has inspired sci-fi movies in the past. It is hard to see how these buildings will date to be honest, they're not even subtle at all.