Like promised, here are some images of one of the projects I’m working on at the mo with another CCAD graduate Leanne Hodgson. The t-shirts will be on sale as well as many other products at Darlington’s Creative Market next month (exact dates are to be confirmed) alongside craft stalls, art exhibitions and creative workshops.

So I haven’t updated in a while which never seems to surprise me, but I just can’t keep up with Kim and lyndsay’s blogging obsessions. Anywaaaaaaays….

So New Designers in London has been and gone for sure now, so it’s down to working out what I do from here all on my own. I got some interest in my work but what I did get I thought was pretty good. Its a shame that you can never seem to get hold of them even though they seemed so interested in the work at the time, never mind. Meanwhile I’m just passing the time doing some work experience with a small local eco fashion company designing a range of t-shirt prints ready to go on sale for a future design market. With little materials and equipment to work with though I’m finding the restrictions very difficult to get motivated. Instead of silk screen printed we’ve opted for a range of stencil printing, although it’s a time consuming process it’s actually proven fairly successful so far. Another 40 more designs to go……..

I’ll post photos of the project and its progress later on in the week when I’m next in the studio. Below I have posted images from a past post titled Minor Project: Eco Friendly Concept. Here the designs and their product boards are posted in full size.

Enjoy.

So although I have all this spare time on my hands I thought I would be well away with the blogging but of course me being me im slacking on the updating unlike my fellow bloggers Lyndsay McBean & Kim Tillyer.

Anyways since the last time I posted my official last day of uni has passed which meant taking down the degree show, so anyone who missed it can catch us at New Designers in Islingtons Design Center, London. Although I have no work load to be preasured by I still for some reason feel stressed, maybe thats just the pressure of knowing that I have to find a job. I shall just have to see what New Designers brings to me (if anything)…. this reminds me that I should really prepare my porfolio this week ready for my Texprint interview and possible interest at New designers.

Its almost the end of the degree show, but they is still one last day to visit if you haven’t already. All details as to where the exhibition is being held is listed in my last post.

anyways moving on…. I have finally got hold of some of the shots of our promotional packs, so thanks to Tubbyphunk (Bob Page) who approached us when we were in the need of something different in the way that the packs were presented. We all opted for an eco/recycled approach in terms in which the showcase sleves were made out of. Each sleve (430 to be precise) were all individually hand printed making each and everyone unique. They all consist of 36 show cards which promote the course of study and all 35 students work, who most of will be attentding this years New Designers which is held at the Business Design Center, Islington, London. Im hoping that with all the hard work that was put into making the packs all attention will be on our stand this year.

The preview night for the degree show has been and gone but you still have time to see the exhibition which is still currently exhibiting untill 15th june at the Hartlepool Art Gallery, Church Square in Hartlepool.

Thats it, I have officially handed in the last of my uni work. Its been a long 3 years of struggle but wether its been worth it is still to be found out. Im just job hunting from now on and trying to figure out what I want to do with all this time I have spare these days. I think im going to have to work on some projects to keep me going through the spare time or hopefully find a job I suppose. Im slightly worried because Im hearing of all these people (2 in all) that have had interviews and getting jobs so soon after handing in the final collecions of work.

anyways now that im finished with the uni work I guess I have no exscuse not to be updating this thing on a regular basis.

So today I was thinking it was about time that I sorted some of my own work and post it on here like I intended to in the first place, soooooo I’ve gone and done exactly that and hunted through some of my old work while my current work for my final major project of uni is still in progress. I’ve taken a selection of designs form my minor project 2007 and placed them alongside some of my product boards which go alongside the designs to show possibilities of how each design is intended to be used.

The whole project was to take into consideration the whole trend of eco friendliness that has take off considerably over the years and became an importance to many people’s lives. From this I wanted to develop the concept and combine designs that illustrate what you would associate with being familiar objects of eco friendliness. So the idea continued to develop till I gathered a good selection of illustrations that varied from the objects that are the cause of these negative changes to the objects that are now the cause of positive changes on the environment and the illustrations to show the things that are being affected by these negative changes.

I will add larger imagery of the designs and product boards for you to view once I figure out why it wont let me upload jpegs….

I have the right to believe I am slacking slightly in the gallery visits this year, so im starting to think I may need to take a trip up to that place we call Newcastle Upon Tyne and visit a few. First on the list would obviously have to be The Baltic, make sure you get there now to see the work of Mona Marzouk, Last of The Dictionary Men, CutUp, Mark Titchner and especially Barry McGee…… oooooh and also dont be missing out on internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara who starts a collaborated exhibition with design unit Graf on the 14 June - 26 October 2008.

A quick update because I finally brought myself to escaping illustrator and photoshop. Now putting aside the work of my own, if you like all things graphic then I cant help but mention www.MAXALOT.com especially take a look at the work of eBoy, Takora Kimiyoshi Futori, Neil Banas, Florence Manlik and WWFT. Heres some images of the work that can be found on their site.

Yet another day in the studio contemplating on how I should go about progressing with my folio. I guess im just needing some of those inspiration findings I suggested I would post on here to inspire me to progress with what im needing to do…… Anyways here is one of the pages i managed to complete for my folio, simple yet its acceptable for what i hoped to achieve.