Love Igloo

As for most the summer i am in wales as my family has a holiday home there, i thought id look into what studios were in wales so that i could visit whilst on my jolly s....

I found Loveigloo which would be a perfect place for me to visit as their style seems to fit mine and they explore a wide range of areas in Graphics and Textiles.....

 Loveigloo is a creative studio based in Caernarfon, North Wales and Bristol. They work on varied projects 
for both small owner managed companies and large multi-national businesses. 
Their work is exhibited and sold arround the world from Palace Street, Caernarfon, to downtown Tokyo. 

They base their practise around a varied range of media and areas of design such as...

* Branding & Identity 
* Graphic Design 
* Illustration 
* Product Design 
* Packaging Design 
* Website Design & Build 
* Copywriting 
* Photography 

 

But what interested me the most within this studio was they also produce their own range of 

retail products which can be bought in various retailers or directly from their shop. 

This interests me in terms of my desire for textiles and interior design. 

Here are some tea towels photographed on the beach sold within the shop...

First Eleven Studio

The Designer & Creative Director
First eleven studio was founded by a woman called Jenny Frean in 1986. Sensing the strength in teamwork and the excitement of building a versatile group of artists, she drew together designers with exceptional individual skills. The team's expertise covers the design of printed, woven and embroidered textiles for all aspects of interior furnishings and surfaces.

'In addition to her own designing, Jenny's role is to maintain the standard of the studio's collections, ensuring up-to-the-minute, carefully thought out and well-executed designs. Beautiful colour has always been First Eleven's trademark and each piece of work in the portfolio must be good enough for the client to clearly see its potential as a successful fabric.'

First eleven is based in west sussex which is quite far away from me but i am willing to travel and enjoy visiting new places! 

This is another potential studio for me to contact as the textile designs seem to fit my style. 

Nancy Parker Studio

 Nancy Parker is a market leading textile design studio based in London with an 
extensive global customer base.

Her company is Obsessed with beauty and it offers an exquisite collections of print and embellishment
concepts produced on luxurious fabrics for a fashion forward market.
They have a highly skilled team of 18 artists include alumni from a variety of esteemed
houses in Europe and North America, including Moschino, Givenchy, Stella
Mcartney and Donna Karan.

I find this company so interesting and exciting as their sales team is constantly travelling the world and exhibiting at Premier Vision in Paris twice a year and Direction in New York three times a year!!!

This is the perfect studio for me to apply for as they travel, incorporate fashion, textile patterns to elements of design, Once i have a more specific identity branding i will be contacting Nancy straight away...

Nancy Parker has worked with and for an extensive global customer base, a few of whom include the brands of my dreams such as....

Anthropologie
ASOS 
Cacharel
Calvin Klein
Donna Karan
Etro
Gap

JCrew
Jones New York 
Liz Claiborne
Macys 
Marks & Spencer
Moschino 
Ralph Lauren 

St John
Tommy Hilfiger 
Topshop
Walmart 
Zara

A new Me

Over the past month i have been delving into textiles , i have used a range of media such as photography, collage, illustration and use of digital software to create a repetitive organised floral pattern, i have been applying it to a range of objects for my proposed product.

{objects}

Textile design has always been something that i wanted to try properly, and now i have i love it!
This has given me alot of direction in terms of what kind of designer i am!
I have also been applying my textiles to considered typography, I have found my specific style finally.

{print machine}

I have figured that i am not a digital graphic designer as i haven't been completely happy sitting at a screen for the past year. I now realise that i can incorporate my skills in crafting, illustration and mixed media to the skills that i have learnt on this course.

{posters}

Digital Textile Design

I want this book!!!! It would be perfect for my practise...

Studio

Images of print and pattern design within studios and boutiques , i would like my workplace to have the same design feel to these.

Colourful , pleasing on the eye , random objects and organised 

P.S.G :: PPD

The pet shop girls is a new and upcoming fashion store/boutique in london. It is so quirky and colourful , so Japanese and i love it! Again some colourful textile design with bold type , gorgeous! 

Tsumori Chisato is a japanese fashion designer , i like some of her packaging designs! Simple , organic and fresh...

Graphic Textiles :: PPD

 Some amazing Textile patterns applied to material and beautifully photographed on a model for a fashion shoot for Modern love. 

Modern love is a collaboration with Kim Hunt. Sold through Liberty of London and other select stockists.

I love these colourful geometric patterns , i like how the geometrics are contradicted by an element of liquid like visuals. The choice of colour is breathtaking , so confusing yet easy on the eye. 

The power of the model is expressed through the pattern on the garments , and the bold capital font over the images suit this concept well! 

I love the combination of clean cut capital typefaces overlapping such striking images.