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[thistaleisabloodyone]

Okay, I totally forget if I've commented on this before, but does anyone else think that the golf course from CLK was foreshadowing for TRN?

Here me out (if I haven't already commented on this) - in the golf course, there's a chunk of the track that goes into a tunnel and uses a very similar shot and angle and movement to the ending of TRN.

[passingcompliments-blog]

Long Awaited Update

Wow! It's been a very hectic few weeks. Had my time at New Designers and then I jetted off for a much needed relaxing holiday. Only a handful of things have happened recently; left my job of 4 1/2 years and start my new one this coming Tuesday, and I've got myself an interview for a post graduate internship this coming Wednesday. Here's to hoping things are on the up.

[lucyjwest]

Week 2. Arts, Crafts and Constable.

In a bid to get up to date with my posts, here is a (perhaps not so) speedy recap of what I got up to during my second week as Curatorial Assistant.

  http://www.newdesigners.com/

 The socialist ideals of figures such as William Morris, who saw art and design as having the ability to improve the lives of ordinary people, could be seen to knowingly or unknowingly creep into the work of these up and coming designers. From around the 1860s, the Arts and Crafts Movement reacted against the industrialism of the age with an aim to improve domestic design. Broadly speaking, although the Movement flourished in both the country and the city, this feeling resulted in; an emphasis upon the role of the craftsman in an ever-more commercial society; a return to the medieval guild structure as well as more contemporary Pre-Raphaelite precepts; displaying truth to materials and the handicraft of the artist; finding inspiration in nature and a nostalgia for rural life.

William Morris Wallpaper

At New Designers, I was pleasantly surprised to find a general focus upon craft, the use of natural or recycled materials and a penchant for organic forms amongst many of the designers. A particular favourite of mine was the work from Bucks New University – clearly a great course and some fantastic designers.

 Following an exciting day at ND, I stopped by Michael Landy’s Saints Alive at the National Gallery which I have been meaning to get to for a while. My thoughts on that will follow.

 Back at Compton Verney, I was able to observe and take some photos to document the newly unwrapped works in the first stages of the installation of the Turner and Constable: Sketching from Nature and Re-Viewing the Landscape exhibitions. Having seen the turn around at the end of 500 Years of Italian Art, it was great to experience the beginning of the installation process this time. 

[the-parisian-algorithm-blog]

Just picked up the refill at the moo shop :) @moo #moocards #moo #jeaneenhome13 #newdesigners #nd13 #imeanbusiness (at Boxpark)

[jeaneenhome-blog]

Some images of our show at the London design business centre! Come and see us!

[themindstate-blog]

Stand up at #ND13 #unboxed #graphicdesign #exhibition #newdesigners #digitalart #london

[themindstate-blog]

And our show catalogue designed by @sj_scrutton #ND13 #newdesigners #graphicdesign #swatch #colours #rainbow #havering #graduates

[themindstate-blog]

Banner for #ND13 designed by myself up and ready! #graphicdesign #exhibition #preview #graduates #havering #banner #pixel #vinyl