No clever title just read.....

So i finally figured out why people say that melbourne shopping is better than sydney shopping.. because melbourne is the opposite to sydney.

Today i wandered around the CBD and just followed my feet... thankfully i didn't end up anywhere too strange i actually saw all the things that i wanted to see ^^

Following a tip from a the lady at the bead store i even ended up going to a nice exhibition [i'm not going to name it as i would have to email people and let them know and la la la la... cant be bothered.] It was amazing....

I was suprised actually there was quite a few lolita stores in melbourne and cute asian fashion everywhere even a harajuku crepe store [ I know someone who would love that].

I want to upload pics but blogger is being odd... so yeah. sorry guys.

Refurbished

Its been along time since i posted.

I think that i should keep using this blog as i still find interesting things but not as frequently as before [obviously]. So i refurbished it with a template i found [since it is no longer going to be assessed].

BUT

In the process of refurbishment i lost all my friend links so if you still update your studio blog or any design blog, that i previously had could you please resend me your link?

Thanks all i will post up some interesting things that I'm sure you will want to see!!!!

AMAZING... no joke.

Paper graphic done by Yulia Brodslaya, please visit her site she has A LOT of amazing graphics along with other drawings and sketches and stuff. I am particularly amazed with the paper graphic because when i was little i learnt paper tole but never thought that it could be used to make something this beautiful. Kind of makes me want to start fiddling with those little strips of paper again.

Her site... http://www.artyulia.com/index.php/Illustration/PAPERgraphic

Simply amazing.

Mini cardboard lounge

Went out with my friends on Australia day, and besides from thinking that it would be a cool day [which it wasn't], that i shouldn't wear green or yellow cos no one would be [everyone else was], and that i shouldn't buy a flag [ i probably should have], something caught my eye.

It was this little folded up package made of cardboard with printing on it. A little bigger than an A3 sheet with a handle i was intrigued, so whilst trying to avoid getting my eyes poked out by Australian flags, i hunted it down. I thought at first that it was a cardboard stool, but i wasn't sure since there didn't seem to be much cardboard. So hunting one down i got one [it was free!] and unfolded it.


It was a mini Cardboard lounge for making sitting on the floor more comfortable!

I probably should have taken a picture of it folded but kind of forgot.


This is what it looks like unfolded, it is so cool! that triangle bit allows you to lean back and relax and listen to whatever concert you choose to serenade your ears too. and that flat bit on the ground keeps your bum clean and lightly more comfy than if you had been sitting on the ground [cardboard is more comfortable to sit on than asphalt!]

This would have to be one of the first commercially produced piece of cardboard furniture that I've seen en mass, while i know a lot of cardboard furniture has been created, i have not seen it freely distributed to public. This is a very good move by vivacity, it is event related, handy, can be reused and recycled and is totally different to the other usual freebies that companies give.

Just like brand recognition wise, i saw that they had a whole garage full of folded up lounges like this, and they were everywhere. Here is a picture of them in use, just think this but rows and rows of seeing these red triangles everywhere.

Did i mention that they are light, easy to fold and really really comfy to sit on? Nothing was wasted as even the hole for the handle, was cut so that the part that was cut out folded over to become the lock so that the lounge stayed neatly folded when you carried it around. Admittedly they did use glue [which thinking back to our cardboard stool that we had to make] did take a bit of shine away but i suppose it means that it can be lighter and reusable, as long as the clue does not prevent recycling there is totally no objections.

So absolute kudos to vivacity for their awesome design, i can see the design being used for open air cinema's and all out doors sitting down on the floor and listening events.

Great to see cardboard furniture making it into the public scene.

Light + dress= beautiful [finally!]

Being the new year i thought that my first post should be something about technology and something new, and while i can't guarantee its newness it is an interesting application of electronics to textiles.

After many bad attempts at integrating lighting with fashion.

Exhibit 1]

Is it really futuristic to look like a glow in the dark marshmallow.

I can see what they are trying to do by pushing the limits of fashion and technology, trying to fuse them together to make something futuristic and new. While the graphics is lovely... [i do like the little glowy spot thingys, like fireflies] i think that this is tipped much to much to the technology side that it becomes just a piece of technology and not a fashion item. Honestly, do they think that they are going make people stop and stare at it for hours on end? A glowing marshmallow? really?

They could have done so much more... so much more, integrated actual fashion techniques like pattern making, and structure into the dress. I do believe if they had done something amazing with it, it could have launched it in haute couture. I have a firm belief that electronic textile fusions is the way of the future but most of what i have seen has been these silly little gimmicky show pieces. So much new technology going to waste... anyone remember the teletubby Tshirts? That actually showed a changing image smack bang on the front? I have no idea why it didn't take off <>

Of course I'm obviously slightly ignorant to what the limitations are for the technology, it does seem that the textile of the dress is quite thick [ and spongy?] in the picture, and it was quite early on in the creation of the technology, but i haven't seen many inspiring things in this area of exploration. I mean its so vast and still not explored.

I've been thinking a lot about this and wondering if i should stick my little paws in this big mess of electrical cable and string when i saw this little number.

Its a dress by Mary Huang.... sheer poetry. This is something to finally get excited about, This is what she says about the dress, ‘In an effort to take a fresh spin on lighted clothing, I have created an illuminated scarf and dress using crocheted knit to diffuse light from LEDs to give a more organic effect.‘ SEE! it has meaning, not just oh look a dress that glows, things like this will be much more memorable and transformative to the fashion industry then just shows of technology.

There is a whole site dedicated to this kind of thing....

http://www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/archives/538

The link above is more for the interview with Mary, but yeah I'm going to have a browse though all the things there, see if it inspires me to do anything.

I realised that just creating something, just because isn't good enough, it needs to have meaning, down to the last thread, or LED in this instance.

Take that! No Photo No video! I still got pretty pictures!

So admittedly my pretty pictures are of name cards cos i wasn't allowed to take any pictures, have no clue why, i was just going to show the world, which to my knowledge for a graduating student was a good thing.

So anyway this grad exhibition [not going to mention the uni cos they might get grumpy leaking too much information, like taking photos xx]

Any ways, some pretty interesting stuff, i liked how they made the exhibition for all the design stuff that they did.

I LOVED the fashion stuff. Oh my i am so in love with a jacket by Charlotte Hicks, amazing and breathtaking, i was considering breaking the rules just so that i could have a picture of that beautiful jacket. Oh how to describe, the pattern would be the most complicated thing in the world! It is structured and yet feminine, using draping on the bell sleeves to add sophistication to the otherwise simple jacket. I hope she becomes a famous fashion designer so that one day when I'm a famous [insert product here] designer I'll be able to buy her clothes!!

On a side note some of the name cards are so awesome, Riko Chan's has this nice glossy part that says fashion designer. Her fashion stuff is equally cool, very cute, pretty jap loli type things, almost costume like very sweet.

So yeah, to sum all my rantings up, the grad exhibition was pretty good, some things obviously better than others. I preferred the fashion exhibition to the product one, not sure if that is more related to the fact that I'm female or that it was more exciting.

Fridge posting

Thought i should be like a little kid and post up all the work that i did in computers. So i just have a record of it if anything happens.

For the Hair dryer we had to use photoshop to try and make the image look 3D this was totally directed so you just had to follow the instructions and add your own small flourishes. Please forgive the lame name, i was tired.

This iron concept was one we had to completely create ourselves from the first image [once again excuse the corny tag line] which was created in photoshop to the 3D model [the second image not so corny tag line[my opinion]].

It was so difficult as we had to problem solve the way to create the virtual model. I tried about quite a few times, and re did it a few more, apparently i design hard stuff to model xx.

Anyways learnt a lot.