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I found this talk really interesting. She spoke about how you should approach things open minded, any lines can be crossed in the world of art if you have a good idea. Her biggest spur was the rejection of the fashion course here at Manchester Met so she had to do a fashion and textiles course instead. This was what really started her off with being creative and mixing skills together from other specialism’s- thinking outside the box.  I loved the jacket she made- the breathing jacket. She made up inks using the science lab to create a jacket which changes colour through pollution which I found amazing and exciting. I love the way she used science in her work, mixing skills from other backgrounds is an interesting way of approaching the task. She spoke about wanting to do something different and “out there” something to shock people!! The thing that really stood out to me in this talk was the project Airbus 2050. I was amazed at the fact that a fashion/textile student combined with two other people, one an engineer and one a graphic designer came up with a design for a plane. This really got me thinking about how just because we are textile students if we have an idea we can go anywhere with it. Knowing people and getting to know all sorts of people can really help develop work and create something exciting.

“If it doesn’t feel right it’s probably not right”

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Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:46:00 -0700 Rhian Bell- Lauren Bowker talk.. http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-lauren-bowker-talk http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-lauren-bowker-talk

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I found this talk really interesting. She spoke about how you should approach things open minded, any lines can be crossed in the world of art if you have a good idea. Her biggest spur was the rejection of the fashion course here at Manchester Met so she had to do a fashion and textiles course instead. This was what really started her off with being creative and mixing skills together from other specialism’s- thinking outside the box.  I loved the jacket she made- the breathing jacket. She made up inks using the science lab to create a jacket which changes colour through pollution which I found amazing and exciting. I love the way she used science in her work, mixing skills from other backgrounds is an interesting way of approaching the task. She spoke about wanting to do something different and “out there” something to shock people!! The thing that really stood out to me in this talk was the project Airbus 2050. I was amazed at the fact that a fashion/textile student combined with two other people, one an engineer and one a graphic designer came up with a design for a plane. This really got me thinking about how just because we are textile students if we have an idea we can go anywhere with it. Knowing people and getting to know all sorts of people can really help develop work and create something exciting.

“If it doesn’t feel right it’s probably not right”

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Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:34:00 -0700 More Research http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/research http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/research

A little more yarn bombing.

I found this image on the internet whilst looking at through American yarn bombing... more subtle than the yarn bombing ide seen before. I like the idea that you can still see through the wire and that it’s not completely covered.

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:04:00 -0700 The Corridor Talk 19/03/2012 Charlotte Sleigh http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/the-corridor-talk-19032012-charlotte-sleigh http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/the-corridor-talk-19032012-charlotte-sleigh

I was slightly late for the talk but soon caught up when I got in, I found some parts quite interesting and others not so interesting.

www.corridormanchester.com

The website explains the project and each opportunity it will bring.

I particularly enjoyed the part on Enviroment and Infrastructure, in this I-trees and Green roofs were mentioned, I wasn't completely sure what a Green roof was so I decided to look into this more and found it's a roof of a building that is covered with plants with grow through a  waterproof membrane. I then realised I had seen this before on the programme Grand Designs. It gives the illusion that a roof is made out grass which I think looks good design wise and is also enviromentally firendly. I've just realised that this actually links in with my idea of maybe comflarging the indside/outside of a building, iIt would be intresting to experiment with natural forms/materials to do this.

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:57:00 -0700 Research http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/researching http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/researching

Just something I came across whilst researching, which I loved the idea of.

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:46:00 -0700 Kate Egan Talk - Kate Ward http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/kate-egan-talk-kate-ward http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/kate-egan-talk-kate-ward

From reading everyones posts I think everyone agree Kates talk came at the right time, it certainly did for me. I found that her work she showed us gave us a clearer view of what was expected of us, as well as showing that there were no limitations.

 

I also thought the talk from Richard Brooke (from Manchester School of Architecture) was beneficial. I thought it gave us a bigger insight to what the plans for the building are, as well as how it’s being built. A sneak peak of the columns was great too, as ide been wondering what they had taken from the special collections!! I now can’t wait for Ailsa to go visit and hopefully show us some pictures. 

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:19:00 -0700 Inspiration Charlotte Sleigh http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/cecilia-paredes-charlotte-sleigh http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/cecilia-paredes-charlotte-sleigh

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I found this artist whilst reading the daily mail online and found her work really inreguging and I had to read about it straight away.

When I started my arrivals task my initial plan was to describe arriving in Cornwall as this is somewhere I frequently went on family holidays to. I used to love it we always stayed on a farm that was in the middle of no where I always felt like I was in a completely different world when I went. Whilst writting my description I found myself over exaggerating descriptions and and making it slightly surreal.

I wanted to somehow combine this with the theme of Manchester and I have taken photographs varying from large intimidating buildings in Manchester to more traditional period buildings such as the town hall. When walking around Manchester I can somtimes find it very enclosed with the tall office blocks towering over you and covering the sky, it's a far cry from a place in the countryside like Cornwall.

When I think about how I could combine the countryside/ a surreal place with Manchester,I keep on getting images in my head of trees growing out of buildings and lamposts truning into giant sunflowers. When I saw Cecilia Paredes work it got me thinking about camoflarging. I could possibly create some kind of pattern/digital image that might be projected around a room so that it covers the walls, celling and floor so that when your in that room you don't feel like your in the middle of Manchester it feels far away and surreal. Or I thought about a pattern/digital image being projected onto the outside of a building, so that it completely covers it and it no longers looks like a big, harsh, stark white/glass block like all the other buildings seem to be today.

 

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:56:00 -0700 Arrivals - Kate Ward http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/arrivals-kate-ward-30332 http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/arrivals-kate-ward-30332

My place of arrival was Cornwall. It was a summer road trip last summer with one of my best friends. We were so excited it was the first time ide driven that far, well couldn’t or driven any further if ide of wanted. We had all our things in my little car ready for our adventure(bit like when I moved to Manchester) We set off in the middle of the night so we could get there early and make a day of it, as soon as we got there. Wed both been down to Cornwall a lot before, myself, was with my family, but this time it was different. My friend and I are both art people, who met during our foundation course, so were both interested in a lot of the same stuff.

For me I like Cornwall as I think its quant and scenic. It’s all about the atmosphere, laid back, yet still buzzing with people and lots of things to do. I’ve never felt it anywhere else, beauty and it’s in ENGLAND! Our trip was for exploring so what better place to start than at the beach.

It was quiet a journey to the beach and took us a while to get there. We decided we would walk it from the camp site we were staying at, but we kept following the signs and it didn’t seem to be taking us in the right direction. By the end we had gone through the middle of a golf course over an old railway line and over some very large sand dunes, until eventually we could see it, the beach! We reached the sand and the sun came out began to come out, the clouds were clearing and all our efforts had paid off, we couldn’t wait to dip our feet in the water. As well as finding shells acting like big kids investigating. It felt like we were the only ones there, it was so quiet so relaxed and tranquille. For me the beauty was in the ripples of the sand. 

 

EXPLORING - Eden Project

Ide seen what the Eden project looked like, but nothing prepared me for the strange looking domes,inside was so real, so amazing. It simple took my breath away… quite literally in the rainforest, it was so hot. The Eden project was somewhere ide always wanted to go mainly because nature, plants and the environment interests me. It was just so amazing. There was so many things explore.

The exotic flowers and textures, the wall of sunflowers, the vegetable garden, the giant bee and the dancing women attached to a balloon in the rainforest, abit like a fantasy land. 


 

 

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:25:00 -0700 Rhian Bell- Infra_Manc Cube Exhibition.. http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-inframanc-cube-exhibition http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-inframanc-cube-exhibition

I found the exhibition didn't really relate to my project however it was interesting, I noticed that some of the mapped plans looked like drawings full of marks which interested me..

I seen the point of the exhibition for me was to show the processes of making and mapping ideas to create something that changes how we do things and go about our everyday lifes.

 

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Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:12:00 -0700 Rhian Bell- Kate Egan's talk http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-kate-egans-talk http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-kate-egans-talk

I found the talk by Kate very interesting and helpful, showing us her work from when she did a degree and the work she creates now for several commissions was inspiring..

She talked about creating crazy and almost outrageous things. Things that will make people think and wonder what we are showing through our work. Our work should be fun and exciting!!

She got me thinking about creating something temporary or visual maybe a projection. I also started thinking about surfaces and how the interior of the new building could be transformed into something amazing.

I liked her idea of wrapping the buildings in knits..

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:38:00 -0700 Kate Egan's Talk- Ailsa Lishman. http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/kate-egans-talk-ailsa-lishman http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/kate-egans-talk-ailsa-lishman

I know a few people couldn't attend Kate's talk the other day so thought I'd post abit of a round up of the points she made. Her talk was really useful in making the project and the blog clearer. Kate basically compared the blog to a big curry, and that we should all put any ideas and inspirations into it to create the ingredients. Visual and textual research, could be mainly images in your post, or you could have more text, depending on how you personally work. The blog should basically be like a big conversation. 

Kate also encouraged that we should propose ridiculous things for the building, for example we could propose to wrap the whole building in knit, we can do whatever! We could look at temporary textiles, movable textiles, virtual wallpaper, surfaces for flooring, ANYTHING! 

As part of our proposal for the new build we'll be expected to create sample pieces to help illustrate what we aim to design for the new build. 

As group leader I will also be able to go inside the new building after easter, so I'll hopefully be able to take photos and give you all an idea of the spaces inside the build!

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:25:00 -0700 Dave Haslam Talk- Ailsa Lishman. http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/dave-haslam-talk-ailsa-lishman http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/dave-haslam-talk-ailsa-lishman

I found the talk from Dave Haslam quite inspiring in a way, as he offered quite an interesting perspective on Manchester. 

He talked about the margins, and marginal activity, basically anything that isn't mainstream, stuff that's abit quirky and out there, that not everyone likes. Marginal activity is often, weird and sometimes hidden. 

Throughout the talk Dave Halsam talked alot about the music industry and how bands got to where they are today, and alot of them of course started off on the margins, before they later became mainstream, often starting out by playing in grotty venues, playing different music, sometimes playing to only 100 people at a time. Bands such as Joy Division, The Smiths and Elbow, all started out in the margins, yet now so many people know about them, peharps bordering on mainstream. I think it shows that everyone starts somewhere, from the bottom and have to work hard to get to the top. 

I think that everyone is so caught up within the mainstream these days, Dave Haslam encourged to stop looking at the mainstream, that small is better, fragmented is good and to try something new. 

 

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:58:00 -0700 Dunham Massey- Ailsa Lishman. http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/dunham-massey-ailsa-lishman http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/dunham-massey-ailsa-lishman

Since I really liked the slides of the stately home gardens from the slide collections, I decided to see if there was anything anywhere near Manchester that I could go have a look at that could be similar.

I came across Dunham Massey, which has 300 acres of land around it, with lots of garden space. The place was beautiful, and it was such a nice day too, I really loved how far away from the noise of Manchester it felt, even though it was only by Altrinham. It felt just like I was at home, and a million miles from anywhere, so peaceful and quiet. It was really nice to see all the daffodils springing up everywhere adding splashes of colour. Even the plants and flowers that were dying off were good to photograph, as they had a really fragile look to them, asif they could crumble at any second. 

I spent the day taking photos of just about everything, so here's just a taster of what I've been looking at - I have a habit of taking far too many photos. 

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:48:00 -0700 Initial Ideas- Ailsa Lishman. http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/initial-ideas-ailsa-lishman http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/initial-ideas-ailsa-lishman

My head is currently far too filled with stuff, not sure where to go with it all yet. But so far i've got that I want to bring a garden to Manchester as that's what I miss most from home, and also to look at bringing the outside, inside. I've been thinking about creating textile gardens within spaces, or even real gardens in spaces, and perhaps creating a piece for plants to grow up. I'd also quite like to explore the idea of having a garden grow up the side of the building, but not sure! Just going to explore all the possibilities I reckon, I really just want to bring a taste of the countryside to Manchester, and to create a relaxing place perhaps inside the studio. 

I've been exploring the slide collection and I really like the patterns and formations of flowers in the tradional stately home gardens. Alot of them create quite geometric patterns with lots of symmetry used which is really interesting. I've brought a slide projector home with me this week, so I plan to do more drawing from the slide projections.  

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:30:00 -0700 Kate Ward http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/113123961 http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/113123961

Hey Guys! So I’m eventually on and ready to post. I’ve been able to see what everyone’s been writing about. I’m like some of the group that are interested in bringing the inside, outside or working from nature and gardens etc. This is inspired by a visit I took in the arrivals task. I’m interested in indoor and outdoor installations so I plan to look for artists in this field, to help me gather ideas of my own. 

 

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:18:00 -0700 Rhian Bell- Inital Ideas.. http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-inital-ideas http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/rhian-bell-inital-ideas

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After looking at New York for my arrivals task it got me thinking about how I don’t know much about the city, all I really know are the basics.This got me thinking about how I don’t really know much about Manchester as a city either and I live here.

I started looking at how New York and Manchester are very similar and share some historical past. The Northern Quarter layout was based on New York and the structure of it. In both cities there are loads of buildings but do we know what they are actually for and what is inside them.

I started to investigate more into this and started with taking photographs of hidden places in the northern quarter; I then started thinking about having hidden cracks in walls and how those cracks were formed. It made me think about the history of Manchester and how it has been developed over the years.

I want to create something for the new old school that has an element of the old school in it. Something uncovered, something maybe no one knew about, something hidden. From this idea I started to think about hidden cracks in walls for storage of equipment or materials, this would make the brand new bland building feel more comforting and have an old feel to it staying true to the Old school heritage...

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:30:00 -0700 Inital Ideas - Tatum Farrar http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/inital-ideas-tatum-farrar http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/inital-ideas-tatum-farrar

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For my initial ideas i thought about the layout and structure of buildings and houses in other countries such as Greece and Turkey. After much research I have decided that I would like to design either a small sitting area based on this architecture that can some how be useful but also comforting, or a display area, creating a very unique built space to display work.

 

The image above gave me many ideas because of all small spaces and holes incorporated in the buildings that could create potential ideas for display fixtures ect

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Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:11:00 -0700 Infra_MANC exhibit- Emma Senior http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/inframanc-exhibit-emma-senior http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/inframanc-exhibit-emma-senior

This exhibition was about the infrastructure of Manchester after the war era, giving us information on the guardian underground telephone exchange, the picc- vic tunnel which was a proposed route underneath the city linking the Picadilly and Victoria stations, and also the rooftop heliport which was aspired to be the ultimate mobility for the masses when the helicopter was created in the middle of the 20th century.  Although this exhibit was quite interesting I didn't find it particualarly relevant to my project, maybe it would give someone elses project more inspiration.

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Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:05:00 -0700 Initial Ideas- Emma Senior http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/initial-ideas-emma-senior http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/initial-ideas-emma-senior

For my initial ideas I thought about when I moved to Manchester and how nervous I was and thought that other future students will also feel like this. You want the community areas in the new building to feel comforting and somewhere the students can relax. This then made me think of being snuggled in my bed, nice and warm, I want to design a place like this for students, to make the concrete area somewhere softer and warmer. I take a lot of inspiration from nature as it has been around me my whole life and I think it is so beautiful. It reminded me of chicks being in a nest, huddled up warm together. I want to take inspiration for my designs from birds to create somewhere comforting and relaxing for students. I started my initial research in the Special Collections, where I found a book of bird paintings by Brian Wildsmith. I like the colours he uses in his work so I would like to take inspiration from this, I think I will choose one of his paintings and do a colour scheme for my project from that.

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Also found other books with interesting facts on birds, and also some just on information on different types of birds nests and materials they use to build them. I have now started to do research in books and journals, looking at everything from interiors, garden, jewellery, sculpture and architecture to textiles

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I liked this piece someone has been working on in hotspur house, I imagined lining it with thick wadding and then decorating the outside and in like a natural haven.

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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:17:00 -0700 FASHIONFRINGE: Matthew Williamson in conversation with Colin McDowell http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/fashionfringe-matthew-williamson-in-conversat http://livingit-grp3.posterous.com/fashionfringe-matthew-williamson-in-conversat

Rhian and I were lucky enough to be able to attend a Fashion Fringe roadshow talk on Wednesday. 

What is Fashion Fringe?

Fashion Fringe is an annual award platform – founded by Colin McDowell in 2003 in conjunction with IMG Fashion – offering talented emerging designers the chance to launch their label in London through a combined programme of mentoring, studio space, financial support and a catwalk show at London Fashion Week.

 We were lucky enough to attend a talk with one of Britians most celebrated designers, who started off his education here in Manchester, before moving to London to attend Central St.Martins.  Everyone seemed in awe of the designer and what he has achieved.  He was extremely down to earth and appreciated that he did really land on his feet. Talking about Jade Jagger and Kate Moss walking in his very first show in 1997 and his first time in the Vogue offices, strolling in with his first collection in big bags- surreal!

The conversation mainly focused on young designers today trying to make their mark in the industry.  Willamson was nothing but encouraging.

A very inspiring man.

 

http://www.fashionfringe.co.uk/apply/apply-here/

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