…at the recent work of Surface pattern designer Craig Rowley :

( http://craigrowley1.tumblr.com/ ) and give him a follow!

I may be a little bit biased but he is pretty damn good!! 

The ‘show’ would work best in colour for emphasis of the not-so-secret-ness! 

Saw this a while back, but only re-discovered it again now. Wish Id’ve seen It a few weeks back! I have massive love for this rebrand, stunning patterns, colours and shapes. As as It’s a seaside place, I think this is how it should look, fun, friendly and desirable. I’ve never been to Rhyl before, but I want to go, now!

Can’t help but notice the image of the corner building bottom right, which I think I would have to transfer into the Rhyl’s version of the Kerner shop!

A great idea to use the lovely patterns on the garages to add personality to the place.

And last but not least the lovely ice cream van, which I feel just completely ties the brand together.

http://aaronsmoran.com/

I’ve come across the work of Aaron Moran today. 

It has a great element of shape, perspective and texture. Some other really beautiful work on his site too.! 

Recently, I’ve become very into interiors! My latest phase being grey paint! I usually think, the lighter the better, but I really love the tone It sets in the room.

Here are a few snippets of the work of Morag Myerscough, who’s work I discovered at the Manchester Design Symposium a few weeks back. I instantly loved her work because it was so colourful, fun and adventurous, definitely up my street and the type of work I admire. The design symposium was a at a great time, as I was looking for inspiration for my NMP, so this was great. I already had visions of the Kerner shop being a bright, colourful and pleasant place to be in, and seeing her work confirmed my visions! I like the way that her work is so striking and bold, and within each piece creates such a statement. It’s definitely not design that can be ignored. Oh and she was rather funny, and generally very likeable!

A month of so ago, 20 or so of us,  took part in a short experiment as part of an International Research project, for a lecturer from Abu Dhabi, who was completing research there. 

He set us a two hour brief, in which the group was split into two, half of which would answer the brief using only computers, and the other half which were allowed just a pen and paper. I was in the digital group.

The brief was to come up with a logo for a company called Vendon, who specialise in vending machines.. We were given a proper brief and specifications for the logo design, and the two hour time scale to complete the task within. We were asked to keep our ideas to ourselves and to not look at anyone elses work.

He kept popping into the two different rooms to document our process as we went along.

I came up with a variety of ideas (Which I’m trying to find at the moment! during my Mac clearout) and at the end we were just asked to fill out a questionnaire about how we found it and how we would have preferred to work etc.

Even though I was able to use the computers and Internet, It made me appreciate usually being able to look at books, having a pen and paper and generally being able to look outside of four walls for inspiration, and not being constrained. 

I also found It a weird experience to be designing a logo that we didn’t have to explain our reasoning for why we’d made our decisions, or that we weren’t going to be developing them further, that we were just designing for the experience of it.

I also think I found the hardest thing not being able to discuss our ideas or show each other our work, as even though I can work independently, I much prefer having group crits and bouncing ideas of each other.

But, overall, It was a good experience, as It made me appreciate how I usually work and having other resources to use, whether it be books, environments or people, along the way.

There is also a another project which we have on the go with the University of Abu Dhabi, which is on the subject of Home, and will be part of a Corner house exhibition, curated by the lovely Tash Wilcocks! Which a number of us from both Salford Uni and Abu Dhabi Uni have created a mood board about what Home means to us. We will then be exchanging mood boards, which I think is happening now, and then creating a poster with our interpretations of these. Which should be pretty good, so keep your eyes peeled.

Exhibition link:

http://www.cornerhouse.org/art/art-exhibitions/home-curated-by-tash-willcocks