As if there ever needed to be another reason to visit Paris....

....in the next month, here's one!

http://www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/english-439/exhibitions/current-events

To quote from the website of Les Arts Decoratif in Paris, where this exhibition is being held, Hussein Chalayan is "one of the most innovative and creative fashion designers of our time." His 2009 exhibition at the Design Museum in London was truly inspiring. I especially respect his use of such a broad range of materials and his ability to cross so many boundaries in his work, such as fashion, art and architecture. Whereas so many creative people rightly have their own specialisms, designers like Chalayan appear not to be 'restricted' in any way...

Bauhaus at the Barbican

Of the many blockbuster exhibitions here in London next year, one of the highlights will hopefully be this Bauhaus show at the Barbican:

http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=12409

The Bauhaus, arguably the most influential School of Design and the Arts ever, has always been inspiring for me in both my creative and written work (most recently in my degree dissertation).

After Hiroshige & Vincent Van Gogh...

'View of Millenium Bridge (from Tate Modern)', (photo I took at work yesterday).

'The Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige)' (1887), Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). 

Evening Shower at Atake and the Great Bridge (1857), Hiroshige (1797 - 1858).

Alexander McQueen @ the Met'

If I could be any where else in the world right now... one place on the shortlist would definitely be New York, to see this exhibition:

http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/about/

(Also a great example of how to curate a show well without the use of pure white walls, backdrops, etc.)

The Vorticists @ Tate Britain

The French had Cubism, the Italian's Futurism, whilst the English had...

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/thevorticists/default.shtm

...the Vorticists!!

Yohji Yamamoto @ the V & A

Today is the last day to see this excellent exhibition...

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/yohji-yamamoto/

LCC Surface Design stands @ New Designers 2011



Copyright remains solely with the individual designers of the work in these photo's.

New Designers exhibition 2011

I will be exhibiting a small selection of my 'Filthy Gorgeous London' graduation show work, with the other LCC BA Surface Design graduates, at the New Designers exhibition this week. The show is on from this Wednesday until Saturday at the Business Design Centre in Islington:

http://www.newdesigners.com/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=149/loadSearch=9371_269

Please come along to see the finest emerging talent before they get snapped up by the design industries!

A short course that deserves to be shamelessly plugged...

...& merits the seemingly expensive fee:
http://www.fashion.arts.ac.uk/shortcourses/25425.htm#

Final show day photos

I like the colours created by the light that are not normally visible in the fabrics.

Copyright 2011 James Hollerbach