An Other Issue 24. Fashion - Louis Vutton Advert

 I found this Louis Vutton advert extremely effective as it certainly grabs your attention. Its extremely repetative with the repeated patteren of black, yellow and light brown squares within the clothes which is excentuated as the yellow squares are repeated in the background.
With the bold bright coloured squares on the clothes, accesories and through the article it reflects his collection Louis Vutton is advertising.

The advert follows the repetative theme with even the models being cloned and places in the same postion on a different section of the page. Its a simple effective idea which has been made detailed by having the patterns and models repeated.

 The models have been place smaller in the middle of the page and the models at both sides are bigger, which is creating the effect of a room with patterned walls and floors which you are just at the edge of.

New Design Issue 103. Graphics -Seeing Pattern

This article shows how at London Newcastle Project Space, artists celebrated pattern through graphics.

The images in the article are all monochrome patterns, the image on the right shows how fashion can be incorportated with graphics as the outfit is a repeated monochrome pattern like the floor shown on the article background. In the top right photo it shows an whole wall fileld with a repeated monochrome pattern using thick straight lines and rectangles that get smaller. Like it says in the article the event partner BAF Graphics wrapped the walls and all the main surfaces with a variety of substrates and bespoke graphics.

When you first look at the article you know it must be about pattern as the patterns are bold and incorporated into the whole article.

New Design Issue 103. Papers- Curiouser and Curiouser

Following week 4 of the foundation course about paper engineering, this article caught my eye which I found very interesting.

An artist has worked with The Creative Paper company, and to promote this he has made two large brightly coloured paper sculptures of abstract people- which you can see to the right.

The paper looks like it has been very thinly cut as these sculptures are very detailed causing them to look active. The detail in the sculptures is exquiste.

The artist has made the sculptures colourful, not just using white paper he has used harmonious colour schemes adding to the detail. Where the colour is on the sculptures it has been made into as interesting shape, with curved lines around the body of the figure adding to the abstract nature. The positions of the figure are very life like which counter acts the abstract nature as you can tell it is supposed to be a figure.

Ceramic Review - Issue 263. A bit of clay on the skin: New ceramic jewellary.

This abstract ceramic jewellary uses china plates, bowls and cups as as a substitute for the usual materials and shapes of regular and practical jewellary.

 This image shows the model with white plates, bowls and cups from her elbows to her fingertips and a plate around her neck, all places where jewellary would be placed.

The ceramic jewellary is white and is interesting because along her arms each plate is separated by a bowl making it seem like a repetitive pattern.

The bigger plate that is around her neck has the majority of the middle cut out so it rests on her shoulders too.

I think the idea of using regular household goods that you see everyday and the purpose of them is obvious and changing that purpose into something completely different shows how you can see things in different ways.

The British Journal of Photography. Volume 160 Issue N.O 7816 Alexander McQueen: Working Process by Nick Waplington

Photographer Nick Waplington gained exclusive access to fashion designer Alexander Mcqueens studio to produce a series into his working process.

The images in the series which has been made into a book 'Working Process' show Alexander Mcqueens hands on approach and how he is involved with the whole process from start to finish of his collection.

One image shows Alexander Mcqueen and a model in the centre of the image with the designer noticibly pinning the last few final details onto the models outfit. Alexander said 'My next collection is what I consider my retrospective collection, I'm recycling all of my ideas from thr past 15 years' This is relflected in the book as there are images of landfill sites and recycling plants, also he uses rubbish and recycled plastic in his work.


 Fashion and photography go hand in hand for this project and it has worked really well and is able to serve as a good memory of how Alexander Mcqueen worked and himself as a fashion designer.

The British Journal of Photography. Volume 160 Issue N.O 7816 Gerwyn Davies Series Beast

Gerwyn Davies' series 'Beast' is imaginative and beyond the norm, with extraordinary costumes he creates and photographs with final pieces which look very odd.

Gerwyn says 'Through costume and dress we are able to build narratives onto our physical selves and fabricate the person we want to project' 'There are limitless opportunities for reinvention and play but we generally just stick to the safety of that norm' Beast is a challenge to that norm.



The images to the right are from Davies' series 'Beast', here you can see the abnormality of the costumes and how effective they are in a photograph with the added props.

The British Journal of Photography. Volume 160 Issue N.O 7816 'Nothing to See'

The 'Nothing to See' article caught my eye as it debates about a photographers right to control their own image and the right to inform.

Photographer Yan Morvan documented real life situations and followed gangs in France's suburbs for over 40 years. I find it interesting when artists are able to inform and educate their audiences on subjects and issues through the medium of art.
In the image on the right, it shows an arm of man with writing on which seems to be showing what he believes in. However you are unable to see his face which could suggest he is representing the gangs in France and not just his own views.

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