Sunday 17 April 2011

Headphones of the season.... SS11

here's some of my fave headphones for SS11... Can you see a theme emerging!?....

best buys on chemicalrecords.com

Friday 15 April 2011

Volcom Womens SS11

So theres a huge trend this summer with white tops & experimental graphics using photos, collages, illustrations, hand drawn techniques, fun placements & pastel colourings.... Volcom have done this perfectly with some of their womens range....

www.volcom.com

Some of my favourite pieces are below....


They would go perfectly with these gorgeous cargo pants..... also by Volcom!

Roxy Dresses SS11

Roxy are doing some really nice dress shape this season....

Take a look below:


SS11 Surface Print Trends

All over repeat prints went quiet for a few seasons, but finally brands are starting to experiment again! Surface prints that are standing out this summer are geometrics/water colour print techniques/ticking stripe/photographic collages/mathematic prints.... and well far too many to name!....

Here's some examples of a few bits i'm liking this season.....
Double Take Brand
Vintage box style jumpers by Double Take Brand

Insight
Nikita
Supreme Being

Matix
Volcom
Iron Fist

INSIGHT GARAGE ART

Insight are well ahead of most surf brands, they have their own style, create trends & their product is always on the money!.... They have been working with artists to create a mini garage art collection & i'm just loving some of the designs coming through, menswear only tho guys.... when will they do a womens range, couple of racer back vests & cap sleeves tee's, yes please!....

Here's of few of the most recent works....
Transfusion By Jeffrey Burch
Empire State of Mind By Ibon Mainar
In Utero Mid By Peter Crawford
Acid Rain Mid By Peter Crawford
Electric Fields Tee by Peter Crawford

Crawford/Gorrow is a collaboration of epic proportions with a visual output intended for brain blowing.


Hannah Davies

Hannah Davies is a fine-detail surface pattern design graduate who has produced some works for Debenhams, Pineapple & Mathew Williamson to mention a few. Her work is gorgeous with hand drawn techniques, into photoshop & then digitally printed....

Heres some examples of her work & her website is http://www.hannah-designs.com/info.html






Tuesday 12 April 2011

Olivia Lee

Just working through some interior ideas & came across this gorgeous chair/sofa by Olivia Lee.... wow, its truly stunning....

A Stream of Light is a reinterpretation of the classic sofa. It is based on a brief set by Vitra to produce a piece of furniture that is unencumbered by commercial constraints and takes inspiration from the latest Vitra Edition. In collaboration with colleague Alienor de Chambrier, A Stream of Light as proceeded to be nominated for the D&AD Student Awards 2008 and featured in tne 2008 Annual.



Monday 11 April 2011

Wanton Doodle

I'm in love with these Wanton Doodle works.... especially the customised Dunnys!

Carolyn Sewell

some stunning works from Carolyn Sewell....





Lakeca

I'm loving these mixed media fashion collages by young british fashion illustrator, Lakeca.... heres some examples of her final year collection...

Monsieur Qui

Some gorgeous fashion illustrations from Monsieur Qui....



Jon Burgerman

I haven't posted for a while but I couldn't resist sharing this artist with you, Jon Burgerman, whos famed for his doodles, illustrations & drawings, his monster cartoon style creations are gorgeous & i'm dying to get my hands on one of the customised kidrobot dunny's....




You can buy some of his works at burgerplex.com