ROTATION THREE | FASHION DESIGN

Getting to the final piece

After a deep primary and secondary research, a lot of experiments and several plausible outcomes I had to take a direction to follow for my final piece.

I had my piece of inspiration already (see previous blogpost) but I wanted to get something extravagant and original out of it.

As I did not want to create a standard high street wereable dress, I decided to use the shapes of the Type to "wrap up" the mannequin.
To cover the whole surface and enhance the sense of interest and continuity, I worked on each letter separately.

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I wanted this piece to arouse interest. That is why I chose to play with the negative spaces and filled them up with cuts of paper with the patterns I made.

In my first final outcome (picture above) I decided to add different materials such as tissue paper to "fill up" the negative spaces.

I realized how this combination did not work well. The shapes of the letters looked modern and flat whereas the tissue paper gave a sense of vintage and dated. I wanted the piece to look fresh so I decided to discard this first composition.

With further research, experiments and the opinion of the tutor, I quickly found a nice look which could perfectly suit my intention. The tissue paper had been replaced with more patterns and the overall started to look better already.  Then I traced an outline with a black sharpie on the shapes of the Type and that was the icing on the cake.

The final garment looks endearing to me. The shapes gives a cartoony and Manga sense.

From this piece I strongly showed how Graphic Design is my background.

Here are some photographs from a photoshoot we arranged with some Digital Media classmates.

As a conclusion I surprisingly enjoyed this session probably because my inspiration came from one of my passions, Graphic Design.

I will take this project further collaborating with some Digital Media students for the creation of a catalogue to present all our works. I can't wait!

ROTATION THREE | FASHION DESIGN

The beginning of the process  

During my High School studies back in Italy, I used to frequent an institute with both Graphic and Fashion Design courses. Although I used to see many mannequins with interesting and kind of unwearable clothes, I have never been into Fashion. 

With this project, I have been asked to realize a garment made of paper being inspired by a piece of Typography or Architecture. Of course I chose Typography as it is part of Graphic Design!
To get to the final outcome I faced a process of development which included drawing, creation of pattern, texture and different shapes.

The piece of Typography I chose was a work made by a studio on a typeface.
It is made of interesting shapes and blended colours.
Although using a piece of Type instead Architecture ended up being much more difficult, I did not give up.

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Here (photo above) is the first part of the process where, after a deep research, I started to play with the shapes of the Type creating some patterns. I then applied my experiments to a figure and a garment. This process helped and showed me how from some simple shapes I could quickly made a design.

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In the next part of the development process, I applied my patterns to several figures always playing with shapes and exaggerating as the final piece will not be wearable but will reflect the points of inspiration and creativity.
  

SUBVERTING THE BORING PART OF UNIVERSITY | PERSONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT

Concept of a new Student's Pass for Ravensbourne

As we all know, education in general and University are not made of exciting and interesting things only. Mountains of paper, scary documents and "boring" stuff are behind the corner.

After the Mozilla Festival at Ravensbourne, thanks to the energy of the event, my mind got inspired.
The main source of my inspiration was this photograph I took (Image no1 below) of the inside of the University building. What I really liked about it, is the shape of the windows and the fact that all together they create a pattern on the wall.
We are working at the moment on a Fashion Design project and we are exploring different patterns and textures. Consequently I decided to transfer and recreate this pattern in a graphic way, using softwares obviously.

Photograph of inspiration (Image no1). Author's own.

The first work that came to my mind, was to create an event postcard using the space of the windows as a text, images and similar field.
After a couple of minutes working and sketching, I was inspired again. (what a perfect day!)
On my desk, next to my laptop I saw the card of my University and I immediately thought about how boring its design was. Of course it is an object made for a purpose only, but why not giving it a nice appearance to our eyes too?

After a good hour of Adobe Illustrator and sketches this is the final result. I have to say I am really happy and proud of it!

Front of the card. Author's own.

Back of the card. Author's own.

I decided to create a good looking (in my opinion) design but still quite flat and simple.
At the front, the colour is defined by the course the student frequents. The overall contains all the basic information such as a photograph, name, id numbers, course and the logo of the University.

In conclusion, I really liked working on a project not related to my Course. It was nice being inspired and realize this piece.
I like to imagine that one day all Ravensbourne students will have this card! :)

LEARNING AND SHARING | MOZILLA FESTIVAL 2015

It has been a rich and funny day at MozFest. Learning new stuff, expanding my curiosity and sharing my ideas were the most exciting things during this day.

Here is a collection of photographs from the Festival:

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The Banyan Tree (above): congregation point in India for villagers to share stories, learn from others and stay together.

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I really liked this drawing (above) because it represented to me the process of our brain to elaborate and solve things. It shows how with the use of our mind we can transform and improve things. From concept to work.

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This image (above) represented the map of the world. There was written at the top of it to fill it up with post it based on where we were from and where we are living at the present time. I really found interesting to see how many people came from different countries and were at the Festival to share different stories and ideas. This system would be a great and interactive way to collect statistics in my opinion! P.S. I was the first one to stick my post it! :)

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Various colours and a festive ambience, dominated the MozFest.

I am interested in Graphic Design and I would use this photo (above) to create a postcard or poster. I would cut out the windows, fill the space with circular shapes and use this space as a text, graphics or other images field.

I have many other photographs to share and write about, but these are the ones I chose as the best.