Introducing artists that will be showing at the Imago Gallery as part of the Exhibition
Have a look at the work of Matthew Meadows . . .
Here's a link to his website . . .
Where Design Works . . . Camac Design is a company set up to build links between new designers entering the creative industries, & the professionals already in it. We organise competitions and exhibitions to help that along. The aim of this blog is to discover, to notice and to discuss things that could be inspirational to those interested in the design world.
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Guidelines & Inspiration for the Wallpaper Challenge - direct link
For Guidelines & inspiration for the Challenge go to . . .
http://camacdesign.com/files/Camac%20Wallpaper%20Challenge%202012.pdf
http://camacdesign.com/files/Camac%20Wallpaper%20Challenge%202012.pdf
More Turnarounds arriving by the day
More Turnaround designs have arrived - have a look on the Camac website . . .
http://camacdesign.com/wallpapers/galleriffic-2.0/gallery.html#2
& we've posted a few on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/camacdesign
Join the challenge . . .
Do your own & your work could well be shown as part of our exhibition at the Imago Gallery, 4 Clifford Street, London W1S 2LF from the 14th to the 20th September
http://camacdesign.com/wallpapers/galleriffic-2.0/gallery.html#2
& we've posted a few on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/camacdesign
Join the challenge . . .
Do your own & your work could well be shown as part of our exhibition at the Imago Gallery, 4 Clifford Street, London W1S 2LF from the 14th to the 20th September
Wednesday 22 August 2012
Some lovely Turnaround examples
Here are some examples of Turnaround designs - ancient and modern - that really illustrate how enduring they are as a design format.
These all follow the traditional way of repeating them, although there are lots more variations which you can see if you go to the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge, on the competitions page of our website.
Join us in designing . . . Create your own as part of the Virtual Challenge!!!
These all follow the traditional way of repeating them, although there are lots more variations which you can see if you go to the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge, on the competitions page of our website.
Join us in designing . . . Create your own as part of the Virtual Challenge!!!
Mood at Brussels - the interiors Trade Fair
'Mood' at Brussels is going to be on at the same time as our exhibition at the Imago Gallery in Mayfair. 'Mood' is the International Trade Fair for Producers of Upholstery, Windows & Wallcoverings . . . so surfaces for interiors basically.
and via Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/moodbrussels
GO TO IT AS WELL AS OUR EXHIBITION - NOT INSTEAD OF !!! WALLPAPER HEAVEN!
Its the Premier Vision of the Interiors world.
If you want to know where the future lies in commercial, mainstream wallpapers etc this is one of the places to look.
Their website is on - http://www.moodbrussels.com/
If you want to know where the future lies in commercial, mainstream wallpapers etc this is one of the places to look.
Their website is on - http://www.moodbrussels.com/
and via Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/moodbrussels
GO TO IT AS WELL AS OUR EXHIBITION - NOT INSTEAD OF !!! WALLPAPER HEAVEN!
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Emily Charman - Alicerose Turnaround design
Emily Charman was one of the finalists in last years Competition with her wallpaper based on 'Chav Culture'. She has gone on to study at the Royal College of Art.
Here's her blog - http://www.tumblr.com/blog/emilycharman
This is the length she created for the competition last year. Fantastic, powerful piece that looked as if it had been wood or lino cut :
And here she is one of the Turnaround designs she has created for this years competition. It's called Alice Rose:
And two different variations on how it repeats:
You could progress both these ideas on - the first one could swivel around so it becomes a diamond repeated as a 'half-drop' & the second one could become a check, with blank brown squares - or even the same rose in s different colour!
Anyway - like all designs you can push them around, fiddle, play & perfect forever! You can also make lots of variations on the basic 'tile' or 'module' repeated in different ways.
There are more ideas for this in the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge guidelines on our website
http://camacdesign.com/files/Camac%20Wallpaper%20Challenge%202012.pdf
Here's her blog - http://www.tumblr.com/blog/emilycharman
This is the length she created for the competition last year. Fantastic, powerful piece that looked as if it had been wood or lino cut :
And here she is one of the Turnaround designs she has created for this years competition. It's called Alice Rose:
And two different variations on how it repeats:
You could progress both these ideas on - the first one could swivel around so it becomes a diamond repeated as a 'half-drop' & the second one could become a check, with blank brown squares - or even the same rose in s different colour!
Anyway - like all designs you can push them around, fiddle, play & perfect forever! You can also make lots of variations on the basic 'tile' or 'module' repeated in different ways.
There are more ideas for this in the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge guidelines on our website
http://camacdesign.com/files/Camac%20Wallpaper%20Challenge%202012.pdf
Virtual Wallpaper Challenge - Join in !!!!
As part of the Exhibition (& on-going on the Website) we will be exhibiting selected pieces from the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge which we are running through our website.
The challenge asks anyone who wants to join in on it, to create a design for a wallpaper based on an archetypal design format called the 'Turnaround'. We chose that format because Pugin loved it, so it fits with the whole Pugin theme that the Student Competition was built around this year.
But it's such a traditional design format that everyone still uses now. For example these ones are available from Fired Earth at the moment . . .
http://www.firedearth.com/evora
And you see the format used time & time again in all sorts of ways & in all sorts of cultures. This is an African Wax Print.
The ones we've shown above are very 'geometric', the diagonals are 'straight-ish, but a turn-around doesn't have to be.
The guidelines for how to participate are on our website . . . go to the Competition page on the general Camac website (http://camacdesign.com/index.html) & go to the blue button on the Competition page, or go directly to the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge via this link . . .
http://camacdesign.com/competitions08.html
Have a look at whats already up there & join in!
The challenge asks anyone who wants to join in on it, to create a design for a wallpaper based on an archetypal design format called the 'Turnaround'. We chose that format because Pugin loved it, so it fits with the whole Pugin theme that the Student Competition was built around this year.
But it's such a traditional design format that everyone still uses now. For example these ones are available from Fired Earth at the moment . . .
http://www.firedearth.com/evora
And you see the format used time & time again in all sorts of ways & in all sorts of cultures. This is an African Wax Print.
The ones we've shown above are very 'geometric', the diagonals are 'straight-ish, but a turn-around doesn't have to be.
The guidelines for how to participate are on our website . . . go to the Competition page on the general Camac website (http://camacdesign.com/index.html) & go to the blue button on the Competition page, or go directly to the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge via this link . . .
http://camacdesign.com/competitions08.html
Have a look at whats already up there & join in!
The 2012 Student Wallpaper Design Competition Exhibition
We've not been blogging much - concentrating on the Website, Facebook & other Camac related matters . . . but it's time to return seriously to the blog to start talking about The 2012 Student Wallpaper Design Competition Exhibition and it's associated events.
It's being held at the Imago Gallery in Mayfair from the 14 to the 20 September, & is part of the London Design Festival.
There will be workshops & talks as part of it all as well as the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge, which everyone can join in with . . . more news to follow.
Here is the flier for the event:
It's being held at the Imago Gallery in Mayfair from the 14 to the 20 September, & is part of the London Design Festival.
There will be workshops & talks as part of it all as well as the Virtual Wallpaper Challenge, which everyone can join in with . . . more news to follow.
Here is the flier for the event:
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