Studio Arihiro Miyake

The first picture is something i will sample out, using white on white, white on transparant! i love how soft it makes the room feel! and the idea of text as well, as i have used that a fair bit in my work for this project! i really like the idea of a curtain as well, something not so solid!

Studie Lilica

Even though this is used almost as a light shade, i think that this could be used as a room divider, if you were to stretch to material in a corner of a room, you could make a study corner? or hide some furniture or storage you did not want to see, i like the idea that this is so simple and yet so effective!

Design Report - Out Of The Ordinary

Millennium Sheffield Museum
48 Arundel Gate Sheffield,
South Yorkshire,
S1 2PP
0114 278 2600

The Out Of The Ordinary exhibiton at the Sheffield Millennium Gallery was really impressive, at first glance its very contemporary, clean, sophisticated, and spacious. With white walls it shows off every designers/ artist work off to its full potential and has your full attention.
What i really liked about this exhibition is that each designer/ artist had their own section to show their work which definitely is a positive as you didnt then feel like you had to run to the next piece of work quickly with out being able to take it all in, you could pace yourself and realy look at each piece of work they were showing.
Each piece of work at Out Of The Ordinary were so different from each other from being so delicate you could only admire with the eye to being able to interact with their work and be part of it. Which was great as it really kept my interest - not knowing what was round the next corner!

Design Report - Timorous Beasties

Millennium Sheffield Museum
48 Arundel Gate Sheffield,
South Yorkshire,
S1 2PP
0114 278 2600
http://www.timorousbeasties.com/

When you first walk in to the Timorous Beasties exhibition its very simple and sophisticated but yet its still a very poweful and striking layout. The work was based on interiors and the layout reflected that really well. The exhibition shown chairs, lamps, lamp shades and also had one mattress in the middle of the room they had designed. The colours were muted and at first glance, even the lamps appeared subtle from the outside which gave it a very contemporary feel.
I think the actual layout of the room impressed me more then their work as looking at their work closely none of their designs were well executed. I think that their exhibition though reflected the gallery well as the building was very contemporary, minimalistic with big glass front windows, silver furniture and white walls, it was well presented!
One thing that impressed me most about the Timerous Beasties exhibition is that in the corner of the room there were books on insects, creatures and anythign that had influenced them and their work, which i think was nice to see, as normally you never get to see what inspires designers unless you do research but it was nice to see that and it gave the impression that they were very confident about their work and its style!

Design Report - Putting On The Glitz

Whitworth Gallery
250 Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6ER
0161 275 7450
http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/

When you first walk in to the Whitworth the rooms are well presented and reflect the work there well, for example the second room you walk in to at the Whitworth there a five huge pieces of art, three of them are based on trees and oppersite them are huge windows showing the park area and the floor in front of them is wood which i dont think could compliment the work anymore if it tried!
In Putting On The Glitz exhibiton they show the work to its full potential, like they put tradional, delicate pieces of work behind glass to keep it from any harm but you can still admire, they then use the more contemporary pieces of work in larger scales, in massive rolls which is how you would expect to buy a wallpaper but this is on a much larger scale which i think is a very quirky way of presenting work and gives the room a more contemporary feel.
They have a rage of different types of designs of florals and geometrics which you can clearly see have had such a massive impact on todays designs. which again compliments the room and designs by putting tradional and contemporary together, that actually work together!

Design Report - Kendals

House of Fraser

PO Box 60

Deansgate

Manchester

M3 2QG

0844 800 3744

http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/

Kendals is a department offering interior for wallpapers, materials and furnishings. It has been in the line now for 170 years and is now located in House of Fraser as they took over in 2005, Alhough it still has the name engraved above the door. It is the largest department store in England and well known for its architectural design building.

When i first walked in to the House of Fraser i thought it was very dated, nothing about it was contemporary, the lay out of the shop, the interior they had chosen for the department, nothing screamed out! When i went upstairs to Kendals, that still was very dated, it may have something to do with the architecture being Art Deco? But even so i feel this refelected badly on what they had to offer furnishings and interior wise seen as everything today is contemporary and clean.

The staff were very friendly but i think lacked knowledge of the present fashions and designs out there. The whole department store felt trapped in a time warp.

Design Report - Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters

42-43 Market Street
Manchester
M1 1WR
United Kingdom
0161-817-6640
http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/

Urban Outfitters actually started in 1970 as students selling inexpensive clothes and iteams to dorm rooms and appartments, after that they then opened a small shop selling used vintage clothing, bags and accessories, they became quiet successful and opened up larger shops and became known to the industry for their quirky vintage style.
The still produce their own recycled clothes urban renewal which sticks by their trade of vintage, they also have boutique and deisgner ranges as well. The two designer brands i looked at were Insight and Religion Clothing but they also offer Cheap Monday, Full Circle & Something Else.
The store aims its clothing at customers between the ages of 18-30 and definitely aimed at anyone working in the fashion industry.
Their store represents their style of clothing really well, as the shop layout and window displays are sophisticated vintage but yet very stylish, with a mix and match feel as well.
The staff working at Urban Outfitters were helpfull and represented the store well as they were very quirky, vintage & stylish.
Their clothes have the same feel to them, nothing to brightly coloured or clumsy in pattern, just a very casual, clean and comfortable, just like the shop itself!