New Designers 2012

Went down to London today to the New Designers show at the Business Design Centre. There was quite a lot of impressive work and really gets you thinking about the future, this is the second year I've been but I do think it's an important show for both designers and students to visit as it's very inspirational and with work from all over the country you can see the outcome of students from other Universities.

This dress was so gorgeous looking- I could defiantly see this for sale in a high end shop

I loved these laser cut stationary & gift bag ranges

This is a really nifty idea & really catches the eye- a light paint roller with it pattern partly on the wall

New Designers- Pattern/Print Photos

New Designers- material photos

New Designers- texture photos

Geometric

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In Bloom

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Best of British

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Huddersfield Art & Design Degree Show 2012

Headed down to Huddersfield today to see the degree show, I've been to each one since I started uni and last year was a really good show and as some of my class mates went straight into final year; I wanted to see everyone's work.
There were quite a few interesting pieces from textiles & textile craft as well as surface design.

This piece was really interesting; cut metal

It created great shadows

Shadow of metal piece

Textile Crafts- This was really good texture wise

Textile Crafts- Interesting texture & material

Textile Crafts- It's Huddersfield!- laser cut wooden building fronts

Textile Crafts- This was based on acid with an intricate effect

Textile Crafts- Under a magnifying glass

Textile Crafts- These were quite wow; embroidered designs

Textile Design- I quite like this piece I think the random spread of colour works really well

This ones quite a statement piece which works well as it's a fashion textile- Tribal Deco

Surface Design- The composition of this piece & the bold colour scheme makes it more predominate

Textile Design- This was another fashion textile piece and I think a very strong project & final piece

Textile Design- This is the final piece from the same project as the image above

Surface Design- These butterflies added uniqueness to this piece's display

Textile Design- These were quite refreshing & bright pieces

Surface Design- These photos are of final lighting pieces are really good; I love shadow & lights- so effective

Textile Design- Textile wall coverings

I really like this lamp shade from the same project as image above

Surface Design- These are quite interesting pieces; almost optical illusions

I really like these wall coverings; paper flowers on a paper base

These are definitaly unique & individual pieces

I think the soft colour pallet works well too

Each piece has a bespoke feel to it

Surface Design- Interesting wall covering with jewellery print across three panels with pearl bauble embellishments

Same project; the black works well to make the paler colours stand out

Another piece from project above; this uses LED lighting element within the design

Surface Design-This is a very structural project with interesting print techniques used on unusual materials

Surface Design- Treasure trove of techniques & materials

Surface Design- This piece really works well due to the layering & embroidery techniques used