During the first week of unit X I spent my time in New York
visiting Galleries and various practioners. I found the entire trip extremely
inspiring, from awe inspiring architecture to eye catching and aspirational
artwork.
Bradley Rothenburg was one of the practitioners we were lucky
enough to be able to visit. I found his work to be really inspirational and
innovative. Using 3D printing to create fabrics suitable for fashion outcomes
is the main focus of his current work. One collaboration in particular caught
my attention, whilst working with Victoria secret Rothenburg has created a 3D
masterpiece. The snow and ice inspired costume really worked well at creating a
ground breaking and original piece, paving the way for fashion inspired by the
future.
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second visit which really inspired me was the talk and tour at Flavour Paper,
the specialist screen print wallpaper design company. I found the entire
experience here amazing and has genuinely given me something to aspire to. I
think that being able to be part of a design team for a company like that would
be incredible. Not only did the team seem to collaborate well, but the range of
work produced at a company like would mean a constant uninterrupted source of
inspiration and creativity. The idea of a wallpaper company that still silk
screens by hand is beautiful to me as I personally enjoy the traditional
technique of screen printing, and being able to see the production quantities
and quality of the wallpaper produced was motivating.
Both of these visits have changed how I will look at my own
work in the future. It has taught me that to stay ahead in the design game, I
need to be more innovative, I need to take creative risks and push my work as
far as I can. The way Bradley Rothenburg is taking 3D printing and pushing it into
a new creative practice just proves that there is still a world of
possibilities to be discovered and I would like to start working with more
unusual products and materials. Also seeing a successful print company like
Flavour Paper has really given me something to aspire towards, and I now have a
slightly better understanding of what it would be like to work in the industry,
even though I still have copious amounts to learn.
Along with the insight I gained I have also developed a
collection of stimulating photographs, from art work to architecture, the
endless amounts of inspiration from these images will help to keep me
creatively developing my work.
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