After fretting about my essay, and whether or not I had enough sources to complete my essay, I asked Pete for some advice, and he pointed me in a very good direction. I feel I have a lot more scope for research and I no longer feel like I need to change my essay! So I've been getting cracking with that today and have kept on sifting through all the information I have and deciding what is relevant, what I want to quote and generally furthering my knowledge on Toulouse-Lautrec.
I also got Creative Review yesterday, and the cover was absolutely beautiful, by Marian Bantjes, whose new book is in the Graphics Studio, called I Wonder, and she does the most beautiful, intricate pattern work that I envy so much! I'd absolutely love to be able to complete something as beautiful as her pattern work. I just really don't have the patience, or the talent to do something like that.
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| Example of work by Marian Bantjes |
Whilst reading Creative Review, I also came across a designer called James Dawe who is a photocollage specialist, who works in the OPEN Studio, which is also featured in Creative Review this week. They were exploring designer's work spaces, and OPEN Studio combines a number of different designers, all with their own space, in an open plan area. After reading the article by Gavin Lucas, I discovered I'd never really thought about the workspace I'd like to work in when I've finished Uni. I'd love to work in a space like that, with lots of different influences all contributing to my work, as I never really realised how lonely it might be to work on my own, after only ever working as part of a group in college.
Anyway, I checked out James Dawe on his website www.jamesdawe.co.uk, and I absolutely love his work. It's very different from Marian Bantjes's work, which is very "girly" and "intricate", whereas Dawe's work is quite anarchic and chaotic.
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An example of James Dawe's work |
Dawe's online portfolio shows a wide range of different clients, such as Wallpaper magazine, Nike, Man About Town Magazine, Guardian, EMA and Financial Times. An amazing array of different clients that I would only love to be able to work for myself, each looking unique and absolutely amazing.
