final presentation boards

Bagggggggs

Found this bag by Roberto Cavalli when researching - his design team are starting to use laser cutting in their designs. Hefty pricetag too woo!

Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awards

I went to Object Gallery today - after spending 20 mins trying to get parking - and yes. Took some lovelyyy photos and had a look around. Thought it was a lot bigger than it was - still pretty good to see though.

aluminium fabric

for the love of design

can't say i'll be getting this tattoo any time soon hahaha

research research research

From all the stuff I've been reading about aluminium, I've decided to work on the area of the actual beauty, emotion and individuality that was once associated with the material, which has now been lost due to high industrialised associations with aluminium.

Being a metal, the connotations of this disregards any association of beauty, preciousness or emotion - all of which were what the material used to be considered of. It was used and considered great than silver or gold - reserved for the highest members of society like Napoleon III, who commissioned heaps of works to be made from the material. Now today you can go and buy the stuff in sheets from everywhere.

Alsooo, aluminium has been used throughout design history, from ancient bowls, French Jewellery, heirlooms, to furniture, building and construction.
It has been considered a material of change -- representing the change - particularly in the 1930s - within society -- yet also nostalgia of the past -- also another area I'm considering looking at.

oldest known and remaining piece of aluminium in art and design

Charles Christofle, in 1858, designed the centerpiece for Napoleon III.. it's one of the oldest remaining pieces of aluminium used in design existing today.