The West of England Design Forum got a really special event lined up for February. A talk by five leading illustrators: Noma Bar, Paul Davis, Adrian Johnston, John McFaul and Simon Spilsbury. They will each give a 15-minute profile, discussing and showing their work, followed by a Q&A session.
Wednesday 17 February, 7pm
Arnolfini, Bristol. Box office 0117 917 2300
Tickets £12 / Students £8
Plenty of snow in Bath… (Matt)
With the downturn in the sales of books, highlighted when Borders went into administration recently, it seems as if people just aren’t interested in books anymore. Not so for artist Su Blackwell. Her dreamlike characters and landscapes, escape from the pages of old books bringing new life to the stories trapped within the confines of the covers. See www.sublackwell.co.uk for more of her work.
Organised by the West of England Design Forum we all enjoyed the ‘Hotel Chocolat’ talk in Bristol last week. A little warm-up for our upcoming Christmas Party this Thursday. (Sandra) www.wedesignforum.co.uk
On Friday 11 December, the Design Council hosted a 1 day event: ‘Shape the future of design networks’ bringing together Regional and National Design Bodies. Around 70 people attended from across the UK. Speakers from the national bodies – BDI, D&AD, DBA, CSD as well as regional networks – South West Design Forum, South Coast Design Forum and Designer Breakfasts shared their insights on the value of networks for designers. The aim was to discuss how the regional networks can be even more effective at supporting design. There was much debate around how all the different organisations should collaborate and learn from one another. More information and details should be posted on the Design Council website later this week.
Go to www.wedesignforum.co.uk to discover more about the West of England Design Forum and join the mailing list to hear about design lectures and events.
Went to see the inspirational Maharaja exhibition the V&A last week. Followed this up with a wander through the Temple area of Fleet Street, home to the Knights Templar in the ‘ole days’. In the twilight of a December evening it truly was an atmospheric and evocative saunter. London wow factor still second to none, I say. (Ro)
Spotted this fantastic re-design by RCA graduate Min-Kyu Choi posted by Aaron Moodie over at It’s Nice That. I totally agree with Aaron, some of the best product design I’ve seen in a long time! (Keith)
Links: It’s Nice That / Aaron Moodie
Recently came across CreativeRoots which is “an art and design collection, based on countries of the world. Every post has some historical or cultural relationship expressed through art and design, which is either related to or influenced by a specific country.” This new-ish site covers a wide range of work from other parts of the world. Postings to date include Arabic typefaces, Polynesian tattoos, a Japanese paper tea house and Russian coffee poster. Nice idea and worth supporting. See www.creativeroots.org
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Keiths been struggling to learn his keyboard short-cuts recently so we’ve made him a snazzy little frock to help him out. Who said education isn’t fun… (Matt)
