Inspiration and Influences

Things that motivate me and affects the way I look at the world.


I am always inspired by those who make every effort to try and change the norm. Those who look into the future searching for answers to everyday problems and needs. I am starting to collect snippets of designers work that have truly resonated with my own morals, beliefs and desires to help make a difference that could slow down the damage of climate change.


Here are some quotes which inspire me...

Do good : how designers can change the world / David B. Berman.

Quotes: In a well-designed future, it will be the message crafters, the product designers, and the experts in transporting ideas and artifacts across great distances and generations who may hold the greatest responsibility. We all have a duty to make sure that the inventions we embrace and enhance by design are not just clever but also wise; that we don’t just create intriguing, marketable stuff, but that out creations are aligned with a sustainable future for human cultures and civilisation.

Haunch of Vension 'lost and found' memorabillia

I visited the 'Haunch of Venison' to see British Artist and designer Stuart Haygarth's 'found' exhibition. I was truly inspired by work which looks at abandoned objects, finding beauty in everyday, discarded items. Haygarth collected and studied unwanted items as an opportunity to study our social behaviour and habits.


Here are some of the items he has collected and turned them in to amazing pieces of artwork.

Ornella Iannuzzi 

Material: Rubber Silicone off-cuts and cool white LED

A bespoke LED lighting sculpture made from industrial silicone off-cuts which can be draped, stacked and entwined according to the user’s preference in a diverse range of interiors from intimate to large-scale spaces.

I love these hand made bracelets made from rubber silicone off-cuts, which I felt were squishy and soft to touch! A great decorative solution for saved manufactured off cuts which would usually go straight to the land fill! 

Both coloured bracelets are made from copper growths gold platted on electric cables. I especially like the way the clasp is connected together by socket ends.

The necklace is made with copper growths silver platted on USB lead.

These objects were on show at 'things we love' 

44 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP

http://www.thingswelove.co.uk/

pictures taken at the london design festival 2010

Matilda (Designs using recycled materials)


Robert foster of FINK design creates beautifully finished pieces of tableware and lighting to name but a few. Despite these being aluminium and I haven't read anything to say that they have gone through a recycling process, however I can't help but admire his work as more of a sculpture. The seek lines and contempory style and finish is extremely inviting!

Most people recognise F!NK for its sleek water jug which has become an Australian design icon. All of the products within the F!NK range are clearly distinguished by their unique forms, bold use of colour and quirky attributes. Sold in major cultural institutions such as The National Gallery of Australia, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Australia’s best restaurants and hotels serve guests using F!NK’s distinctive brushed aluminium design objects.


http://www.finkdesign.com/media_centre/news.php

Husque was established by product designer Marc Harrison in 2004 in Queensland, the original home of the iconic Australian macadamia nut.By using the principles of sustainability and the ingenuity of Australian design, the nutshell is recycled into a distinctive and covetable creation.

Milled Australian macadamia shell is processed to create a dense malleable material that forms sleek bowls with the contrast of the dark wood-like shell and eye-popping colourful gloss interior surfaces.

A natural shell recycled into a decorative bowl!...very clever, I just hope that the varnish they used for the finish is not chemical based with a plastic form of resin!...

Gallery Libby Sellers (presents branches by Simon Heijdens)

Gallery Libby Sellers presents the latest work by Simon Heijdens as an installation at 1901 Wine Bar, Andaz Hotel. Heijdens is at the forefront of a pioneering generation of designers that have moved beyond traditional boundaries of product design to employ digital medias in order to imbue our built environment with a richer layering of experience. Through his latest work, Branches, Heijdens transposes the static foyer into a forest of light.

http://www.libbysellers.com

I am fascinated with projections, so when I visited the Andaz hotel (near Liverpool street station) I was blown away by the clever installation that Simon did!...he brought the natural movement of the tree to life through projections on a white ceiling. 

When I worked with Lee McCormack this summer, I looked into the power of guided imagery and suggested projections for his Ovei pod. Colour and images have a positive effect on the mind which can soothe the senses encouraging sleep and well being.

The above renders have been made on vectorworks by cnowojewska

I liked this mood board I snapped at the design museum

Andaz Hotel (Installation of Mathieu Lehanneur 'Once upon a dream for Veuve Clicquot')

This pod like structure invites visitors to sleep in order to rapidly recuperate from jetlag and adapt to new surroundings in an extraordinary fairy-tale like space.

Following my work placement with Lee McCormack, his Ovei pod reminded me of the pod above which I saw at the London design festival last year. I fell in love with this peace of technology that sends you to sleep in minutes. The 

temperature regulates to your own natural body and then starts to cool which aids your breathing pattern enabling deep sleep. The light is slowly dimmed from a regular lux to one that rests the mind and body. Overall, this is a wonderful experience to enjoy especially if you suffer from insomnia or jetlag!