September 2011
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Designer's studio: Mihaela Zvinca tells life...
I strongly believe that each designer/illustrator has something special in him, and until you get to know him, you don’t find that thing. This is why I decided to start a series of interviews from the Romanian Designers Showrooms.
I’ve recently visited Jewelry Designer Mihaela Zvinca. I’ve found her working with a great precision and attention to details on a new piece. With a...
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Seeing the Future
This book was created in Laboratory, one of the four studio classes offered in the Foundation Program at Parsons The New School for Design.
The project, called Seeing the Future, tasks groups of freshmen with researching the student experience within the schools and programs at Parsons.This book is based on their research, interviews, site visits and observations.
I find it very, very...
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Fashion Photography as inspiration for Fashion...
Model: Anne-Marie van Dijk for Avantgarde Magazine Photogrpher: Klaas Jan Kliphuis
Sometimes when we draw a fashion illustration, moods can have an impressive impact in our drawings. I always use the eyes and the mouth to show simple emotions, because my style of drawing is quite simple.
We can portray moods using color or symbols, or using simple facial expressions. Sometimes, if we’re...
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See What You Print - Fast and Easy to Use
Dear friends,
How do you print your illustrations | photos | graphic designs | portfolios ?
If you want to live a new experience I’m introducing you this incredible tool: SWYP (See What You Print), a concept which brings the printer to the 21st century, by stripping it down of its cumbersomeness. I simply love it’s design and the simplicity of how it can be used: just...
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Christopher Bailey talking about the inspiration...
Enjoy this video with Christopher Bailey about what inspires him in his design process:
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How to Succeed at Following your Passion While...
While talking to Joanna, I’ve met a truly passionate and creative woman, an incurable optimistic who breaths life energy and more than that, a business woman. Joanna has transformed the passion for handbags and her marketing experience, into a big goal: create a business that satisfies customers. Then she had fight with the impossible to make it come true. It was hard work indeed, but it...
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Steps forward
Today is a great day to make a new step in your wonderful life and succeed at following your passion while fighting the impossible!
Do you agree?
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NYFW 2011 was the most connected ever
Do you know EDITD? If your answer is NO, please find out that it’s one of the most useful website for Fashion Designers!
EDITD connects fashion, luxury and apparel people with the data they need to make better decisions. EDITD is a cloud-based social, commercial and factual observation instrument, giving businesses the ability to quickly understand trends and market dynamics, both...
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How do designers relax and de-stress in the run-up...
Have you ever asked how do designers relax and de-stress in the run-up to and after their shows? Several LFW designers shared their techniques…
Felder Felder: ‘7:00 AM Jivamukti yoga classes!’
Henry Holland: ‘I watch Modern Family in bed every night to take my mind off the collection!’
Paul Smith: ‘It was a real honour to be asked to work on some ideas for director Tomas Alfredson...
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Book Recommendation - 100 New Fashion Designers
The fashion industry has always celebrated innovative design and young talented fashion designers can make a huge impact as they explore new ideas and push boundaries.
Book DescriptionThis book showcases the diverse and unique work of the best 100 new creatives in fashion design from around the world. These designers are characterized by their single-minded interpretation of clothing and their...
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PANTONE Fashion Color Report Spring 2012
Be one of the first to discover next season’s hottest hues and designer inspirations in ourFashion Color Report Spring 2012. Designers are inspired by diverse influences, showcasing a range of styles and lifestyles - from free and playful to light and breezy, and contemporary classics. Colors for spring 2012 likewise reflect these differing moods, encapsulating vivid brights, soft muted...
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Nobody Tells People Who Are Beginners ...
Do a lot of work! You’ll figure it out. Fight your way through that! If you need a little bit of motivation :) I recommend you to watch the video below:
Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
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Sketching a Muse - Interview With Judith Van Den...
Today I’ll introduce you into the world of a very talented fashion illustrator: Judith Van Den Hoek whose artwork brought my attention with its simplicity and its precise and delicate details. Although most of her drawings are sketched, using cutting edge artistic techniques, and drawing her inspiration from the world around her, these illustrators give us visions of her perfect muse.
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Photography as Inspiration for Fashion...
Fashion Illustration is inspired by many art forms. One of them is with no doubt Photography.
So, my dears (fashion Illustrators, photographers, make-up artists, stylists or simply passionate), please meet Paco Peregrin a fabulous photographer who utilizes models wearing bold, dramatic makeup in backdrop settings of the same caliber to create the vibrant color palettes seen throughout his...
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9 Fashion Books for your inspiration
Just a stack of Stylish Books for your inspiration. Choose the one that fits the best to you.
I added 3 of them to my reading list:
Fashion of the 20th Century: 100 Years of Fashion Ads
Yves Saint Laurent Style
The Little Dictionary of Fashion
By the way, have you read them? Which one do you think it’s worth reading?
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Beauty comes from within
Dear friends,
This is what I wish you today:
As we all know, fashion implies beauty, indeed. To reflect beauty, we need to be healthy. So, live a healthy life because beauty comes from within. And so comes happiness.
Happy weekend to you all!
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Donna Karan: What is design all about?
I’m sharing with you this inspiring video of Donna Karan talking at Parsons The New School for Design. It worth to take some moments listening her.
Some of the lessons I’ve learned from her talk:
“It’s very personal for me what clothes represents, it’s not what you’re wearing on the outside but how you’re emotionally feeling on the inside.”
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What are the essential differences between a...
Source: Fashion Illustrator Naja Conrad Hansen
Someone emailed me recently and asked me about an aspect “Does Graphic Designers and Illustrators have the same job?”
I believe that it’s essential for any illustrator to know the answer of this question so for those who are still confused I’ve made some research and decided to write a quick clarification. It will help you...
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Design and the Elastic Mind
Source: TED
Paola Antonelli, design curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, spread her appreciation of design — in all shapes and forms — around the world.
In this video she previews the groundbreaking show “Design and the Elastic Mind” and designs that reflect the way we think now. A really interesting concept. Enjoy!
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Art and Design Mind Map
Source: Mindmapart
The Art and Design Mind Map will help you to understand the use of imagination as a resource in developing creative thought. The Mind Map breaks down the influences of knowledge, education and experience, the use of the senses and the relationship and effect of health, culture and social issues in art and design.
You will discover all this and more within the Art and Design...
August 2011
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A Device that Converts Hand-Drawn Sketches to...
I’ve been searching for something like this for a while and now it’s here..
Inkling is a device by Wacom a digital sketch pen that captures a digital likeness of your work while you sketch with its ballpoint tip on any sketchbook or standard piece of paper.
The device consists of two parts: a stylus with a pressure-sensitive ballpoint and a receiver that stores and converts the...