seminar

had such an inspiring seminar today from will. he talked about working in the textile industry. here are the main points he made and key things to think about;

- analyse trends.
- print, colour and concepts.
- what is my vision?
- what is the colour palette? soft, hard, up, down, dark, light?
- new york, london, paris (premier vision)
- take your work to pieces and analyse.
- inspiration and where to find it - simply design all the time.
- never repeat work. don't want things the same.
- become familiar with materials and form a relationship.
- learn what you want and do what you want with it.
- look into objects meaning. eg) spoons - who ate it, what did they eat.
- develop a design language.
- make a visual dictionary for you own visual language.
- be hard working, commited and interested.
- have passion and gusto.
- try and gain as much work experience as you can.
- display photocopies in see through wallets.