Olle Eskell

Olle Eksell was a graphic design during the 1950´s who was inspired by the American way of life. His use of simple line drawing with limited detail and colour palette. My curious was with his layout and how he continually grouped his work close together while not making the page overcrowded.

Eley Kishimoto

Eley Kishimoto, British fashion and design company that is known for its print design and has created numerous products, such as wallpaper and furniture as well as glassware and crockery. I the design above influenced me by the way a simple pattern can hold so much movement.

Anne Kyyro Quinn

Anne Kyyro Quinn is an award winning contemporary textile furnishings. Her ranges include cushions, throws, table textiles and wall. She has created a new genre of interior design with simple bold colours and striking motifs based on three-dimensional structure’s rather than smooth, traditional surfaces.

Anne Wilson

Anne Wilson creates sculptures, drawings and stop motion animation that explore themes of time, loss, private and social rituals. She uses found materials, table linen, bed sheets, human hair, lace, thread, glass, and wire that are familiar and rich with cultural meanings.

Catherine Bertola

Catherine creates site specific installations that tell a story about the history of the space, using unusual and momentary material.

Dawn Depree

Dawn Dupree is a textile artist who has been working since 1990,she creates evocative, semi abstract urban landscapes by building up layers of colour and imagine by getting her references from; autobiographical, cinema, landscape photography, abandoned domestic objects, the urban environment and mark-making.

Saul Bass

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Saul Bass is one of the greatest designers of the mid 20th century. His use of layering creates depth that has a transparent appearance. His designs are fragmented with simple outline shapes and bold striking colours. Tracey Emin could be linked to Saul Bass's layouts.

Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin's honest and refreshing attitude to transforming material is a visually exciting fragmented collage, that reveals the most intimate parts of her life which in turn makes her an amazing artist.

Studioaisslinger

"...design evolution is always a matter of empirical experiment, materials and technology - for this exhibition we worked with a hidden traditional stitching textile technology which we transformed into a 2D-to-3D-furniture pop-up concept.."




I was inspired by studioaisslinger,by the way they created objects that are hollow and non practical. instead of the tradtional practical sense. I created the above cutlery set,using machine stitching on dissolvable fabric. I covered plates,cups,knifes and forks by wrapping them in the dissolvable fabrics, this will then hold the shape creating a hollow template. My empirical experiments, supported my final outcome by helping me to understand the techniques.





I found this container in a shop called 'Urban Outfitters'. This container uses the same methods as Studioaisslinger.

Susan Stockwell

One of my most inspirational textile artist is Susan Stockwell. This is because of the way she uses everyday domestic materials, such as maps, tea bags and paper and she transforms and manipulates these objects and changes peoples proceptions of how materials could be changed into a beauitful and unique garment. The dress above was designed using rice paper and wire. This garment amazed me by the way the dress is simple and plain and leads into a trail of excitement fo gathering. However, the trail ends and starts by claiming up the wall like an infection. Therefore, not only is it a dress but it turns into an installion.



As you can see Above I have taken her influences and designed a dress, entitled 'Candy Dress'.Stockwell has inspirted me by the way she changes people proception on an everyday object. My theme for this dress was the fact that my grandad use to take me to a sweet shop. So I took a photograph of a collection of sweets and printed these images out on white A4 paper then box pleated the images round a dress.