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Designer Veil

Its common for creative industries of design to follow trends. But here are some images which I found that show the multitude of ways aesthetic design has used net and lace.

Here are last seasons mast have accessory the modern take of the conventional sunglasses The Chanel sunglasses emphasise the nature of lace being decorative and a turns on its head the primarily purpose of what sunglasses have been invented by man to function as.

These glasses are to not protect the eyes from the harsh sun but as a visible barrier to construct a wall between the person wearing them to the world. These sunglasses protect its owners from the fro the public gaze. These sunglasses are a status symbol.

The origin of my want to discover the world of lace and its significance as a craft through my work placement and Alexander Mc Queen where I was designing lace leggings on illustration. The intricacy of such a medium brings a tactile quality to the realm of what is uncommonly thought of as being trendy through the glamorisation of other craft based mediums.

Alexander Mc Queen - Spring/Summer 2009

As you can see this is method that i may be able to utilise with having embroidery as a way of creating imagery that is delicate enough to create visible physical relief without weighing down the fabric.

Collar designed by Josef Storck 1880

All Dressed up...

This is the new Ministry of Culture in Paris,

The building is wrapped by metal lace caging. The building serves a purpose for a site that according to a site found and was previously dispersed over 17 locations around the city.

The visual design aimed to bring the concept of unity and identity. The organically shaped steel weave casts a patterned shadow upon the inner building and will change in appearance by the phases of the sun moving from day to night which casts shadows into the inner side of the building.

http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/France/Paris/Minist%E8re%20de%20la%20Culture,

Fanatics

Are you a "curtain twitcher"?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=16669358


Found this thread and thought the style of which people described the enjoyment of being a voyeur amusing, it seems spying has become a past time for the housebound Englishman.

Here are snapshots of the best:

Fanatics

Quoted text from article:

'Welcome to Net Curtains! Some might say that Net Curtains are an unfashionable deterrent to burglars circa 1975, but my Mum still likes 'em and for some reason many of us have a strange desire to photograph them. Whatever your reason for being here, please show us your starchiest, flimsiest, most flowery or geometrically patterned, kitsch and modern Net Curtains for us all to have a good twitch!'

Material experiment - Interfacing

Interfacing textile material is commonly known in the textile industry as a means to:


- stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collar,
- strengthen a certain area of the fabric, for instance where buttonholes will be sewn,
- keep fabrics from stretching out of shape, particularly knit fabrics

Interfacings come in a variety of weights and stiffnesses to suit different purposes. Generally, the heavier weight a fabric is, the heavier weight an interfacing it will use. Most modern interfacings have heat-activated adhesive on one side. They are affixed to a garment piece using heat and moderate pressure, from a hand iron for example. This type of interfacing is known as "fusible" interfacing. Non-fusible interfacings do not have adhesive and must be sewn by hand or machine.

A material like this can be used by myself to create an effective 'hand touch' to the imagery that will be on the lace I shall test it out and blog the results.

White Out by SpaceOperaform

Found on: www.dezeen.com

'Designer Alex Suarez of Amsterdam and Los Angeles studio SpaceOperaForm has created an installation at a former salt factory in Hallein, Austria, comprising translucent panels that react to the static charge of visitors. Called WhiteOut, the installation consists of parallel panels made of thermally-bonded polypropylene filaments, suspended from the ceiling.'

This type of work shows an awareness of space and tests the conformability of the participant. the simplicity of the idea brings upon a sensory experience. I particularly look at this work in hope for it to inspire me to create a final design that will engage the viewer possibly through space.