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new semester; new topic

stories of state houses;

i'm trying to understand what it would be like to live in a state house, the conditions, the noise, the smell, the crime. the feeling of being unsafe. how can any of us possibly relate to someone who has lived in these conditions without living through them ourselves?

 "It is not until you live there that other features become not only apparent but also cause for irritation. The reggae in one unit competes with the crying baby in the next and the tied-up wailing dog over the back. The pork bone boil-up assails the air but does not obliterate entirely the sweet smell of marijuana, or rotting bags of rubbish that waft out further down, and so on".

These poor poor people, state houses were an attempt to help working class people, to try give them a better life, to give them a home - something they never had, and all that state houses become were a place for crime and gangs. Look at state houses in todays society, what do we see? Rundown flats that all look the same. Before state houses were being built, society was told they were being designed so they all looked different, the interior of them would all be different, so people didn't feel that they were living in the same layout as their next door neighbour. This never happened, the only thing unique about state houses is the people and their things they put into them. Woman with young children were living in gang-ridden areas where they genuinely didn't feel safe. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to come home to somewhere you didn't feel safe. Home is meant to be a comfort spot, not just for your kids, but for your family, somewhere where you can be a hundred percent yourself, and feel secure and at ease. Why didn't the government not think ahead? Did they not consider what state houses would become?! I red an article about a woman who was concerned about her connections with the black power, and how this could affect her children's safety, she contacted the housing managers, and they moved her into a room next door with the mongrel mob and kindly responded "well i'm not in your position am i?". Who could possibly do this? What sort of cold hearted soul could do this to a woman who is rightfully looking out for her kids. Really gets you thinking about the selfish and ignorant people out their in the world.

Shall continue this later' Jodie xx

 

 

 

 

'oil and water do not mix'

So this is off topic, nothing really to do with my publication, but just thought the idea of it was great!

Was browsing the site designboom.com (off Chrissi's blog (: ), and saw this poster.

To be perfectly honest, I didn't really think much of this poster at first, just thought it was some screen printed text, yet it isn't until you read into that you realise how much the matarials used reflect the actual concept. they used real oil from the spill in mexico to act as paint when they screen printed. when you realise this, the poster has that much more meaning, you appreciate  and respect it.

'the ‘oil & water do not mix’ poster created by british designer anthony burrill may look like another graphic poster, but the unique design is actually printed using spilt oil from the gulf of mexico. the project was organized by happiness brussels, who will donate all proceeds from the posters sold to the coalition to restore coastal louisiana. the posters are being sold for 150 euros each in a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered prints. the oil was picked up on the beaches of grand isle, louisiana and printed using silk-screening at purple monkey design in new orleans, louisiana. the printers simply used the slurry of dirt and oil as they would normal paint. the end
result is a rich brown tone that is a direct reminder of the oil spill disaster.

http://www.gulfofmexico2010.com
http://www.happiness-brussels.com
http://www.anthonyburrill.com'

From the page: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11964/oil-water-do-not-mix-poster.html

All is for love by Bjork

 

Dollface by http://www.andrewthomashuang.com

 

 

envelopes; envelopes; envelopes

so want the acutal book itself to reflect my subject matter of comparing both past techniques to modern day technology. was thinking I could make it out envelopes - how it all started - pattern papers - this was the first way to develop your own clothing - the starting of it all. could print my designs and content onto envelopes - then japanese bind them together so it has the really nice hand made effect.

below is a few publications that i think work successfully & have been made out of envelopes.:)

 

 

 

'acting of ones own will'

This was the greek term to describe 'Automaton' (non-electronic moving machines), which was the name robots were originally called. In the 1920's, Czech Karel Capek came up with the term 'robots' and predicted the idea that robots would overcome society around the 20th century. He states "mechanically they are more perfect than we are, they have enormously developed intelligence, but they have no soul - have you ever seen what a robot looks inside?"

Recently I have been focusing on what layout and subject matter I am going to have on each page. I am going to be exploring the advantages and disadvantages of both robotic and human women, and that whole concept of technology overcoming society and everyday life.

I have breifly looked into the film and novel 'The Stepford wives' which is a 1972 satrical thrilar written by Ira Levin. The story introduces Joanna Eberhart, who is a young mother and photographer, who goes onto suspect that the submissive housewives in her neighbourhood may be robots created by their husbands. This idea is interesting as it approaches ideas such as feminism and the stereotypical American housewife.

This whole concept interested me as it looked at an idea that could possibly become our future. Due to huge progression and development in recent technology, concepts such as these may be closer than we all realise. Robotic wives have now been created and although not functionally a hundred percent accuratly, the high demand for these perfect picture dolls is crazy. They clean, cook, and by your side 24/7, with no nagging, nor any needs. They seem incredibly ideal, yet completly ignore the concept of being husband and wife (or should i say robot). They have no soul, personality, ideas, and are impossible to connect to. The whole point of being married to someone is because you click and connect with them - the ultimate thing a robot can't do. Would this therefore make these lifelike dolls less appealing? You would think so, however it is not the case, as they are more popular than ever with people paying huge sums of money to get their hands on one.

 

http://www.techdune.com/2008/12/11/having-a-robot-wife-atleast-she-wont-nag/

You can chalk up today’s news as perhaps rumor, but there’s plenty of evidence to substantiate the story. I knew that this day would eventually come, I just didn’t think it would be so soon. Someone has officially created the first robot wife, according to Sun.co.uk.

Le Trung is the inventor of his robot wife, who he calls Aiko. I’m sure someone has made a robot, and called it his “wife”. Le Trung has stepped that idea up a notch, as he’s created a robot who could easily be mistaken as an actual woman from a certain distance.

Aiko has a vast amount of dialogue and can speak up to 13,000 sentences at a time. She has a large number of sensors as well, and reacts to many forms of touch. Which is displayed on the video 'Fembot' on youtube.

The big question on most minds, including my perverted own is if she performs robotic duties in the bedroom. Le Trung hasn’t added the ability yet, but is something he could easily add with a few tweaks.

Le Trung also mentions that he has created her as a form of hobby, with most of his work being conducted in the basement. Now that she’s pretty much complete, he uses her for all sorts of things. Like reading the paper for him in the morning.

I have a mixed reaction to the video, and story about Le Trung and Aiko. Part of me thinks this is one of the coolest robot creations ever. While another part of me is very creeped out by the fact that a robot is so close to providing needs that only humans could before.

   

ideas ideas ideas

really needed to start making conclusions about what my publication is going to be, my message etc, and after talking to Jamie today, think i might be getting there. Really like the contrast between matarials and computer like imagery - this then links in with the idea of how things are made, how clothing is dependent on people, on patterns - all clothing starts as a pattern, a design - computers, and manufacturing devices can only do so much - they can't consider a persons mood, or feeling, is this the point in which technology can't take over? The contrast between pattern paper, lace, and diff textures, in comparisn to circuit boards & parts that make up a cpu is interesting, is there is a sense of structure in both. Want to cross over these boundaries between past techniques, and cpu-imagery to show the link in both the making of fashion then and now...

 

Eh, we'll see how this goes.

Jodie. xx

 

update

so my first post on typepad - thoughts so far are fairly confused, can defs see aspects of typepad that i think work more effectively than vox, yet it on the other hand it is far more complex and hard to figure out!! ohwell, the change will soon kick in and should get used to it sooner or later! 

have been really focusing on experimenting with different media, layouts, and the sort of style and mood i hope to create throughout my publication. am really enjoying these experiments, and think they are working successfully - will need to talk to tutors and get opinions :) really need to start to focus on what content i am going to put into it - do i want to focus on futuristic fashion and its practicality or its look? how it will develop - will these shape the progression of technology in society? or how has it changed already?  General ideas -  what is my general message or idea? and how do i want my viewer to go away feeling? i think once i can get questions like these answered i should be able to incorporate these ideas with an aesthetic and style present in my experiments and hopefully produce a publication i can be happy with. Am feeling good about it at this present point, and realise there is alot of work to do!

 

Jodie. 

P is for possibilities...

P is for possibilities of the future by Joao Oliverira
 

P for possibilities

fashion with no practicality

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This is a series that goes against the idea of practical clothing - designed to look at the idea of 'torture' and being enclosed/trapped in your own body. Artist takes a futuristic take on this idea - using shapes and cage like objects to get this idea across.

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functionality of clothing

Functionality of clothing

'One of the primary purposes of clothing is to keep the wearer comfortable. In hot climates, clothing provides protection from sunburn or wind damage, while in cold climates its thermal insulation properties are generally more important. Shelter usually reduces the functional need for clothing. For example, coats, hats, gloves, shoes, socks, and other superficial layers are normally removed when entering a warm home, particularly if one is residing or sleeping there. Similarly, clothing has seasonal and regional aspects, so that thinner materials and fewer layers of clothing are generally worn in warmer seasons and regions than in colder ones.

Clothing protects people against many things that might injure the uncovered human body. Clothes act as protection from the elements, including rain, snow and wind and other weather conditions, as well as from the sun. Clothes also reduce the level of risk during activity, such as work or sport. Clothing at times is worn as protection from specific environmental hazards, such as insects, noxious chemicals, weapons, and contact with abrasive substances. Conversely, clothing may protect the environment from the clothing wearer, as with doctors wearing medical scrubs.

Humans have shown extreme inventiveness in devising clothing solutions to environmental hazards. Some examples include: space suits, air conditioned clothing, armor, diving suits, swimsuits, bee-keeper gear, motorcycle leathers, high-visibility clothing, and other pieces of protective clothing. Meanwhile, the distinction between clothing and protective equipment is not always clear-cut, since clothes designed to be fashionable often have protective value and clothes designed for functional often consider fashion in their design.

The world of clothing is always changing, as new cultural influences meet technological innovations. Researchers in scientific labs have been developing prototypes for fabrics that can serve functional purposes well beyond their traditional roles, for example, clothes that can automatically adjust their temperature, repel bullets, project images, and generate electricity. Some practical advances already available to consumers are bullet-resistant garments made with kevlar and stain-resistant fabrics that are coated with chemical mixtures that reduce the absorption of liquids.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing

This article shows how clothing is already being designed to be practical - how will this continue to develop in the future? What will be the next step towards practical clothing, and how will society react towards these changes - will they accept practical clothing, or will they reject it and continue to re-loop past fashion trends.

'As designers are ever looking to the future for their latest designs, this news really brings a whole new meaning to fashion of the future.

Working with scientists, no less, designer Manuel Torres is exploring the possibility of spray-on clothing, and has already designed prototypes. Apparently, Torres’ non-woven fabric is made by spraying benign chemicals directly onto the body, which binds thousands of fabrics across the skin to form disposable garments.

We’ve heard of disposable fashion before, but this is a whole new kettle of fish to us.

It’s not just creating new fabrics, either. According to the Telegraph, research has begun into making the materials responsive, too, so science could provide us with an outfit that interacts with , and controls , the room we’re in.

We can also expect clothes that help improve our romantic lives, and T shirts that turn us into portable power stations in the not so distant future.

We can’t say this hi-tech stuff sounds too appealing to us, really. We’re fans of letting our clothes do the talking, but not the thinking too.'

http://www.myfashionlife.com/archives/2009/09/29/controlling-clothes-%E2%80%93-fashion-of-the-f

http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pxleyes.com/images/contests/crazy%2520heels/fullsize

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http://sheisfrank.com/
http://www.blog.sheisfrank.com/
if you are interested in this sort of style and perspective of fashion, check out the websites above as they are fantastic and Oh! so inspiring! :)

fashion inspiration and fashion social community from Fashionising.com

fashion inspiration and fashion social community from Fashionising.com

http://www.fashionising.com/

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jodieheron - Tuesday, 31 August 2010 2:10:28 a.m.

Mcqueendress

Research for publication

I have been looking at different artists and publications, and noting some of the aspects that I would like to incorporate into my own publication. Some of these spects includes the use of hand-drawn, craft-like, organic imagery.

I want to take this style, and work it in with my actual topic and subject, Futuristic Fashion.Want to look at how fashion has developed, and how it could continue to develop in the future. Besides the style. Fashion could become more than just clothing, it could be of such conveinence. Clothing that changes from hot to cold in order to suit your body temperture, mary-poppins bags that could hold everything, shoes that lace themselves, and so on.

I have looked at artists such as Anna Higgie, Pascal Demeester, Phil Poynter, and Josh Olin's. These artists all demonstrate their own take on what fashion may become. Themes of robitic themed clothing - simplified, sleek, and designed to emphasize a womens shape in a completly new and odd form.Clothing is completly simplified in some examples, yet in others, it shows garments of several different patterns, matarials, and colours.
 

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Animal prints are more commonly used - does this show how animal extinction will be occuring in the future, due to the high demand and popularity in regards to clothing. I have been working with materials in my most recent pieces, using lace, ink, cardboard, thread, ribbons, textured paper etc. I am playing around with these sort of materials as I think these are the sort of things I need to incorporate to create that hand-made 'feel' throughout it as a whole.
Really enjoying this topic at the moment, and the type of style I am working with recently. :)

Freja Beha's interpretation of...

Freja Beha's interpretation of futuristic fashion.

anna higgie - futuristic fashion illustration

So am looking at futuristic fashion - the development, predictions etc.
Came across Anna Higgie who designed a series of illustrated future fashion & i love it.
Would love to take the abstract element and use this idea in my publication.

Shared KnowledgeAfter looking into...

Shared Knowledge
After looking into the sewing machine, and how this affected fashion back then and today, I have now found an interest in paper patterns - the history of them, and how they allowed society to create and develop their own clothes with ease.

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-4/Clothing-Pattern.html

One single clothing pattern printing facility can print 100,000 complete patterns (meaning all the tissue pieces) in a single day; it produces 23 million patterns in one year.

Clothing patterns are used to sew stylish garments that fit well. Individual pattern pieces are used to cut fabric pieces, which are then assembled and sewn to create a wearable garment. Today, clothing patterns are usually mass-produced of thin tissue packaged in envelopes, and are sold according to standard body sizes (size 4, 6, 8, 10, etc.) Garment illustrations and pertinent information such as purchase of closure and notions are printed on the outside of the envelopes. General instructions are included in the package, and individual pattern pieces contain specific information pertaining to seam allowance and alignment of the fabric according to the grain or warp of the material. Sewing instructions are keyed to numbered or lettered pattern pieces so they are easy to understand. Patterns are distributed through fabric stores (they are shown in catalogs there) or by mail.

The actual printing of the paper pattern pieces is not time-consuming, nor expensive. Rather, the design of the pattern is the most time-consuming and costly part of production. Essentially, a designer's sketch must be translated into a standard-size pattern that must be stylish and easy to construct. A successful pattern enables a sewer to produce an article of clothing for a fraction of the cost it would take to purchase a garment ready-made in a store.

History

For centuries, obtaining fashionable clothing that also fit properly was difficult to do. The wealthy hired tailors or professional dressmakers to sew custom-fit fashions. However, those of lesser means muddled through with old clothes, makeshift fashions that were ill-fitting, or lived with re-made hand-me-downs. The ready-to-wear industry was not in full swing and therefore did not produce affordable women's dress until about 1880 (some men's garments were available earlier in the century).

However, by the early nineteenth century, some women's magazines included pattern pieces for garments such as corsets in order to assist women in obtaining fashionable dress. Since the pieces were simply illustrated on a small magazine page and just a few inches in size, they were not easy to use. By the 1850s, Sarah Josepha Hale's famous women's magazine Godey's Lady's Book offered full-size patterns, but they were one size only—the reader would have to size it according to individual measurements.

About the time of the Civil War, tailor Ebenezer Butterick developed the mass-produced tissue-paper pattern sized according to a system of proportional grading. These first patterns were cut and folded by members of the Butterick family. The Buttericks established a company in New York City and began mass-producing ladies' dress patterns by 1866. It is reputed that Butterick alone sold six million clothing pattern by 1871. James McCall, another pattern entre-preneur, produced women's clothing patterns shortly thereafter as well. At last American women could obtain a well-fitting, rather stylish garment by using a mass-produced clothing pattern. Amazingly after 120 years, both McCall and Butterick remain giants in the pattern industry.

Innovations in the pattern industry since the late nineteenth century include superior marketing through women's magazines, opening branch offices throughout this country as well as Europe to keep abreast of styles, improvements in instruction sheets, the development of different product style lines, and the addition of designer lines based on the pattern of a couture creation.

Raw Materials

The paper pattern, envelope, and instructions are made of paper of varying grades. The most important component, the tissue paper pattern, is made from the lightest and thinnest paper commercially available (it is not made at the pattern companies). It is called 7.5 lb (3.4 kg) basis paper, meaning that a ream of it (500 sheets) only weighs 7.5 lb (3.4 kg).

Design

The design of the mass-produced paper pattern includes many steps. Furthermore, the creation of an easy to use, fashionable, of good fit pattern is the result of collaboration of many departments and many talents.

At the outset of the design process of any garment, the pattern company's product development department must evaluate three key elements: the typical customer profile (lifestyle, skills, taste, etc), the current fashion trends, and last season's sales figures. These all factor in to making a profitable pattern—the goal of the company.

Pattern companies vary in the number of new pattern collections launched each year; many launch four new collections a year. The in-house designers are inspired by observing people and their physical movements, learning about their needs, and understanding trends in their customers' lifestyle. Designers attend fashion shows, read magazines, newspapers, and trade journals to keep abreast of fads and fashions.

Many designs are created for a proposed collection. Preliminary sketches are discussed by marketers, dress designers, dressmakers, etc. Sales histories on previous styles and patterns are examined and compared. Some patterns may remain in a line for more than a season based on sales alone. If a design goes through the review and appears to be a viable candidate for a pattern, it is assigned to a line, which earmarks it for a particular customer profile. The final selections are assigned a style number and returned to the design department.

Next, the illustrators create the first sketches of the creation. These sketches are known as croquis, which is the French word for beginning. The croquis contains all critical information for each pattern and will form the basis of the worksheet to construct the item.

In order to make the actual pattern, members of all technical departments (design merchandising, product standards, pattern-making, dressmaking) hold a construction meeting to decide details of a style and determine construction. Decisions are made on the number of pattern pieces, the style number based on degree of difficulty, suitable fabrics, sizes the patterns will be graded to, and how it will be constructed.

A folder is begun for each design so that crucial information is contained within and passed to appropriate departments. The folder with the notes from the construction meeting is given to the pattern making department.

some inspiration

a cafe in pt chev, had this amazing piece of work up in the upstairs part of there cafe. was a good 2m high and 1m wide, showing different sewn patterns. gave me huge inspiration on some of the sort of design, soft tones, and background imagery that i could use for my publication, as the sewing reference works in well with the idea of fashion development. this particular piece still has loose threads, and has a diamond stitching that carry's over each individual square.

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Just some use of texts...

Just some use of texts I like =)
Looked up the site tee put up, and found these two images that is similar to the work we have been looking at in MIP. 'Ink and water don't mix' shows how they don't actually mix through the way the font has been smudged and blurred - works effective.

02/08/2010

Use of scale - working texts inside texts, good use of positive and negative space. Nb: how the 'f' fits the white space perfectly, positioning of smaller text is centered half way down the 'f'.

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'frost' book - looking at texts.

combining both hand written-like text, and computer generated text - all in capitals, makes up the shape of a face, outline of someones head - works effectivly, contrast between the two diff use of texts. technique that could work well for our publication

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Second blog post.As said...

Second blog post.
As said in previous blog, we had a very motivating group discussion and looked into 'Industrial Revolution'. We were struggling to find a topic or some sort of link that we could all find interesting and passionate about, and then when we red into 'Industrial Revolution', we saw that the sewing machine was invented during the first industrial revolution to try and decrease the amount of manual sewing work performing in clothing companies. This topic interested all of this, and we could look into both the history of it, and how it has impacted fashion and the clothing industry of today.
'Since the invention of the first working sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas Saint in 1790,^[1] the sewing machine has vastly improved the efficiency and productivity of fabric and clothing industries.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_machine

Sewing has been around for many years, however it wasn't until the Industrial Revolution that the sewing machine was introduced. This was a huge turning point in history, as it changed the way clothing was made and also the speed in which garments could be produced. 
'The industrial sewing machine changed the way a whole industry operated. It increased the speed of production which couldn't be matched by hand. Industrial sewing machines as early as the 1900s had zig-zag stitching and used a swing needle. These features would not appear in the home sewing machines until much later.'
http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/159734/technology/industrial_sewing_machine_.html

'Before the invention of the sewing machine, most sewing was done by individuals in their homes, however, many people offered services as tailors or seamstresses in small shops where wages were very low.

Thomas Hood's ballad The Song of the Shirt, published in 1843, depicts the hardships of the English seamstress: With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.'

http://inventors.about.com/od/indrevolution/a/sewing_machine.htm

This shows how much of an impact the sewing machine was at the time, it allowed people who did sewing as an income, to produce more garments at a faster pace, and therefore make a higher wage, It made it easier for lower class citizens and helped decrease the amount of slavery occuring at the time. It allowed the clothing industry to begin and develop into what it is now today. It is eye opening, as we see clothes as everyday objects, and we don't even consider the development of clothes, how they come to what they are today, what they will be like in years to come. Overall finding this topic very interesting, and looking forward to looking into it more with the rest of the team :)

30/07/2010

Four letters done - not with ink yet, but am getting the shape of each letter more accurate.

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Jodies first post.Thoughts on...

Jodies first post.
Thoughts on semester two so far.
Wasn't too keen on drawing the letters at first, but after attempting it a few times, finally started to get the hang of it. I would say I respect type faces a lot more, can understand the time dedicated to make type and how long the process must of taken in order to get fonts as perfect as they are today. Its quite eye opening, as we as humans use and see text everyday, yet we never consider the time and effort put into these texts, nor do we think about how much thought went into them. Tried inking my letters for the first time last night which proved to be alot more difficult than i thought as you can't be as precise as a pen (the fact that my painting skills aren't very good, probly doesn't help either). Im sure if i persist in using ink, I should be able to improve my skills and finally get it right. /:
Shared Knowledge has been quite the confusion for me over the last few days, but after talking to our tutor and group discussion at the library after our lecture, it sounds like our team might finally have a topic we all like and can be passionate about. We looked into 'Industrial Revolution', and then next you know, we went from having no ideas, to having too many - defs a positive! Was mint that we all went away with heaps of different ideas and aspects, and am looking forward to getting stuck into research and discussing our topic over with a tutor on monday, hoping it will be all A-OK!
Not sure if im being formal enough for this blog. But we'll see :)
Jodie.