Wednesday 27 March 2013
Thursday 22 November 2012
Isokon Building / Lawn Road flats and 2, Willow Road, London NW3
All photos: Heidi Saarinen November 2012
Monday 15 October 2012
Tips for success in your studies
Wider learning – how to add knowledge and success to your studies
image credit: H.Saarinen 2012
Whether you are a first
year/level 4 student, or a continuing student (or anyone interested in design!), it is necessary to keep creative and add to your skill base - sketches, photos, small test projects that you set yourself – materials research,
measuring space, photography, collage, line drawing, model making – this can be experimental,
sketch development etc.
You will
also benefit from reading about design, architecture, spaces and related design
topics on a regular basis. You might watch a documentary on design or visit an exhibition and then
write a short review of it. This will make you think about issues and how you
relate to them and widen your general knowledge and understanding. Keep a blog - add your work, ideas, thoughts and news - share with others.
Many great exhibitions and public lecture series take place in the main museums and cultural institutions in London. The university also holds regular Design Talks.
Design Museum
Barbican
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art
Whitechapel Gallery
Iniva Institute of International Visual Arts
Geffrye Museum
V&A Victoria and Albert Museum
Sir John Soane's Museum
British Museum
Many great exhibitions and public lecture series take place in the main museums and cultural institutions in London. The university also holds regular Design Talks.
Design Museum
Barbican
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art
Whitechapel Gallery
Iniva Institute of International Visual Arts
Geffrye Museum
V&A Victoria and Albert Museum
Sir John Soane's Museum
British Museum
Keep up to
date of current trends and what is shown in galleries and exhibition spaces in
London, locally and beyond, as a lot will be relevant. The more you see and think about
design, the better. Look also at materials – anything from timber, stone, glass, concrete…
sustainable materials and smart technologies. Interactivity in design – all
very exciting things to start learning about.
A list of
magazines for inspiration:
(Many of
these are also available online / phone apps)
http://www.ribajournal.com/
You can search the UH LRC (Learning Resources Centre) content in Voyager (link on Studynet).
You can search the UH LRC (Learning Resources Centre) content in Voyager (link on Studynet).
Visit RIBA in London – book shop/library/exhibition space
British Library
You need to register for specialist libraries, so check info before you go - join your local library too!
British Library
You need to register for specialist libraries, so check info before you go - join your local library too!
Suggested
reading (basic list - more to be added):
Interior Architecture Now, Jennifer Hudson
Basics Interior Architecture 01: Form and Structure by Graeme
Brooker and Sally Stone
The Fundamentals of Interior Design by Simon Dodsworth
Drawing for Interior Design, Drew Blunkett
Interior Design Drawing, by Alan Hughes
Links to
project blogs / student project archive (more links via the profile page on all blogs):
Thursday 10 May 2012
Practical information and links
All images student work
This blog will be in support of the course curriculum. There will be information about interiors, decorative aspects, materials information and general inspiration and some further links for further reading and researching.
Remember that you need to be proactive and look for and try
out a range of design applications and solutions to the practical and creative
aspect of design – in our outside of your study.
Please feel free to send me links to good sources that you
think will benefit the purpose of this blog.
Centre for alternative technology:
English Heritage/Listed Buildings
National Trust (for information and visitor information on
important buildings)
Greenbuild information (some links seem not to work fully)
Building materials glossary:
Decorating glossary:
Surface design/applications
Lists exhibitors and contact details (for product
information and materials research)
Paints
Different types of paint: http://www.diydata.com/materials/paints/paints.php
How to paint.. video examples of ‘how to’ (please note these
are purely for examples of what you can search for yourself on youtube etc):
Search a supplier British Institute of Interior Design:
Other related links:
Learning spaces http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISClearningspaces.pdf
Galleries and museums http://www.redman-design.com/#/projects/
Thursday 5 April 2012
Current trends and design news
This post will show some current trends and design news
Image credit: Foundry Light + Design
Lighting news
do ho suh: home within home
all image and text credit: designboom
do ho suh: home within home
leeum samsung museum of art, seoul, south korea
open now until june 3rd, 2012
'home within home' is a solo representation of do ho suh's work showcasing the korean artist's newest sculptural pieces.
the special exhibition gallery of leeum samsung museum of art has been decorated with suh's thread-and-sheer-fabric-drawn
representations of his nomadic existence living in major urban centers such as seoul, new york and berlin.
in 'home within home', the artist investigates the idea of truly inhabiting a place, developing the concept of 'home' as skeletal representations
throughout the museum, actualizing this concept as both a boundary and passageway in the gallery space. each piece exists as an entirely
separate experience, influenced by the light and surrounding architecture; the orientation of the suspended works in comparison to one another
also reveals a greater complexity to the artist's examination of 'the home' through this assemblage of bright floating structures.
leeum samsung museum of art, seoul, south korea
open now until june 3rd, 2012
'home within home' is a solo representation of do ho suh's work showcasing the korean artist's newest sculptural pieces.
the special exhibition gallery of leeum samsung museum of art has been decorated with suh's thread-and-sheer-fabric-drawn
representations of his nomadic existence living in major urban centers such as seoul, new york and berlin.
in 'home within home', the artist investigates the idea of truly inhabiting a place, developing the concept of 'home' as skeletal representations
throughout the museum, actualizing this concept as both a boundary and passageway in the gallery space. each piece exists as an entirely
separate experience, influenced by the light and surrounding architecture; the orientation of the suspended works in comparison to one another
also reveals a greater complexity to the artist's examination of 'the home' through this assemblage of bright floating structures.
do ho suh: home within home
Monday 13 February 2012
Inspiration archive
This blog will act as an archive of random inspirational ideas, images, spaces, places and anything related to our studio work.
Please feel free to send me links that you may want to add here
Heidi
spatial inspiration
pattern and materials
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Tate Modern courtyard, London
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