yulia brodskaya's paper-cut illustrations:

yulia brodskaya is a russian born graphic designer / illustrator now based in london. she specializes in a paper art techniques to create distinctive typography and interested in diverse creative practices ranging from Textile Painting, Origami and Collage to more traditional Fine Art practices. Following an MA in Graphic Communication (2006, University of Hertfordshire) she has continued to experiment and explore ways of bringing together all the things she likes most: typography, paper, and highly detailed hand-made craft objects. I just love the intricacy of her art and the beautiful images made. 

http://www.artyulia.com/

British artist Su Blackwell hit on an unusual way to bring storybooks to life – by fashioning their pages into origami-like sculptures. Her intricately worked scenes are 3D illustrations of the stories they are made of. The artist says they are 'often pervaded by a sense of loneliness, since the stories on which they are based are rather sad'. 

Faltjahr 2010 is a paper pop-up art project by Johann Volkmer. 12 motifs for 12 months, The Faltjahr 2010 project shows what paper is capable of. I love how the shapes are formed and the structure and organization of paper can look so good. 

Check his work out here: http://www.faltjahr2010.de/

Alex Ostrowski: Visiting lecture

Alex from YCN came to talk to us about who they are and the changes that they are making within their design agency. Recently graduating, Alex joined the studio last year after doing an internship with them. 

YCN began as an awards program for young creatives in 2001, Partnered with brands as big as orange and Ben & Jerry's. 

Alex showed us pictures of the new trophy they are giving away, a rubber cast of the letter A, for the student awards and a wooden one for the practicing designers. 

Internships are also available within YCN, taking on six students on at a time, last year they did this for the first time and it worked really well and the students created some really nice work. So for further information keep your eye on the website. 

Let the Right One In

Tuesday film night: Iv seen the film once before, and for the second time i really enjoyed watching it. The film has as the way through beautiful music and art direction, due to the lighting and setting of the backgrounds it felt soft and not hidden jumpy scenes but open to what was happening.. It was a slightly disturbing story between two kids, and how the girls's killing spree in the town didn't effect their friendship ...was she in love with him or comforting his loneliness?Films like this always make me think of the other life and if they are real or not? Its surreal and abstract, everything that happened all happened for a reason.

Graham came to show us some of his work- mainly on promoting himself as a designer. Self Promotion is something that you should always think about.  Its this stage where I as a designer must shout out and be original to get noticed, differentiate between the other thousand designers that will graduate with me. 

Creating leaflets for my silence project. 

Pop up is the new flat!!! 

I have continued using the same abstract shapes that i have used throughout my project. I think these have come out really nice. 

When you or I look at a teacup we think “put some Earl Gray in it and a couple lumps of sugar”. When the innovative duo behind domestic construction sees a teacup they think “let’s make a hanging lamp out of this”…and that’s just what they did. The “ted” lights are a unique and creative option for anyone looking to light their life with style. The vintage ceramic or porcelain teacups, acquired from flea markets and thrift stores all over the country. They also do wallpaper design and manny others. Check their work out!

http://www.domestic-construction.com/press/

All over the world millions of burnt light bulbs are thrown into garbage. 

How about recycling them into innovative, cool lighting designs? 

You can see more at: http://www.bulbs-unlimited.com/gallery/index.htm

 Designer Jeremy Grove , his ideas are so simple yet intriquing….

Lampshades that slowly fan out using the heat generated by a light bulb. It reminds me of plants and how they open towards the light. 

Creating lamp shades that can be a flat hand out too. I am experimenting with interacting pieces of work that people will want to keep and use. 

More of my mobile madness! love the shapes and shadows. 

Creating paths of light really can look great if you go about it in the right way. Creating my mobiles i was able to capture different levels of light and shadows. 

I have started making my own books relevant to my project on silence. I have used my own pictures of hanging mobiles to create the shapes and images. These are so nice to make and are quick if you know how to put them together. 

The first of manny to come i hope =-)