Inspiration: Amy Winehouse.

Despite the unfortunate circumstances in her personal life, I say Amy Winehouse was a brilliant contribution to culture. Her soulful, individual style is refreshing in a world where things are more and more prefabricated and designed for profit rather than a better world. It seems a real loss that a person like her Have to die young.

An Introduction to Me.

This blog explores graphic design and will be a record of inspirations found on my journey of learning. Over the year I will share ideas and inspirations that I come up with along the way. 

I am thirty years old, male, and a Tasmanian native. From 2012-2014 I studied fashion design and I am doing a graphic design this year to compliment this.

Concurrently to graphic design, I am doing the University Preparation Program at University of Tasmania. I enjoy writing so I hope to integrate both written and visual elements into this blog.

 

Pages I like.

While Stuart Wilde was not a designer, he was quite successful in marketing his personal brand. Wilde was a flamboyant speaker, part way between spirit guide and comedian. I find his communication style and angle on things to be very stimulating.

http://www.stuartwilde.com/

Inspiration: Prada.

 

 

Over the last three years I have been studying fashion design. I like the label Prada because it is not in-your-face like so many fashion brands. There is so much ego and hype in the fashion industry but Prada has gone the other way and still achieved mainstream success.

Inspiration: European Craftsmanship.

Having studied fashion design over the last several years I have developed an appreciation for the skills it takes to design and make quality garments. To the untrained eye the blazers here may not seem like much. To me it is a profound thing that one designer can take a piece of cloth and make a garment that will be of value for 20 years, whereas another designer would take the same piece of cloth and make a garment that will discarded next year.

Inspiration: Wicca/Celtic.

The designs and music of the Celtic culture have a strong influence on me. I find this "dragon's eye" symbol that I found in my book "The 21 Lesson of Merlyn" to be very cool. 

Inspiration: Industrial Aesthetics.

I am exploring things that are influenced by the industrial era, from the grunge of the 90s to futuristic cities. As humanity moves into a new era, our aesthetic taste is changing and I find I resonate with the new images emerging; maybe because I'm a child of the 90's.