Spot the Crocodile & other new drawings

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Frog and Flamingo 'New'

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Latest Animal Drawings

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New 'Acid Tropics' Drawings

Whilst in London I couldn't continue with drawing for my minor project, not too sure my accomadation would have been happy with an artist in residence for 3 weeks splashing paint everywhere!!! This was a nightmare for me as I am very enthusiastic about my concept and just wanted to keep drawing. So since i've been home i've produced lots of new drawings to make up for lost time. See below for some of my new work.




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Zandra Rhodes - Internship - London

I had a superb time interning at Zandra's. I got involved in some fun design tasks, of which I can't put the pictures on my blog, but it was very colourful and creative (and everyone knows how much I love colour!!!). It was such an inspirational studio to work in; every surface full of archive work, dresses, fabric, print samples, ink pots, paint, books, etc. Not only was Zandra at the studio at the time of my internship, but Anna Sui also came to the studio. Exciting. The final day of placement was also my 21st birthday, everyone sang along to happy birthday by Stevie Wonder, we ate cake and balloons decorated the studio, such a lovely surprise. I have learnt so much, and the experience has been very valuble. The internship has left me with an even greater thirst to strive to produce work of a continued high standard so that I myself, can one day work in a studio in London.





Galleries and Exhibitions I Visited - Yohji Yamamoto at the V&A, Tommy Nutter:Rebel On The Row at the Fashion & Textile Museum, Masters of Style at Somerset House, Tracey Emin: Love Is What You Want at the Hayward gallery, Royal Academy Summer exhibition, Michelangelo Pistoletto at the Serpentine, Tate Modern, Festival of Britain anniversary exhibition at the Southbank Centre (to research for my dissertation - I bought 2 more great books), Titanic artefacts exhibition at the O2, Andrew Logan design studio, British and Natural History museums, Saatchi gallery(my favourite gallery). See below for work by the brilliant: Folkert De Jong, David Batchelor and Jeff Koons.




Design Shops I Visited - Liberty (see below for a picture of the gorgeous silk scarf I bought), Anthropologie, Heals, Paperchase, Habitat, Beyond Retro on Bricklane, Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, Fortnum & Mason, Carnaby Street. Here's a couple of hidden gems I found whilst exploring: Our Patterned Hand (a cute little haberdashery on Broadway Market selling gorgeous fabric, trimmings and buttons), Mary's Living and Giving Shop in aid of Save the Children in Primrose Hill (a fabulous new upmarket charity shop by Mary Portas). See below window displays in Paperchase and Fortnum and Mason.



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Dissertation Books

I've just had a delivery of books from Amazon that I ordered to help me write my dissertation. The title of which is: 'The Legacy of the Festival of Britain on Modern Design'. I've already collected numerous articles from journals and other publications relating to my title and I've been researching online as well.
I go to London on Friday for a grand total of 3 weeks for a work experience placement with one of my favourite designers, Zandra Rhodes, which I am very excited about. So my plan is to take some of these books with me and read them on an evening so when I come home I'll be ready for some serious dissertation writing!!!
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PhillippaLovesDesign Tumblr

Just to let everyone know, I have recently joined Tumblr.

http://phillippalovesdesign.tumblr.com/

On my tumblr you will find a huge selection of images from the Art and Design world: My favourite fashion designers, new catwalk collections and advertising campaigns, editorials, textiles, interior design, furnishing, prints, trends, street style, my love of fine art, photography, reviews of exhibitions I have visited, my pick of good design books, designer maker products ,nature, travel, my music and film recommendations... basically lots of gorgeous, colourful inspirational imagery, which I am using as a sort of giant online moodboard. Why not take a look, follow and reblog.
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