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| part of my current noticeboard! |
This week, I'll keep the writing short and show you some images that I have in my studio. I always have a very large notice board in front of my desk which I add to and change every few weeks, sometimes daily if I have lots of images to get through. I use image sources from the internet, magazines, art galleries, books (some great illustrators out there), greeting cards, wallpaper etc. You may notice a common theme... nature and animals... sometimes, when all inspiration is lost, it's nature I turn to... and even when all is won I still turn to nature.
I really love the depth and creativity of 1950's naive pattern. You can really see the influence of screen printing and over-laying in this type of pattern.
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| 1950s influence, geometric |
And the best part is that it was that there were variations that all made sense together. So we had the rough around the edges, over-laying. We had the geometric shapes and we had child-like/simplistic/pared down design... and the start of great cartoons!
It was all a direct influence of the preceding history, and designers and artists really went for it (and musicians, and architects...).
When you look at anything from the 1950's you really do see the influence of current-day design, especially higher end stuff - just look at some of Tom Dixon's designs - this table is like a modern, even more pared down version of Ercol.
I'll happily finish off with some more images. You'll see the geometric, the child-like/cartoon and some animals pics... Enjoy! and if anyone has any images, similar or otherwise that they find a source of inspiration, then comment away!
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| 1950's influence - geometric shape |
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| 1950's cartoon-style |
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| Kool Cats! |
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| Geometric |
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