tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38931872927417854902024-03-05T14:58:37.630-08:00A world of colour in blog formTHOUGHTS, MUSINGS AND GENERAL RAMBLINGS ABOUT COLOUR FROM THE SDCSDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-73283804798596785462010-09-10T05:10:00.001-07:002010-09-10T05:35:48.614-07:00SDC book titles: SPECIAL OFFER<span style="font-family:verdana;">Earlier this year, the SDC repositioned a number of its book titles, including the all exclusive CD-ROM that contains all the most recent editions of the world-renowned SDC textbooks – from student textbooks to laboratory handbooks, the 6000+ pages of content of these books covers topics such as textile dyeing, fibre coloration and dyehouse management, and much more. When coming up with a new title for this CD, we decided to run a <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">Wordle</a> of all our book titles - and this is the 'word cloud' that we came up with:</span> <span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycetZb1QzC1M-WvKoL0MZ8__wGwJGFEMqxHhr6jm-FxBnWiBmfI9RdmJWyfKFeEMZgBi55gRfcG65EPTS28UEr_GEzK0UhSiNgl2dhoWdTLpZLhUsccMDuxQGsKrtHYbHWjisfY_ovgs/s1600/books-offer+(post_100910).JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 333px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515256252777717874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycetZb1QzC1M-WvKoL0MZ8__wGwJGFEMqxHhr6jm-FxBnWiBmfI9RdmJWyfKFeEMZgBi55gRfcG65EPTS28UEr_GEzK0UhSiNgl2dhoWdTLpZLhUsccMDuxQGsKrtHYbHWjisfY_ovgs/s400/books-offer+(post_100910).JPG" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">--</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">--</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">--</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ffffff;">--</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is a great visual illustration of the topics that are covered within the SDC books portfolio. And so, a new name for the <em><a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/publications/books.htm">SDC Textile Dyeing Dossier</a></em> was borne. The dossier contains electronic versions of the 20 textile dyeing books published by the SDC since 1992 and, for the next month (<strong>until 10 Oct 2010</strong>), we are running an exclusive special offer in relation to this.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">SPECIAL OFFER: Receive a choice of 4x selected SDC print titles free of charge with every order of the <em><a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/publications/books.htm">SDC Textile Dyeing Dossier</a></em>. Orders must be placed before 10 Oct 2010. Free titles can be selected from: </span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">• Batchwise Dyeing of Woven Cellulosic Fabrics • Blends Dyeing • Cellulosics Dyeing • Colour for Textiles – A User’s Handbook • Colour in Dyehouse Effluent • Engineering in Textile Coloration • Giles’s Laboratory Course in Dyeing • Instrumental Colour Formulation • Theory of Coloration of Textiles • Wool Dyeing •<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />For more details of this special offer, see the SDC website <a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/general/downloads.htm#pub">here</a>. Please quote reference <strong>SDC01</strong> with your order and contact: <a href="mailto:sales@sdc.org.uk">sales@sdc.org.uk</a>. To view the SDC online shop, where all the SDC publications can be ordered, visit: <a href="http://www.colourclick.org/shop.aspx">www.colourclick.org/shop.aspx</a> (free registration is required to access the shop). </span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">For any enquiries relating to books that are not specifically sales-related, please email: <a href="mailto:editorial@sdc.org.uk">editorial@sdc.org.uk</a>. </span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span> </p>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-33679262455141919012010-09-08T06:47:00.000-07:002010-09-08T07:02:17.318-07:00<object style="WIDTH: 420px; HEIGHT: 595px"><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&viewMode=presentation&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100903132007-cdf623d69aab457ca4cf44521dc92e12&docName=colourist_03_2010&username=sdc-uk&loadingInfoText=The%20Colourist%20(3)%20(2010)&et=1283954684772&er=88"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="menu" value="false"><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:420px;height:595px" flashvars="mode=embed&viewMode=presentation&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100903132007-cdf623d69aab457ca4cf44521dc92e12&docName=colourist_03_2010&username=sdc-uk&loadingInfoText=The%20Colourist%20(3)%20(2010)&et=1283954684772&er=88"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We are pleased to say the new issue of the SDC members' magazine <em>The Colourist</em>. This issue has a 'textile machinery' theme and features information about the UK manufacturer of quality knitwear, John Smedley Ltd. It is a Smedley design that is featured on the front cover and if you want to see who else is wearing 'a Smedley' these days, check out their company blog, </span><a href="http://www.johnsmedley.com/blog/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">Also in this issue is more information on the SDC one-day wool conference </span><a href="http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Textiles-UK</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (taking place in London next month), along with a feature on our <a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/sdc-design-competition-finalists.html">competition finalists</a>!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">To view the issue, click the image above. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">by CMcN</span></p>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-2982080594543796242010-08-06T09:30:00.000-07:002010-09-03T02:56:13.877-07:00SDC design competition finalists for 2010<span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><span style="font-family:arial;">"</span><span style="color:#663366;">With awareness and understanding comes responsibility</span><span style="font-family:arial;">"</span><br /></em><br />The finalists in this year’s SDC design competition, sponsored by Clariant, have once again impressed the judges with their awareness of the issues facing the textile coloration industry in terms of social responsibility (as summarised in the above quote from the Australian finalist). As outlined <a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/colour-and-social-responsibility.html">previously</a>, the brief this year asked for the students to demonstrate socially-responsible thinking in their approach to their designs, as well as having colour as a main focus. Heats for the 2010 competition have been held around the world and the many expert judges have cogitated over which collection was deemed to be the most innovative and creative of all the entries, showing the student’s understanding of social responsibility and the issues which surround the fashion and textiles industry today.<br /><br />The nine country finalists were recently <a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/pressreleases/releases/100805_1.htm">announced</a> and all will now go on to compete for the <strong>SDC Colour Design Award 2010</strong> at the grand final in London this October.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong>Finalists</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Australia</strong>: Anna Langdon (Sydney Institute)<br /><strong>China</strong>: Shihao Bai (Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts)<br /><strong>Hong</strong> <strong>Kong:</strong> Kwok Wai Liu (Hong Kong Design Institute)<br /><strong>Ireland</strong>: Sinead Geraghty (National College of Art & Design)<br /><strong>India</strong>: Swaroopa Adusumilli (College of Home Science)<br /><strong>Pakistan</strong>: Mariam Mobeen Shah (Iqra University Islamabad)<br /><strong>Singapore</strong>: Meng Jing (Lasalle College of the Arts)<br /><strong>South Africa</strong>: Laduma Ngxokolo (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University)<br /><strong>UK</strong>: Kelly Taylor (De Montfort University) </span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Finalists (pictured in rows from L-R): Australia, China, India, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa and the UK:</span> </span><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXZTsLQPfkik1y16jLQv3-HvNJkN6aIFbqOsMa2A4YSi9P547b258NBppcWAHiVOpsDsQ_Ohug7JMtSHvsWkTdUyRWaMefG7Uxi17SGv4cwgHooVax9F2cqBla0-FSReqTrP5emXd3JI/s1600/australia.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 170px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 172px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512620804546586914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSj4sSM4Okggah6cRzI1iAxioi15ss5IYBKWd_xxgHrEad8mqvPDVAweM3kE3agtXIK3-1dVtAN2babYSDQHYhnYOa89MoZcOZVcTwTeJ2C_L9Ild88Jys-LXaGXoiyO3ombPwRrMrd9A/s400/uk.JPG" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">(Photo of the Singapore finalist will be added here when available)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#993399;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong>Designs<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The finalists in this year’s competition have been inspired by many and varied factors. Examples include the trip to Nepal that inspired <strong>Sinead Geraghty (Ireland)</strong> to produce materials made from local fibres and resources commonly used in textile production in developing countries and <strong>Swaroopa Adusumilli (India)</strong> who was inspired by working with local weavers in rural communities on eco-friendly textile solutions. Traditional weaving techniques inspired <strong>Shihao Bai (China)</strong> in his designs, <strong>Kwok Wai Liu (Hong Kong)</strong> was influenced by rainforest ecology, and <strong>Anna Langdon (Australia</strong>) took her inspiration from Scottish and Bavarian national costumes. The fabrics utilised ranged from mohair, chosen by <strong>Laduma Ngxokolo (South Africa)</strong> for his knitwear because of its of durability, warmth, flame resistance and colour fastness, and the fine-knitted samples produced by <strong>Kelly Taylor (UK)</strong>. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The remaining two finalists, <strong>Mariam Mobeen Shah (Pakistan)</strong> and <strong>Meng Jing (Singapore)</strong>, also had an eco-focus in their designs. On reaching the final, Meng Jing comments, ‘The SDC competition is a great platform for designers to be seen in the eyes of the creative scene. I am truly honoured to have participated and be representing Hong Kong at the grand final in London.’ </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebaLcx_uoXIsRUxXFEU7OJIH6CMC_4zvqfer5BoxTLU8F1mddkqpyZMw69sPlg5MZ9FK39LpM7qBYb_0q_dGYJhenC_KjhSgZ4u6iQgL5v7IbAQPLhVlXDmwctk5ZDx_EQfkRHK04fQ4/s1600/finalist-design+(Laduma-Ngxokolo)+(post_060810).jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 354px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 232px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503400970998517506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebaLcx_uoXIsRUxXFEU7OJIH6CMC_4zvqfer5BoxTLU8F1mddkqpyZMw69sPlg5MZ9FK39LpM7qBYb_0q_dGYJhenC_KjhSgZ4u6iQgL5v7IbAQPLhVlXDmwctk5ZDx_EQfkRHK04fQ4/s400/finalist-design+(Laduma-Ngxokolo)+(post_060810).jpg" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Design by Laduma Ngxokolo (South Africa)</span></em> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Society acknowledges the support of all the judges, sponsors and volunteers who were involved in the regional and country heats, without whom the competition would not be possible. Each of the global finalists’ work will be exhibited following the <a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-speakers-announced-for-textiles-uk.html">Textiles-UK</a> conference and the winner (recipient of £1000 and Veronica Bell trophy) will be announced at a ceremony in the magnificent Clothworkers’ Hall on 5 Oct 2010.</span><br /></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>The 2011 has now been launched to colleges, with the theme ‘reduce, recycle, reuse’. For details, contact: <a href="mailto:marketing@sdc.org.uk">marketing@sdc.org.uk</a></em> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-58812603074017663192010-07-16T06:31:00.000-07:002010-07-16T08:52:53.875-07:00New speakers announced for Textiles-UK<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrzGPzOW6rWVxk4gZKU2cBNLVVB-bjGYy7v5-21ToByyDRSd4LQe6rrU9wVwON2tqYsHLmkATjmKkmxdq6c5nOnvNfGzlu_AWjO6sxeHlxHpBtKDepZmN-VU0Cp2WU5vYD6aIWOTy9eY/s1600/TextilesUK-JSmedley-spkr+(post_160710).jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494503679943254706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrzGPzOW6rWVxk4gZKU2cBNLVVB-bjGYy7v5-21ToByyDRSd4LQe6rrU9wVwON2tqYsHLmkATjmKkmxdq6c5nOnvNfGzlu_AWjO6sxeHlxHpBtKDepZmN-VU0Cp2WU5vYD6aIWOTy9eY/s400/TextilesUK-JSmedley-spkr+(post_160710).jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Image: Colourful, high quality knitwear from John Smedley Ltd</span> </em><br /><br />The latest speaker to be added to the programme for the SDC conference taking place this autumn - <strong><a href="http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/">Textiles-UK</a></strong><strong> - </strong>is Andrew Caughey, the managing director of </span><a href="http://www.johnsmedley.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">John Smedley Ltd</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - a company, with roots in the Derbyshire countryside, known for its high quality knitwear and a 225-year heritage.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Andrew joins the keynote speaker, Malcolm Campbell (of Retail & Textiles Co.), along with a whole host of experts: </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />- Peter Ackroyd, Campain for Wool<br />- Peter Duffield, Global Textiles Associates<br />- Bill Macbeth, Textile Centre for Excellence<br />- David Lewis, University of Leeds<br />- Rebecca Sharpe, Australian Wool Innovation.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />The conference chair is Eric Musgrave, director general of the UK Fashion & Textile Association. Within the fantastic programme for this event which is taking place, there will be a strong focus on best practice, sustainability and the many benefits of using wool. The future will also be a main focus with the innovations and potential for wool.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />For the full programme, visit: </span><a href="http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-25794824660359450832010-07-09T07:51:00.000-07:002010-07-09T08:33:57.747-07:00Early bird rates for Textiles-UK: book now!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCY2SZ_vZwQjEKzJ5OYsXdd6UuwqaRA0HXzZgNFRmOQxC0U7umqAbERSZSCOCaOfW6FTg_RwjhuWZipqff24L-8owA9DTrqhI3XYVwcztaMk0wQgFNreF2OWOmePZf0HnF6uwkKBevY30/s1600/TextilesUK+(post_080710).jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 91px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491919327018287234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCY2SZ_vZwQjEKzJ5OYsXdd6UuwqaRA0HXzZgNFRmOQxC0U7umqAbERSZSCOCaOfW6FTg_RwjhuWZipqff24L-8owA9DTrqhI3XYVwcztaMk0wQgFNreF2OWOmePZf0HnF6uwkKBevY30/s400/TextilesUK+(post_080710).jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The SDC is pleased to announce a brand new event this autumn, co-hosted by the SDC, Dyers' Company and Clothworkers' Company: <a href="http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/"><strong>Textiles-UK</strong></a>. This one-day conference will take place in London on 5 October 2010 and will focus on <strong>wool</strong>. This event will look at:</span> <div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">- The vital role of the wool industry in the UK, including the impact on the UK economy</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">- Its technical properties and diversity of uses</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">- The many benefits of using wool including its role in sustainability and as an environmentally friendly fibre</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">- The future - the use of technology, the innovations and the potential for wool.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">This innovative fibre has been featured highly in 2010, being the focus of the HRH Prince Charles' Wool Project (which was launched at the start of this year) and the theme of the SDC's magazine <em>The Colourist</em> in April (to view this issue, click <a href="http://issuu.com/sdc-uk/docs/colourist_01-2010">here</a>). The 'year of wool' will culminate with the SDC's <strong><a href="http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/">Textiles-UK</a></strong>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">An impressive line-up of speakers will talk about the technical innovations of wool and developments facing the wool industry. Full details available on the event website: <a href="http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/">http://www.textiles-uk.org.uk/</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The venue for the event is the outstanding Clothworkers' Hall in the City of London, which - following the full day's conference - will be the backdrop for the grand final of the SDC International Design Competition 2010, for which all the country finalists have been chosen and will be announced in the next blog installment.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;"></span></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-44209206796872551812010-06-25T07:53:00.001-07:002010-08-09T09:09:15.701-07:00World Cup colours<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZuBC8BWc8oUE9jPIHKvtYQPA42BCkxrcp00Yox-ZMOIvMgD_AqtSrVTg0W2PEmKcGO8KPZNQGv3IfdRxrAbdU3zJtyLpFDK9_OK3-R9PMdjKJpDnYUX0drHl-tJw6vy0J-6li9UDowU/s1600/Fig6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 178px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486724869569950930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZuBC8BWc8oUE9jPIHKvtYQPA42BCkxrcp00Yox-ZMOIvMgD_AqtSrVTg0W2PEmKcGO8KPZNQGv3IfdRxrAbdU3zJtyLpFDK9_OK3-R9PMdjKJpDnYUX0drHl-tJw6vy0J-6li9UDowU/s400/Fig6.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">As football mania sweeps the world, it is timely to plug a recent article in our </span><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">online journal</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Have you ever caught yourself wondering during any of the World Cup matches exactly what you concentrate on the most when watching a football game (or any team game for that matter)? Let's say there is a World Cup match on and you aren't too bothered which team wins, do you think the colour of the players' football strips will influence how long you watch a certain team? And will the colour of their shirts have any impact on the end result?<br /><br />These are the sorts of questions that are raised in a recent article in <em>Colour: Design & Creativity</em> (see </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/">http://www.colour-journal.org/</a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> in </span><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2009/4/094contents.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">issue 4</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">) by a team of scientists at Kyoto University of Technology (Japan) working with colleagues at the University of Leeds (UK). Research has shown, that colours used in sportswear and sport goods have been have been found to get more and more saturated over the years. This may be due to commercial reasons, such as the demand from sport sponsors to get the attention of viewers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">But perhaps a more important reason is that players need to easily distinguish themselves from the other team on the field and thus increase their chances of winning the game. If the football strips of both teams are similar in colour, the players will find it difficult to distinguish between their team mates and their opponents. But, if the colour of a uniform has a high contrast colour against the background colour, say red uniform against green grass, the high colour contrast may improve the team's performance.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Interesting stuff! To read more about this study, pelase click here to read the full article online </span><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2009/4/7/index.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. And don't forget that if you wish to know when new content is published in the journal, you will need to sign up (for free) <a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/static/subscriptions.htm">here</a>. Also, did you know that you you can now view the full contents of the journal in a searchable 'at-a-glance'' document? Click </span><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2009/4/7/index.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> to view (PDF).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br />by CMcN</span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-90005327925380725852010-05-28T09:33:00.001-07:002010-05-28T09:55:26.413-07:00Latest issue of The Colourist published<embed style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 425px" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" flashvars="mode=embed&viewMode=presentation&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100528133938-754324b0c9ed4602adfad36d2e72356e&docName=colourist_02_2010&username=sdc-uk&loadingInfoText=The%20Colourist%20(2)%20(2010)&et=1275064751178&er=9"></embed><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">We are pleased to say the new issue of the SDC members' magazine <em>The Colourist</em>. This issue has a 'social responsibility' theme and features the colourful work of textile designer Akihiko Izukura on the front cover. To view the issue, click the image above.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#333333;">by CMcN</span> </p></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 302px; HEIGHT: 17px"><a href="http://issuu.com/search?q=coloration" target="_blank"></a></div><p><br /></p>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-19594747485249724962010-05-14T09:21:00.000-07:002010-05-19T06:46:53.606-07:00Design competition - UK final<img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471818774168004098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESGqpUQHdt_toFULqlCODZHdgcM4BnDxVbwq3Kgw0fbCOjDbsK3L9Dykv9hGlOWEfn9LHLJcLYFTY0Gsbk89hPz8SR6zb27YYY55FspZ_fPM1xGVrdDF8GD4N2ThaadJSJIy-Pgz2WTU/s400/039e.jpg" /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The SDC design competition heat winners (previously announced <a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/uk-final-of-sdc-competition.html">here</a>) from the SDC regions across the length and breadth of Britain - London Region, Midlands Region, N England Region, Scottish Region and W England/S Wales Region - came together for the UK final which took place at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) last week.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;"><strong>-</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#333399;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Judging</strong></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Each of the five finalists had the opportunity, individually, to meet the judges and talk about the inspiration for their designs and, in particular, their focus on colour and social responsibility. The judges included, pictured L-R below: Chris Sargeant, SDC Board trustee for fashion and design; Saloni Sachdev, design expert visiting for the occasion from India; Laura McCafferty, textile artist and designer; and Kathy Dickinson, senior tutor at NTU School of Art & Design. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG16NiDdhhXaykfhZC5_7gd58yFYmlzFjpfD53Ak9hk-pvHR41fuy7APPVNeiN1Z3dMpdgjiqR7vzbNCe_ivukbSv9DpkG5xdfR6j2TVVQ0VA4gF42SrKnhRj7xhg3ZxUfhrvXNxyFED4/s1600/CIMG4885e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 274px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471829941504659506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG16NiDdhhXaykfhZC5_7gd58yFYmlzFjpfD53Ak9hk-pvHR41fuy7APPVNeiN1Z3dMpdgjiqR7vzbNCe_ivukbSv9DpkG5xdfR6j2TVVQ0VA4gF42SrKnhRj7xhg3ZxUfhrvXNxyFED4/s400/CIMG4885e.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><em>Judges talking with Lauren Chiu, London Region finalist (Lauren not pictured)</em></span></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdAWZH0PkRsV4RCXM8a4wEvwqXFwG0io9f5u32wwulGNFmyPEJk82fn5sk77BOis51GqDvrUpepZQLlPe_pMaD04SHWn3nOG1F2uvET07ISRKqP7OL9tdXaJ7GUr1TTuIzIiQCd_H0Ug/s1600/CIMG4866e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 385px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471832167469756242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdAWZH0PkRsV4RCXM8a4wEvwqXFwG0io9f5u32wwulGNFmyPEJk82fn5sk77BOis51GqDvrUpepZQLlPe_pMaD04SHWn3nOG1F2uvET07ISRKqP7OL9tdXaJ7GUr1TTuIzIiQCd_H0Ug/s400/CIMG4866e.jpg" /></a><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">Kelly Taylor, Midlands Region finalist, talking with the judges</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333399;"><strong>Workshop</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As part of their experience in the UK final, each of the students also had chance to take part in a unique dyeing workshop with renowned Japanese textile artist Akihiko Izukura - a highlight for many, particularly as the students were also lucky enough to be invited to a private view of Mr Izukura's <strong>Life in Colours </strong>exhibition at NTU (outlined in <a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/life-in-colours-exhibition.html">this previous blog post</a>).</span></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkT9WKjli7wvnaTOY_4UOgYd_QZCBwj9cVLBzuxMJuYiTIfwiT6Y-Pt4Btz4gUBlWyZ5SrYI7ncCwXHGmCy810RpBSKprSkpyus1xCAYCR3eFju0xT8VyPmjF6A68hVQ12jQBAO1TV3k/s1600/P5071135e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471837901634064514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkT9WKjli7wvnaTOY_4UOgYd_QZCBwj9cVLBzuxMJuYiTIfwiT6Y-Pt4Btz4gUBlWyZ5SrYI7ncCwXHGmCy810RpBSKprSkpyus1xCAYCR3eFju0xT8VyPmjF6A68hVQ12jQBAO1TV3k/s400/P5071135e.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">Mr Izukura in the workshop with Laura Dowey, the N England Region finalist (front left) and Lauren Chiu, London Region finalist (front right)</span></em></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">-</span></em> </span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br /></span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCitJhULzStm5KXDZCRTOMb4oVv0OyF04Nl7IGHcWsi667JCa3Tm2Ewn44XLRLzMq9g07a7J48IWj3xK8qUbCgSsPjEw7-m3_hd-NSD-v1BpqieRrOIvjjkH2shPQnhfNlxl2JceS3g8/s1600/P5071151e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471838592634621954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCitJhULzStm5KXDZCRTOMb4oVv0OyF04Nl7IGHcWsi667JCa3Tm2Ewn44XLRLzMq9g07a7J48IWj3xK8qUbCgSsPjEw7-m3_hd-NSD-v1BpqieRrOIvjjkH2shPQnhfNlxl2JceS3g8/s400/P5071151e.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><em>Sarah Finlay, Scottish Region finalist, in the workshop</em></span> </div></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">During the workshops, the finalists worked with natural extracts from plants and insects to dye silk garments following an ancient traditional practices followed by Mr Izukura that have at the route a zero-waste concept.</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#333399;"><strong>Reception</strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Next the finalists had the opportunity to exhibiting their own work at a reception where SDC members and colour experts had chance to view their designs and talk with the students.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70Ky1e-WTR3Ue5QDzGQ47Kg1Lx5Jh6Vz-YqSLq3l46UjAYuxCrxgquuMCJbc4iNPpXXyJSqdEk8G3XRmhH6GR9uizqYKgGFIZc63tQqz2Ln7TZc5CdeeRv7H8KyTKP6lZ2HQHbw93vQc/s1600/061e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471848317653182418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNf3HkAIoGg6OudBvIC9RBFhN8vtgwDRMz_KSWf8b6oQwipnoXVErAyRN5vlZWgUBp3Ek2ch3x9_OzJQHBw8q5LsUyN6OSs7mbttNEmQhW2XaEEP3xBqPStsjtqtfGiQY59gfPgL39yDY/s400/058e.jpg" /></a>All the finalists at the reception are pictured above, with Chris Sargeant, pictured L-R, and below with their work:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0fhRGS2jVkKhrLAraMULs8y-fSVHfH5c423YaPqeaPaXQYbTyPVjalA7MPFUDs2jfRsv2Srv9ymSm2Pe__uATbPZLzIbB5RV-izohycBmGUAOUqbL5oY-UK7swbp17K4BoE9eIOQpqk/s1600/a-e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 103px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471852490335794978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0fhRGS2jVkKhrLAraMULs8y-fSVHfH5c423YaPqeaPaXQYbTyPVjalA7MPFUDs2jfRsv2Srv9ymSm2Pe__uATbPZLzIbB5RV-izohycBmGUAOUqbL5oY-UK7swbp17K4BoE9eIOQpqk/s400/a-e.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-Kelly Taylor, De Montfort University (Midlands Region)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-Laura Dowey, University of Huddersfield (N England Region)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-Sarah Finlay, Duncan of Jordanstone (Scottish Region)</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-Lauren Chiu, Central St Martins College of Art & Design (London Region)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-Olivia Goss, Plymouth College of Art & Design (W England/S Wales Region)</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">During the reception, each of the finalists were presented with gifts sponsored by NCS and the UK winner was announced as <strong>Kelly Taylor</strong> from De Montfort University. The judges deemed her entry to be the most innovative and creative, outlining a clear understanding of social responsibility and the issues which surround the fashion and textiles industry today. Commented Kelly, who is in her final year studying textile design, 'In my designs, I was influenced by the pattern, texture and colour of worn ancient oriental armour and I combined a variety of fabric weights, textures and techniques to create the collection.' </span><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauwxPm6vbfgfl9ELM4zbsw-_q2ZXqu-NzjCGpxojvTjYocxFflz-y-BHeRr69qOYm0zsVs77mZ8Sdm-A2b2qlck6QuWEf4kHJcu7WdC7rLfaSdQ6kzlagkQf1rqsA_5LqAGOg0exMYPg/s1600/105e.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 403px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471852936805553698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauwxPm6vbfgfl9ELM4zbsw-_q2ZXqu-NzjCGpxojvTjYocxFflz-y-BHeRr69qOYm0zsVs77mZ8Sdm-A2b2qlck6QuWEf4kHJcu7WdC7rLfaSdQ6kzlagkQf1rqsA_5LqAGOg0exMYPg/s400/105e.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"><em>UK final winner Kelly Taylor</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Thanks to all the judges that were involved in the final, and the heats thus far, as well as to all the SDC regional committees for organising the heats, judging and regional prizes. Kelly will now go on to the grand final in London in October, along with all the other country winners from Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Pakistan, Singapore and South Africa. The Hong Kong finalist has already been decided and we'll be announcing all the country winners by the end of June, so watch this space!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;"></span></div></div></div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-22841693372843322622010-05-05T08:41:00.000-07:002010-05-18T01:44:58.722-07:00UK heats of the SDC design competition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaiRKzhcjA_5R4EQhdlky2NQoTTYpnizuJExEMSOgmRt5GX7PFjCGrsYPSdkVy-tAkMhqzFYAXED2O4L9j3KY3V5R95r1gzfId9xheSiLoFXjGdJeOLmY6WcS1NMYevH49wsubjyLMlc/s1600/Comp-blog_050510.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467812655721378002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaiRKzhcjA_5R4EQhdlky2NQoTTYpnizuJExEMSOgmRt5GX7PFjCGrsYPSdkVy-tAkMhqzFYAXED2O4L9j3KY3V5R95r1gzfId9xheSiLoFXjGdJeOLmY6WcS1NMYevH49wsubjyLMlc/s320/Comp-blog_050510.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Image: Entry in the N England heat</em> <em>(design by Saarah Mughal)</em><br /><br />The global heats in the </span><a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/colour-and-social-responsibility.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">SDC International Design Competition 2010</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - open to fashion and textile undergraduate students - are well underway. By the end of this week, the student who will be representing the UK at the grand final in October will be known. And by the end of next month, all the country finalists will be announced!<br /><br />Over the past few months, competition heats have been held over the length and breadth of the UK and we are pleased to announce the regional winners and runners-up here. In regional alphabetical order:<br /><br /><strong>LONDON REGION</strong><br /><em>Winner</em>: Lauren Chiu, Central St Martins College of Art & Design<br /><em>Runner-up#1</em>: Rebecca Alexander, Chelsea College of Art & Design<br /><em>Runner-up#2</em>: Davjot Kaur Bamrah, London Met University<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>MIDLANDS REGION<br /></strong><em>Winner:</em> Kelly Taylor, De Montfort University<br /><em>Runner-up#1</em>: Emily Whitesmith, Loughborough University<br /><em>Runner-up#2</em>: Harriet Foster, Nottingham Trent University<br /><br /><strong>N ENGLAND REGION</strong><br /><em>Winner:</em> Laura Dowey, University of Huddersfield<br /><br /><strong>SCOTTISH REGION</strong><br /><em>Winner:</em> Sarah Finlay, Duncan of Jordanstone<br /><br /><strong>W ENGLAND/S WALES REGION</strong><br /><em>Winner:</em> Olivia Goss, Plymouth College of Art<br /><br />Thanks to all the judges that have been involved thus far, as well as to all the SDC regional committtees for organising the heats, judging and the regional prizes.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j5E9RLk5U8wR9HVEYd5VUj2hyphenhyphenixSg4QqH_gp4MLLjRuTFUhZeBfA_dQGDPrA-IzYQ2DSGS1dP3iObfDin-yvk2I9KloGPOh1X9rhTM8dbUvR1jGpvaYx99Jwm9pEL7h7iVO90Uxayk8/s1600/Comp-blog(Mids)+050510.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 313px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467819019891879906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4j5E9RLk5U8wR9HVEYd5VUj2hyphenhyphenixSg4QqH_gp4MLLjRuTFUhZeBfA_dQGDPrA-IzYQ2DSGS1dP3iObfDin-yvk2I9KloGPOh1X9rhTM8dbUvR1jGpvaYx99Jwm9pEL7h7iVO90Uxayk8/s400/Comp-blog(Mids)+050510.JPG" /></a>Image: Entry in the Midlands heat (design by Emily Whitesmith)</em><br /><br />As blogged last month (see </span><a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/life-in-colours-exhibition.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">), the UK final takes place in Nottingham within the next couple of days. On Thursday, the winners of all the regional heats will meet the judges, they will take part in the unique Akihiko Izukura's dyeing workshop on Friday morning, they will be exhibiting their work in front of SDC members and colour experts, and they will attend a reception where the UK winner will be announced on Friday evening. More news on the UK final, with images of all the finalists' work, soon!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-24840106946120884662010-04-19T12:18:00.001-07:002010-05-16T06:14:19.975-07:00'Life in Colours' exhibition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJVfUUCIhCqBMkinnOG2jszAQdB3jKo8tnCiA0OWCRiEObZIq-9VpzsHbGPMT4R62Gr0ONJs6KHED68_XFK8UHmvn4bLMPcoyVsp0BKmwrszSH9G9bNH-UEY-tJK9wOtqCfg9KVHuzqQ/s1600/blog.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461932114904089634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJVfUUCIhCqBMkinnOG2jszAQdB3jKo8tnCiA0OWCRiEObZIq-9VpzsHbGPMT4R62Gr0ONJs6KHED68_XFK8UHmvn4bLMPcoyVsp0BKmwrszSH9G9bNH-UEY-tJK9wOtqCfg9KVHuzqQ/s400/blog.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Image: textile by Akihiko Izukura</span></em><br /><br />A colourful exhibition by Akihiko Izukura, opens this week at Nottingham Trent University, UK. The practice of this renowned Japanese textile artist, which is always based on 'compassion for life', involves minimal waste during the process of dyeing, spinning and weaving, and 'sun and water circulation', using the natural power of the sun and water to save energy during design. His approach to fabric production includes natural dyeing, weaving, netting, braiding and entwining to create textile objects and fashion garments.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Zero waste concept</span></strong><br />Based on a zero waste concept, Akihiko's work is based on the idea of 'appreciation for the life given to use from nature.' Some might consider this approach to his designs encompasses <strong>social responsibility</strong> at its core, ensuring that sustainable methods are pursued in all aspects of design.<br /><br />Very apt then that Akihiko will be running a workshop for the UK finalists in the </span><a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/colour-and-social-responsibility.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>SDC International Design Competition</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> in Nottingham next month, as the competition has social responsibility as its theme this year (it's all about colour too). A full list of UK finalists will be released soon; watch this space!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Colour conference</span></strong><br /></span>Akihiko is also the keynote speaker at the <strong>SDC COLOUR CONFERENCE</strong>, taking place at NTU on Friday 7 May. Spaces are still available for this exciting event; more details about the conference (and some other colourful events taking place that day too), plus information about booking, click </span><a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/pdf/sdc_celebday10-prog.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (PDF).<br /><br />The <strong>LIFE IN COLOURS</strong> exhibition in NTU's Bonington Gallery opens on 22 April and runs until 14 May; for more information, click </span><a href="http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/news/95206-15/LIFE_in_COLOURS_Japanese_textile_artist_to_share_sustainable_design_practi.aspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (external link).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-34296479114908458522010-03-31T14:32:00.000-07:002010-04-01T05:08:52.518-07:00Can you own a colour?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2STzigcYr3smB3h5XMWbK4Ar7SQUkscnTckIRxqgZOvZMGKpC5WD4s7oKvRx0OGyQi1DfNH6y-beLrnOkqzUfdqtO9s57PugnJW3CIQDrXh0jy1Y0E-x_DjVa-4kj3idYPrgzyp4GZg/s1600/02.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455126821852797122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2STzigcYr3smB3h5XMWbK4Ar7SQUkscnTckIRxqgZOvZMGKpC5WD4s7oKvRx0OGyQi1DfNH6y-beLrnOkqzUfdqtO9s57PugnJW3CIQDrXh0jy1Y0E-x_DjVa-4kj3idYPrgzyp4GZg/s200/02.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The latest article published in the SDC online journal <em><strong>Colour: Design & Creativity</strong></em> (</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/">www.colour-journal</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">.org</a>) looks at colour ownership. This is not the first time such a topic has been looked at in an SDC publication; some years ago, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">an article</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> published in <em>The Colourist</em> (see <a href="http://www.colourclick.org/103229.aspx">here</a>) asked that very question - can you own a colour?<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Any attempt to regulate or claim ownership of particular colours calls into question the nature of colour itself: what exactly is it that is to be regulated or owned? This is certainly an interesting debate and one which the author expands on, putting forward the argument that there are at least seven different kinds of colours. To read the full journal article in <a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2009/4/094contents.htm">issue 4</a> of <em>Colour: Design & Creativity</em>, click </span><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2009/4/6/09406article.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;">here</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#666666;">The author, Paul Green-Armytage (Curtin University of Technology), will also have a contribution in the next issue of the journal (<a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2010/5/105contents.htm">issue 5</a>), which is a special issue in association with AIC. Included will be a number of papers based on presentations given at the <strong>AIC Colour Congress 2009</strong> which took place in Australia last October, with one review article, two galleries and 13 research papers all pre-selected by the guest editor (Nick Harkness) and the special issue committee. This issue will open soon; watch this space for the <a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/static/CDC_full-article-list.pdf">full content listing</a>!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#666666;">If you would like to hear more about this journal in the future, you can email <a href="mailto:editorial@sdc.org.uk">editorial@sdc.org.uk</a> or visit the <a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/static/subscriptions.htm">journal website</a> to subscribe. All content published in <em>Colour: Design & Creativity</em> is currently free to access and subscribers receive regular e-alerts when new content is available online.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span> </span></span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-33744134157049864652010-03-05T08:18:00.000-08:002010-03-05T08:30:30.339-08:00New issue of The Colourist published<p><object style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 425px"><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&viewMode=presentation&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100305160517-4557a6532c0f41308ae052000154fd8d&docName=colourist_01-2010&username=sdc-uk&loadingInfoText=The%20Colourist&et=1267806377353&er=93"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="menu" value="false"><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:300px;height:425px" flashvars="mode=embed&viewMode=presentation&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100305160517-4557a6532c0f41308ae052000154fd8d&docName=colourist_01-2010&username=sdc-uk&loadingInfoText=The%20Colourist&et=1267806377353&er=93"></embed></object></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">We are pleased to say the new issue of the SDC members' magazine <em>The Colourist</em> has now been published and will be mailed out to all SDC members around the world next week. This issue has a 'wool dyeing' theme and features the colourful work of designer <a href="http://www.ellarobinson.com/">Ella Robinson</a> on the front cover!<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#333333;">by CMcN</span><br /></p></span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-81799210337286304242010-02-05T01:30:00.000-08:002010-02-05T02:04:06.038-08:00Planet Textiles - new sustainability event<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKRcKIrS5D5joObTaasFZZ_Wp4vb982BHxGS_yBdHg1s3WQgmReFp-Cs0WDspAf4ihTvbf9WH41H2Q77IIKVFMMHj-UP9UeZN8wAw3P-sAJd2RmioFK4NTPo-XPTs61c-tXhE5d0ZuDA/s1600-h/Planet_Textiles_Logo_RGB.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434696543430657426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKRcKIrS5D5joObTaasFZZ_Wp4vb982BHxGS_yBdHg1s3WQgmReFp-Cs0WDspAf4ihTvbf9WH41H2Q77IIKVFMMHj-UP9UeZN8wAw3P-sAJd2RmioFK4NTPo-XPTs61c-tXhE5d0ZuDA/s320/Planet_Textiles_Logo_RGB.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;"><strong><em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bookings now open!</em></strong></span> </div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">This exciting new event is dedicated to improving the environmental and social impact of the global textile and clothing supply chain - brought to you by the <a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/">SDC</a>, the publisher of <a href="http://www.ecotextile.com/" target="_blank">Ecotextile News</a> and <a href="http://www.messefrankfurt.com/" target="_blank">Messe Frankfurt</a>.</span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Planet Textiles</strong> takes place on 18 March 2010 in Hong Kong and</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> is supported by leading industry organisations and international clothing </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">retailers. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is being launched in Hong Kong alongside the Interstoff Asia Essential fabric exhibition and will be an annual international event on eco-textiles, moving to different locations around the globe in conjunction with Messe Frankfurt exhibitions.</span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The theme of the first event is 'Changing the Culture – Placing Sustainability at the Heart of the Organisation' and</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> it will see representatives from some of the world’s leading clothing and textile companies addressing the very latest issues on sustainability throughout the textiles and clothing supply chain.</span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The full line-up has been announced, with a keynote address from Cara Chacon (director of CSR, Patagonia, USA), who will discuss managing sustainable change in a major retail organisation and across the supply chain. The conference will hear executives from leading global companies, such as Adidas and Lenzing.</span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">There will be Q&A sessions during the day-long event, chaired by John Mowbray (Ecotextile News) and Andrew Filarowski (SDC technical director) and there will also be a parallel 'ask the expert' session, hosted by the main sponsor of this event Huntsman, on the topic of dyeing and finishing.</span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The full programme and information about booking can be found at: <a href="http://www.planet-textiles.com/">http://www.planet-textiles.com/</a></span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div></div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-45683773438843041612010-01-22T10:15:00.001-08:002010-01-28T03:59:25.643-08:00New SDC corporate colours<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7z_TAFTCYCE-RkTemLGWZ0QUdAPxgnhJqYnuAi38Oo28BQOtnxGNF6_hFzHseINjYLG4k3XbvYISsbfpdVOLDsMFAv1vZgeRv68-BFlRApzQugxkWs1UQHcSzmpIIxgkBcWK6arPvq8/s1600-h/colours1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 82px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431754909793664146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7z_TAFTCYCE-RkTemLGWZ0QUdAPxgnhJqYnuAi38Oo28BQOtnxGNF6_hFzHseINjYLG4k3XbvYISsbfpdVOLDsMFAv1vZgeRv68-BFlRApzQugxkWs1UQHcSzmpIIxgkBcWK6arPvq8/s320/colours1.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The SDC has a new visual identity – an identity that is evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, enabling the Society to move forward into the 21st century, whilst honouring its incredible heritage. This last year has seen the SDC positioning itself for the future, with a new vision and a new business plan in place. As part of the business planning process, a Board decision was taken to rebrand. It was felt that a strong, consistent identity which reflects our new vision was fundamental to the delivery of our business plan.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></strong></div></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#993399;">Rationale for the new brand colours<br /></span></strong>The colours in the new SDC logo reflect the organisational values and vision: purple is included to evoke quality, encouraging thoughts of the highest standards; this is mixed with the efficiency, reliability and trustworthiness of blue; and rounded off with warm bright yellow and turquoise to emphasise the young, forward thinking aspects of the new brand. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="color:#993399;">The process involved</span></strong></div><div>A rebranding process was initiated, with the input of colour psychology consultants, Colour Affects, in regards to the colour choice for the new logo, working with designer Harmeet Sembi to bring together ideas that would result in a coherent corporate brand. It was seen as important to maintain the colour mauve/purple within the new corporate colours, with perhaps a slightly stronger hue. The significance of purple to the SDC is linked to Sir William Henry Perkin’s discovery of mauveive, the first synthetic dye. It was Perkin's recognition of the potential of mauve as a dye, coupled with his iron determination to commercialise it, that sparked that launched the modern synthetic chemical industry.</div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="color:#993399;">The full palette</span></strong></div><div>Therefore, in honour of Perkin and the colour he invented, purple remains an ‘SDC colour’, with a specific selection of colours available within the full palette. Every colour in the brand palette has a positive relationship with every other colour (this principle is at the heart of the Colour Affects System of applied colour psychology) and these are outlined in the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">new SDC branding guidelines (PDF file) which is available on the downloads section of the SDC <a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/general/downloads.htm">website</a>. Requests for a print-resolution logo can be sent to </span><a href="mailto:marketing@sdc.org.uk"><span style="font-family:verdana;">marketing@sdc.org.uk</span></a>. </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-80362201350170094232009-12-04T00:46:00.000-08:002009-12-10T03:30:52.030-08:00Competition: colour and social responsibility<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrQhIcDK-s66j16RLzI4rhSlkAKJ6kxUupO0K07T9CzBnBxWwM5o457dsUJiMjLEqNxYEmYNA63u43lFIIS0e7cOxSgcrqNvYs64eQKYN6bEcylKQYCeH5_izEik7CH2Rx10ufG-oWrM/s1600-h/COLOUR.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 176px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411300080691245618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrQhIcDK-s66j16RLzI4rhSlkAKJ6kxUupO0K07T9CzBnBxWwM5o457dsUJiMjLEqNxYEmYNA63u43lFIIS0e7cOxSgcrqNvYs64eQKYN6bEcylKQYCeH5_izEik7CH2Rx10ufG-oWrM/s320/COLOUR.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The <strong><span style="color:#993399;">SDC International Design Competition 2010</span></strong> has been launched. The </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">brief asks for a creative, imaginative and original use of <strong>colour</strong> in fashion or textiles, with a theme of social responsibility, which might see entrants answering questions along the lines of: </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />· What are the opportunities for incorporating elements of social responsibility into design?<br />· What impact does the choice of materials have on all the elements in the supply chain?<br />· How long are clothes expected to last? </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Does quality manufacturing provide for social responsibility?<br />· Natural dyes and fibres vs synthetic dyes and fibres – is it true that ‘natural’ always means better for the environment?<br />· What role does technology have? </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Full details of the brief and the required deliverables are available to download from the <a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/">SDC website</a>, along with information on how to enter/competition rules.</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">The competition is open to fashion or textile undergraduate students in the following countries:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">// Australia // </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">China // </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Hong Kong // </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">India // </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Ireland</span> //<br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">New Zealand // </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Pakistan // </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Singapore // </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">South Africa</span> // <span style="font-family:Verdana;">UK</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Tutors must pre-select three students per college to enter the regional heats. These will generally be held in the 2nd quarter of 2010 and dates will be announced when available. All country finalists will be invited to the grand final in London in October 2010 and will be in for a chance of winning the SDC Colour Design Award 2010, with a prize of £1000 plus the Veronica Bell Trophy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">If you want to find out more, please <a href="mailto:competitions@sdc.org.uk">get in touch</a> without delay!<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Image: cover of Sep/Oct 2009 issue of </em>FRAME<em> magazine which was jam-packed with colour-related items. More information at: <a href="http://www.framemag.com/">www.framemag.com</a><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></em></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-85193873765097365592009-11-03T00:49:00.000-08:002009-12-11T02:40:13.300-08:00Environmental dyeing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyR_RqjPkxzeHKuJXBQAGJHtmTidiWxz3oUzwZ6cc4K11s_r79f3ixJ6kITNMDnUEau4QzZiGaidOLjU6HPFCv_gRdDtHnqk4JK_2ma_DY-z0OYsH0yfKiMJtKp04citIJFrrqxIn7Gc/s1600-h/SDC_pic2(small).jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 314px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399798877681739570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyR_RqjPkxzeHKuJXBQAGJHtmTidiWxz3oUzwZ6cc4K11s_r79f3ixJ6kITNMDnUEau4QzZiGaidOLjU6HPFCv_gRdDtHnqk4JK_2ma_DY-z0OYsH0yfKiMJtKp04citIJFrrqxIn7Gc/s320/SDC_pic2(small).jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Today sees the second part of the two-phase launch of the - first ever - SDC special interest group (SIG) which will have a focus of <strong>environmental dyeing</strong>.</span><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br />It goes without saying that the dyeing and finishing sectors, historically, have been big energy users and often portrayed as using large amounts of energy and water and being a polluter through effluent. However, there is often a public misconception of the current industry, which, increasingly, is seeing the implementation of best practice policies resulting in evermore eco-efficient dyehouses worldwide.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The SDC has a role to play in this area and through the engagement of strategic alliances with respected environment lobby and resource groups based globally, it will further allow for the promotion of best practice. A key objective for the SDC is to promote good ethical and environment working practice within the textile and coloration supply chain and, in this respect, ensures information and practical advice is available to members and the industry as a whole.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />By engaging people with similar goals for the industry and providing one viable </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">and trusted source for information on the topic the SIG will be able to influence the industry and create an environmental and sustainable industry for the future providing confidence for the consumer. It is open to anyone, anywhere in the world with an interest in this topic - which will be made possible by making use of digital technologies (a dedicated <a href="http://thegreendyehouse.wikispaces.com/The+Green+Dyehouse">WikiSpace</a> is now available).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Anyone, interested in joining, please </span><a href="mailto:marketing@sdc.org.uk"><span style="font-family:verdana;">get in touch</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> without delay!</span> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">by CMcN</span></div><div></div></span><div></div><div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-62033598077627049852009-10-02T09:55:00.000-07:002009-12-10T03:32:32.145-08:00Colour: Design & Creativity<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kO2gdSdyT9miqydItyToSWUW2-sVvhOtCzX8n-Rja9Tzjda2RgIEBLGcIYsyg0MWJXsLqSWNNZgisii3SdoZ0Qd35DSgX-4VsX8k9c7cPB77Wxw4CrAONj715hTlV0-AWkVfoAAog78/s1600-h/p.12_publications-img(small).jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388058867077447042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kO2gdSdyT9miqydItyToSWUW2-sVvhOtCzX8n-Rja9Tzjda2RgIEBLGcIYsyg0MWJXsLqSWNNZgisii3SdoZ0Qd35DSgX-4VsX8k9c7cPB77Wxw4CrAONj715hTlV0-AWkVfoAAog78/s200/p.12_publications-img(small).jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">A new article has been published in <strong>Colour: Design & Creativity</strong>, the SDC online journal available at: <a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/">http://www.colour-journal.org/</a>. The study deals with the influence of the background on the colour appearance of images and the perception of these; read it <a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2008/3/10/08210article.htm">here</a>. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Issue 4 of the journal is open for submissions and we are keen to hear from authors of regular research articles or review papers, or any artists/designers wishing to submit work to the gallery section. Please contact us at: <a href="mailto:editorial@sdc.org.uk">editorial@sdc.org.uk</a></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Colour and design</strong> were also a key feature at the seminars held last week at the <strong>100% Design</strong> exhibition in London, which were organised by <a href="http://www.globalcolor.co.uk/seminar.php">Global Color </a><a href="http://www.globalcolor.co.uk/seminar.php">Research/The Mix</a> and featuring experts from a variety of backgrounds inluding GCR and NCS. The GCR stand was very inspiring, with visitors given the opportunity to predict their own colour trends for interiors (shown here).</span> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3x0PxB5O8erWdEW-46o5aVmay69vZmome7HGXLjiogB0bqjDiPqkLmVgmoufU4rsKeA0uxBdpRYYp1dWxbbtXSpDICXwNnAotB6WzcArFb3m5D-5QJ6oflbySGOlDORTAwDs6sj-lCM/s1600-h/DSC_0205_small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388055046867041138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3x0PxB5O8erWdEW-46o5aVmay69vZmome7HGXLjiogB0bqjDiPqkLmVgmoufU4rsKeA0uxBdpRYYp1dWxbbtXSpDICXwNnAotB6WzcArFb3m5D-5QJ6oflbySGOlDORTAwDs6sj-lCM/s320/DSC_0205_small.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div>The NCS stand also was busy, with visitors checking out the new NCS Navigator brand new application system, which was being demonstarted on the stand and is available through the <a href="http://www.ncscolour.com/webbizz/mainPage/main.asp">NCS website</a>.</div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgjHx9z0GLTCvTUrGh_kY7T3AaAJ824bcTB83OA3zcYsLrf8lpj48Q2OvX1dy9RTXmGUHCACPz57fvaWHfzqvUsYwuCWFv1b4IQv40XmE-8MccdP93FIXB4fbGsSnhaHCiWM6V10M-qY/s1600-h/DSC_0218_small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388057982328232418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgjHx9z0GLTCvTUrGh_kY7T3AaAJ824bcTB83OA3zcYsLrf8lpj48Q2OvX1dy9RTXmGUHCACPz57fvaWHfzqvUsYwuCWFv1b4IQv40XmE-8MccdP93FIXB4fbGsSnhaHCiWM6V10M-qY/s320/DSC_0218_small.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFJbnGC64jDCX5clkzapnGDULALGiuAg8uk7CiRYiFIFkYki_6Abno8Kgzzu_wLMTpEOildpJDlYWMlzYNpXw2MLns67n_RbJQpVHCuOam9lYIWxTFknPaNEyL-Niw_AInH4NjijP8lY/s1600-h/nav5.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388058637029928242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFJbnGC64jDCX5clkzapnGDULALGiuAg8uk7CiRYiFIFkYki_6Abno8Kgzzu_wLMTpEOildpJDlYWMlzYNpXw2MLns67n_RbJQpVHCuOam9lYIWxTFknPaNEyL-Niw_AInH4NjijP8lY/s200/nav5.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Lots of other interesting exhibitors too, including textile designer <a href="http://www.sophiehedderwick.co.uk/">Sophie Hedderwick</a>, with her <em>Reglo</em>, recycled chair woven with neon wires pictured here.</div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I3hG1LAhuxebFAUcyJ-am6PARqotKi4ZxINTyzbdWTEA2v0NPeKMqHxxjJMoLx2zskHyiuGsKAd00KSC7e_-1EfNQdM6A3ytr-nYCnG8H1K1oy5CRTkupt70-OdkqlKMJ6ZgIfKLZ8A/s1600-h/sophie.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388059000120420610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I3hG1LAhuxebFAUcyJ-am6PARqotKi4ZxINTyzbdWTEA2v0NPeKMqHxxjJMoLx2zskHyiuGsKAd00KSC7e_-1EfNQdM6A3ytr-nYCnG8H1K1oy5CRTkupt70-OdkqlKMJ6ZgIfKLZ8A/s320/sophie.JPG" /></a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-54309708330153295152009-08-24T12:19:00.000-07:002009-12-10T03:33:24.492-08:00Texprint prize winners 2009<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">A whole host of deserving young designers received recognition as recipients of Texprint First View prizes in July. All the six prize winners are featured on</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.colourclick.org/newsitem.aspx?articleid=130560">ColourClick</a><span style="color:#cccccc;">,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cccccc;"> with a full profile available of the <strong>Colour Prize</strong> winner to follow. Here we are happy to be able share their amazing designs, to delight and inspire!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>COLOUR PRIZE</strong>: Lisa Stannard : : Profile<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBSWS4tRB85wPBcCcyi2NdmhyphenhyphenehUT41edsE8qkef6FGkAKbYPquMdNCLiXAZPZJbg8AMZjKG6aYq3tnb3NSN4ddKguEDujjTP7bc9kS5TCoNTLGVMyohw-7dCF-LdIWQ2RbFhNJCcUuo/s1600-h/LisaStannard.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382545722719949762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBSWS4tRB85wPBcCcyi2NdmhyphenhyphenehUT41edsE8qkef6FGkAKbYPquMdNCLiXAZPZJbg8AMZjKG6aYq3tnb3NSN4ddKguEDujjTP7bc9kS5TCoNTLGVMyohw-7dCF-LdIWQ2RbFhNJCcUuo/s200/LisaStannard.jpg" /></a>Degree: BA Textile Design</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Manchester Metropolitan University School of Art</em></span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">'</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">“People, Places and Things” provide the source for original illustrations which inspire a sophisticated range of digital print designs'</span><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicinX9yn1WPhkG-QD6pNkrBORtqG0RJvUOlUAXcIcbUVAM6DAkaeXOmBBIQpMdRX1FhdQBioS2gxv773frby8KpU4AoN75qO47p4I6XAlh3npMseZCajlfyHJhvXI7fCFWNjdINGizBQA/s1600-h/LisaStannard_2746.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 281px; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382544037703647138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicinX9yn1WPhkG-QD6pNkrBORtqG0RJvUOlUAXcIcbUVAM6DAkaeXOmBBIQpMdRX1FhdQBioS2gxv773frby8KpU4AoN75qO47p4I6XAlh3npMseZCajlfyHJhvXI7fCFWNjdINGizBQA/s320/LisaStannard_2746.jpg" /></a></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>BREAKING NEW GROUND</strong>: Nicola Strathearn</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB__SrjMhcQ9uUhy8GY3jUKGhDLGMIB38LeVNDWThmY7X9Isv2Dqe0VRSPgCmIEVwp6nG4ld5sqoZJ5-lzmL4G5lXm7guxgo9vwlWZDZ7DgCvBaQSeqKAemwVwhpaFv8LdJubZP8FBiTw/s1600-h/NicolaStrathearn_2902.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382546312734984466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB__SrjMhcQ9uUhy8GY3jUKGhDLGMIB38LeVNDWThmY7X9Isv2Dqe0VRSPgCmIEVwp6nG4ld5sqoZJ5-lzmL4G5lXm7guxgo9vwlWZDZ7DgCvBaQSeqKAemwVwhpaFv8LdJubZP8FBiTw/s200/NicolaStrathearn_2902.jpg" /></a>Degree: MA Mixed Media Textiles</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Royal College of Art</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">'Organic growths such as lichen and fungi inspire curious combinations of materials creating innovative and intriguing manipulated fabric designs</span>'</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRFtDRL2IcuxGTwUcgfAWSK0BbG1uBYWJlW-kIFOhEi-AUhy2pYYgqU5ceA7WWCYSDxZIOo0Ip2PFwVGTZAN4pVzIxFUk8DkZEqIUN4BICOlNJg8NM047V2B3mPzXnh7s9DtORWIINco/s1600-h/NicolaStrathearn_2923.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 280px; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382544404818569266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRFtDRL2IcuxGTwUcgfAWSK0BbG1uBYWJlW-kIFOhEi-AUhy2pYYgqU5ceA7WWCYSDxZIOo0Ip2PFwVGTZAN4pVzIxFUk8DkZEqIUN4BICOlNJg8NM047V2B3mPzXnh7s9DtORWIINco/s320/NicolaStrathearn_2923.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>INTERIOR FASHION</strong>: Nancy Taplin</span> </div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxyXLX7aM-FzjAnykGATSVB-s73xavWy_KTILyvJvfEkJTUStYboDT0LlelFC4MiO3LvAMWtNZhvg8PAAMc2-Rnq79yH2vkB2AMB3NTQ6rguCOonTN37SLasZuEWEAvqAdiVjjX0IPmM/s1600-h/NancyTaplin_2963.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382546736248279570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxyXLX7aM-FzjAnykGATSVB-s73xavWy_KTILyvJvfEkJTUStYboDT0LlelFC4MiO3LvAMWtNZhvg8PAAMc2-Rnq79yH2vkB2AMB3NTQ6rguCOonTN37SLasZuEWEAvqAdiVjjX0IPmM/s200/NancyTaplin_2963.jpg" /></a>Degree: BA Fashion and Textiles </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Colchester School of Art & Design</em></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">'Embellished print designs informed by narratives drawn from an eclectic personal collection of cultural and historical emblems'</span> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJmXeM-nZXRcRblZKGzfdjlntB4ny50De2afemo1Wl6Qcgfzi0dYbyvp_oqDCzl7-KitdDY5nJK7uFuoY5DGb1rVBrJS2E0WWYgC0LCwvLNngmfJPnxhbN4ejS93zXj4Hab1Rm5z_lcU/s1600-h/NancyTaplin_3000.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 280px; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382544908988840386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJmXeM-nZXRcRblZKGzfdjlntB4ny50De2afemo1Wl6Qcgfzi0dYbyvp_oqDCzl7-KitdDY5nJK7uFuoY5DGb1rVBrJS2E0WWYgC0LCwvLNngmfJPnxhbN4ejS93zXj4Hab1Rm5z_lcU/s320/NancyTaplin_3000.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>-</strong></span> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>KNIT</strong>: Hollie Maloney</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC9hHwB2mxtIzYnV_IhI-73sl6coTZ170eLQkWVtB4a_8YUa26xFW_qJmMCyNaHlFiXiy5JE209evwRTwCPw4NQj3vlTs714eJ6BhlHlJ7HKsa0vZnKu1SVIotXqjzeR9DK2pIvO5dYQ/s1600-h/HollieMaloney_2185.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382547794597744258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC9hHwB2mxtIzYnV_IhI-73sl6coTZ170eLQkWVtB4a_8YUa26xFW_qJmMCyNaHlFiXiy5JE209evwRTwCPw4NQj3vlTs714eJ6BhlHlJ7HKsa0vZnKu1SVIotXqjzeR9DK2pIvO5dYQ/s200/HollieMaloney_2185.jpg" /></a>Degree: BA Fashion & Textiles</span><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-family:verdana;">University of Brighton</span><br /></em><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">'Knitwear design collection inspired by the eco-architecture and the accidental colour within the photography of structure'</span><br /></div></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhOu_sELIMpREah0s0gAGQaRDLSxTac6Gz6C41mgL5bo8TuUkqlf9e8eSqic4Sxd9QxXV60FBje0etg-LylLpjUSIC18qdQg4XPYJA5nC2mqWEooZKOMAAhA1jINinIfmgdyZKPWFkH4/s1600-h/HollieMaloney_2232.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 280px; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382547959669579106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhOu_sELIMpREah0s0gAGQaRDLSxTac6Gz6C41mgL5bo8TuUkqlf9e8eSqic4Sxd9QxXV60FBje0etg-LylLpjUSIC18qdQg4XPYJA5nC2mqWEooZKOMAAhA1jINinIfmgdyZKPWFkH4/s320/HollieMaloney_2232.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>PRINT PRIZE</strong>: Ruth Davis</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xQ2CJrH_7dx9c-wNa5eshfP8tAQxkS1KlnfwbRxCrk7J8nLE7DQ9g1Y7A-q-I_644NzllF9rex1NsAP_TtKgEMWMZaB3hfr0NFPulUOzMICBuy_vGq2hHGcMdKOa1-AETy6FIzeJ_VU/s1600-h/RuthDavis_3164.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382548497150353234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0xQ2CJrH_7dx9c-wNa5eshfP8tAQxkS1KlnfwbRxCrk7J8nLE7DQ9g1Y7A-q-I_644NzllF9rex1NsAP_TtKgEMWMZaB3hfr0NFPulUOzMICBuy_vGq2hHGcMdKOa1-AETy6FIzeJ_VU/s200/RuthDavis_3164.jpg" /></a>Degree: BA Fashion Design</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>University of Northumbria</em></span> </div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">'“Tin Can Alley” celebrates the quintessentially British charm of Scarborough and its market vaults in a collection of screen-printed designs'</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIr4qAYbTEqcg0RGaaD2-gaQWIJYaW14eLjJ7r63BEa0JKdiKuppQL6yQ_jgbCiyYUdK423tPf6jjnkqte5wCLDblkIND9qj6UgUFEniyvYLMzdpmh5ZtlWzw5-TC9xLUP1jpFwurPo4/s1600-h/RuthDavis_1870w.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 280px; HEIGHT: 196px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382548824226753602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIr4qAYbTEqcg0RGaaD2-gaQWIJYaW14eLjJ7r63BEa0JKdiKuppQL6yQ_jgbCiyYUdK423tPf6jjnkqte5wCLDblkIND9qj6UgUFEniyvYLMzdpmh5ZtlWzw5-TC9xLUP1jpFwurPo4/s320/RuthDavis_1870w.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>WEAVE</strong>: Martha Steadman</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nh2jSQFxaHY0PPPnL0PZa_nTV2-IdEjuXS8Bb_YU2yGUR4b2JFz-YZEaNC8mu2cBkyJ6cWdD-BGiQjmYJMpmq31CxFmk91Orn5n4mCY6H8EnH4Eko_em2W7DQzeELtdLWbsRRzZohXc/s1600-h/MarthaSteadman_2775.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382548653770485938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nh2jSQFxaHY0PPPnL0PZa_nTV2-IdEjuXS8Bb_YU2yGUR4b2JFz-YZEaNC8mu2cBkyJ6cWdD-BGiQjmYJMpmq31CxFmk91Orn5n4mCY6H8EnH4Eko_em2W7DQzeELtdLWbsRRzZohXc/s200/MarthaSteadman_2775.jpg" /></a>Degree: BA Textile Design</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design</em></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">'Traditional associations in the Welsh valleys. Double cloth “carthen” weaving influences a contemporary and personal woven design collection'</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWODkOUEn3-YAzjLFuDE7iMNbxG9RN9IBTig-LidVC7WbHy0pDmcLCjQacFre-NDUJeWxIeNXso-QaDp9kW_0Am2UzYQzt4LrcHOkanDhrS9PZQPh5VRwHzX-gIoldFNgzEhAUhkkptCU/s1600-h/MarthaSteadman_2839.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 280px; HEIGHT: 187px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382549018291843042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWODkOUEn3-YAzjLFuDE7iMNbxG9RN9IBTig-LidVC7WbHy0pDmcLCjQacFre-NDUJeWxIeNXso-QaDp9kW_0Am2UzYQzt4LrcHOkanDhrS9PZQPh5VRwHzX-gIoldFNgzEhAUhkkptCU/s320/MarthaSteadman_2839.jpg" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The SDC is pleased to have supported the First View Exhibition for another year, and pleased also to have had a chance to meet all the 24 students who exhibited in London. Pictured below is the SDC chief executive Susie Hargreaves with the Interior Fashion prize winner Nancy Taplin, who was also the runner up in our very own global design competition this year (read more <a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html">here</a>).</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmzDeyUJbvjVtApoln7C4d4dpUOKbv4pDg3FUMHvWKOcTpl0j2T7fZ7Njv4ls9LFI56_ndDO-k8Y0MnzdMbcPyNcwyy4XE0jtUTwQVWchGV_rJ9woc4ycKXqZMMnUftZpKgSVuWknyqc/s1600-h/Susie+Nancy_TexPrint-pic_small.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382710810079533282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmzDeyUJbvjVtApoln7C4d4dpUOKbv4pDg3FUMHvWKOcTpl0j2T7fZ7Njv4ls9LFI56_ndDO-k8Y0MnzdMbcPyNcwyy4XE0jtUTwQVWchGV_rJ9woc4ycKXqZMMnUftZpKgSVuWknyqc/s320/Susie+Nancy_TexPrint-pic_small.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Good luck to all the prize winners when they exhibit their designs at Indigo (in Paris) in September and at Interstoff Asia (in Hong Kong) in October!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-38169018429487806222009-07-30T05:08:00.001-07:002010-09-08T07:06:45.017-07:00Photos and feedback from the final in Goa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJ0j5onEfxa0h3OplbEip9NU042vdT6y_9H8QxT0rzR002pNqhnoBHYcubYsXIAUDyyuTkpKgltaCDscwHE7tUI67vyp1Rc6OcC0IpK_j8juzJ5O1l8CbKsHTvtu-EPkSO2ASu9r1heI/s1600-h/StudentsOnArrivalInGoa.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378671604266963218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJ0j5onEfxa0h3OplbEip9NU042vdT6y_9H8QxT0rzR002pNqhnoBHYcubYsXIAUDyyuTkpKgltaCDscwHE7tUI67vyp1Rc6OcC0IpK_j8juzJ5O1l8CbKsHTvtu-EPkSO2ASu9r1heI/s320/StudentsOnArrivalInGoa.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br /></span><em><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Finalists on arrival in Goa</span></em><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">-</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The finalists (and organisers) in Goa it seems had a trip of a lifetime. And now here are some more photos and feedback from the whole trip.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">It is hoped that all the finalists felt that they came out of it (in some way) as winners – it was truly a life-changing experience for all these young designers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">With so many shared experiences and discoveries of new cultures, the focus of the competition – colour and sustainability in design – was also at the heart of many a lively discussion between the students. It was not only environmental aspects of sustainability that were considered but also social and economic, and for young designers, who are yet to taste the industrial world, there were some very good ideas put forward, as many industry experts agree.<br /><br />On the first evening, the Indian finalist Bijal Vora (pictured), hosted a Mehendi session (henna tattoos) which was a great way for everyone to get to know each other.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Bijal commented, on being invited to Goa, "When we <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEfpsjIsAqz3dFfA9_Y4k3l_IoNre_FjunSi64mHKodPh_OSmEViOqmiHUOa63843X1omXhJB5Lto1zErVlbW-OZXanPNK4ro7B9QtbMz5UT9W17BYczSAbmWh9QIGNCC5KsXnj6u56Q/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378389199254184834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEfpsjIsAqz3dFfA9_Y4k3l_IoNre_FjunSi64mHKodPh_OSmEViOqmiHUOa63843X1omXhJB5Lto1zErVlbW-OZXanPNK4ro7B9QtbMz5UT9W17BYczSAbmWh9QIGNCC5KsXnj6u56Q/s200/4.jpg" /></a>were invited to Goa, many of my friends and family members told me that go to this beach it's very nice, go to that church it's very ancient and so on... But when I reached the venue and met other students, frankly speaking I didn't wanted to miss any opportunity of interacting with such talented students, teachers and SDC members."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">All the finalists had an Ajrakh workshop (block printing with natural dyes), led by the expert Mr Abdul Razzak Khatri, a 9th generation Ajrakh printer of Kutch Dhamadka and a UNESCO awardee artisan.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3A1A79h_ac46mwxhPllKXQ79wgUmHyHYfIJp0HWLuFshLJOYfis8Dnd3v_8nouBUNAfr2841eh_1b4d_4lWjS7jrC1NCBUy4Sia1iEZ1VLUrrYLA2cUBZM38LOgzeWT_9Sbl5ZBk6gk/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378396854435337266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL3A1A79h_ac46mwxhPllKXQ79wgUmHyHYfIJp0HWLuFshLJOYfis8Dnd3v_8nouBUNAfr2841eh_1b4d_4lWjS7jrC1NCBUy4Sia1iEZ1VLUrrYLA2cUBZM38LOgzeWT_9Sbl5ZBk6gk/s320/9.jpg" /></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This was most certainly one of the highlights for many, with everyone coming away with their own piece of printed fabric. Moipone Qekisi (from South Africa) sums up the experience, "The block printing workshop was the most exciting experience for me, meeting an Indian master craftsman who had passion for his art was very inspiring. In textile history we learned a lot about Indian textiles and block printing in particular. I felt very privileged to have been part of workshop that most students in my university would probably never get a chance to experience." A few of the finalists hard at work here (clockwise from left, Moipone, Nancy Taplin from the UK, Nabil Hasan Khan from Bangladesh and XiYue Zhao from China):</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fbNfTxojKfmJgyvVu4HOmbvb1vc4Nt7-FcWAdD0H2qx12U5bosGho_id4mY8ukNhNge8h1DSy6YwI_fEpstR5l99fh5OEFO0rkq_QkJCuBbyWfKi2YSSRLLuncmsU3je7egNiU0E2a4/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378398669151384386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fbNfTxojKfmJgyvVu4HOmbvb1vc4Nt7-FcWAdD0H2qx12U5bosGho_id4mY8ukNhNge8h1DSy6YwI_fEpstR5l99fh5OEFO0rkq_QkJCuBbyWfKi2YSSRLLuncmsU3je7egNiU0E2a4/s200/13.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIMWjTMCNsuZ3uapLDtD_FitgDFMv5D2hGM531dHPWX6-yLUY6pgJ57kBjwhvni0dgaTWVNtLmHXwHoK4ddBqwKDorXNHcqgDhEADaDSWdd62FzQZjOZmmpAgxp832iOyqF09fJBKI4U/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378398466460352162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIMWjTMCNsuZ3uapLDtD_FitgDFMv5D2hGM531dHPWX6-yLUY6pgJ57kBjwhvni0dgaTWVNtLmHXwHoK4ddBqwKDorXNHcqgDhEADaDSWdd62FzQZjOZmmpAgxp832iOyqF09fJBKI4U/s200/12.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8_Ds-m7c2eqZYzgpBLXZe88NOk8JHGN2DsPU8o0uPaaR_E6BNJfybXBcW54x-YDvMdms4g5tM5IR8pboH5M6pr807s8SAsz6H-9920w0mK-8yxBbbEuZu9hINoDz6awBCwSOqLcaPEs/s1600-h/14.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378399198713494482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8_Ds-m7c2eqZYzgpBLXZe88NOk8JHGN2DsPU8o0uPaaR_E6BNJfybXBcW54x-YDvMdms4g5tM5IR8pboH5M6pr807s8SAsz6H-9920w0mK-8yxBbbEuZu9hINoDz6awBCwSOqLcaPEs/s200/14.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzRAV9q-Bql0OEcd31Q6yyiA7VVG0YY1S0sziculIhBSGYJXaLoJnWO0D_t_zCXxuMVZEVrtbyKWpWLEd3vFd_M5Bde_jkaX7_HH6yEWIsEGB_vFzt_6D7sn0u0skSt2FtNNoiHa35w0/s1600-h/17.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378400551432523922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUzRAV9q-Bql0OEcd31Q6yyiA7VVG0YY1S0sziculIhBSGYJXaLoJnWO0D_t_zCXxuMVZEVrtbyKWpWLEd3vFd_M5Bde_jkaX7_HH6yEWIsEGB_vFzt_6D7sn0u0skSt2FtNNoiHa35w0/s200/17.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Next came the judging and all the finalists had a great respect for each of the judges: Latika Khosla, Sue Williams and Savio Jon. Nadia Khan (the finalist from Pakistan), commented, "The judges input was very insightful and all the finalists' work was extremely inspiring! I learnt so many new things from my time in Goa and I'm so grateful for this wonderful opportunity."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">After the judging, the students were welcomed by the delegates at the conference and had to take to the stage!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nDap1OuFFA0nzzv7S1VhRBBXFqWhbM1D3LTmH8uUoP-OBoTx1SzFyiaD2bW3OVQsXFBL03_XHRxINjBdq-JDl09OvwJGKaV5ueIJQ9YhTGuww94laRC4b5yHUBb-3DgFLUz2X7HEAJE/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378402233705189858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nDap1OuFFA0nzzv7S1VhRBBXFqWhbM1D3LTmH8uUoP-OBoTx1SzFyiaD2bW3OVQsXFBL03_XHRxINjBdq-JDl09OvwJGKaV5ueIJQ9YhTGuww94laRC4b5yHUBb-3DgFLUz2X7HEAJE/s320/12.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The next day, there was a chance for the delegates to view the finalists' work during the exhibition prior to the awards ceremony [below: Erika Neumayer (USA) with her design boards in the exhibition, and XiYue Zhao (China); as well as Nadia Khan (Pakistan) and Angelina Anderson (Australia) discussing their work with delegates].</span><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378640583093627730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrXhyphenhypheng5LPPz7DRoJE99LKKAwMU1KuqMNWOv7udg1kT4MlC1ZepPkrVXrnWEQLWIIczDxL94XQEzCiFGbDwT7XJ31SoCgHWmAljiSqU9wdqqxfl_dOMvUHWkxMqRUAbBvOTlcvVk8paZI/s320/USA-ErikaNeumayer(small).JPG" /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchNflcwoU4ur8oGjdbsAlTzfpvR1ROTgsKWUKLavb122dMfnHO22I7choV2rvKIq0Sgbmc0b09UwAQUdws_0_krOONaeBdaWXYPWfUubQHLq3TA98KXDMn1Q7tjpB1qd5CWpo-y97_jA/s1600-h/China_XiyueZhao(small).JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378641836111967346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchNflcwoU4ur8oGjdbsAlTzfpvR1ROTgsKWUKLavb122dMfnHO22I7choV2rvKIq0Sgbmc0b09UwAQUdws_0_krOONaeBdaWXYPWfUubQHLq3TA98KXDMn1Q7tjpB1qd5CWpo-y97_jA/s320/China_XiyueZhao(small).JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXRFdsTgOS82Gtm68uFTzJccY1-UOte9kh_MAG0-LqbxJUD0k0X0DSxP0kNB4mpgAvjz_p7YKpfXHN9SlsDxqn2MvehgF_1kYRStpAQIiyWWnDdyKkUGuTSAfHsfltsIi6bcbRQtYZKQ/s1600-h/Pakistan-NadiaKhan(small).JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378666708128222338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXRFdsTgOS82Gtm68uFTzJccY1-UOte9kh_MAG0-LqbxJUD0k0X0DSxP0kNB4mpgAvjz_p7YKpfXHN9SlsDxqn2MvehgF_1kYRStpAQIiyWWnDdyKkUGuTSAfHsfltsIi6bcbRQtYZKQ/s320/Pakistan-NadiaKhan(small).JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXimzOEW1YbNIZIAVLBrcgIFiH_fiOy0NdEAWPvA0Vb117B5a7HOCljRfBJSXKq9xNpXlZctB9w4pGqI8m9rhW5Q5V_SPJcWtUX0VZmO2RSJkTyzCPmHxXFwwLSasK4FOlGMZb-BodUU/s1600-h/Australia_AAnderson(small).JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378642299466919378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXimzOEW1YbNIZIAVLBrcgIFiH_fiOy0NdEAWPvA0Vb117B5a7HOCljRfBJSXKq9xNpXlZctB9w4pGqI8m9rhW5Q5V_SPJcWtUX0VZmO2RSJkTyzCPmHxXFwwLSasK4FOlGMZb-BodUU/s320/Australia_AAnderson(small).JPG" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXimzOEW1YbNIZIAVLBrcgIFiH_fiOy0NdEAWPvA0Vb117B5a7HOCljRfBJSXKq9xNpXlZctB9w4pGqI8m9rhW5Q5V_SPJcWtUX0VZmO2RSJkTyzCPmHxXFwwLSasK4FOlGMZb-BodUU/s1600-h/Australia_AAnderson(small).JPG"></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br /></span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">--</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div>And then came time for the presentation </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">of prizes. First there was a presentation to Mr Abdul Razzak Khatri (who received a big cheer from the students!) and then all the finalists received a gift and certificate. Pictured below: Mr Rassak Khatri with Mr Rakesh Sachdev; CS Balajee (India) being presented with his certificate by judge Sue Williams; and all the students, with chair of the judging panel Latika Khosla, before they waited for the annoucement of the winners.</span> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6G55aPuaeytTRzWSF1PFYDC3phsyOE-0n_dlAcv7q4ekhXYaihjNty3HqzKqJipIgmC7-ciJcoN7T-vmAFEChCvqmWxrV4bB28rda5yVwqGwGDz0CnWDyXNsW_5kHQdfn8nb7g9kX9c/s1600-h/Khatri+Sachdev.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378644407478153154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK6G55aPuaeytTRzWSF1PFYDC3phsyOE-0n_dlAcv7q4ekhXYaihjNty3HqzKqJipIgmC7-ciJcoN7T-vmAFEChCvqmWxrV4bB28rda5yVwqGwGDz0CnWDyXNsW_5kHQdfn8nb7g9kX9c/s320/Khatri+Sachdev.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MxPbMnP3U0Hop_WaAOZ6gJVki_45UHpEPITqezrGteha_16QQwlXMojKY627AX5qZZIgY9kzbLNco8SkaXMGRng9ldKOxqZ7Q7v3Xoo7YPHoZpMfqT5PTCp4RHmmrhLmT-8em9IPYTk/s1600-h/CSBalajee_Sue.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378643262228050898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3MxPbMnP3U0Hop_WaAOZ6gJVki_45UHpEPITqezrGteha_16QQwlXMojKY627AX5qZZIgY9kzbLNco8SkaXMGRng9ldKOxqZ7Q7v3Xoo7YPHoZpMfqT5PTCp4RHmmrhLmT-8em9IPYTk/s320/CSBalajee_Sue.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65I7Ues8tnU47OdZ_4MpyQGoFS6JPsiCae4j11o9lntjCNmWa2c7ZEi9p9jpkB5SHQ7_AudQtzOMSdJF1TgbZt11YIvqnTjN6xB7fDvVPYQbMpTeG_oUI19jyrz37OBBfstxM9J0oZV4/s1600-h/21b.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378405609269198514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg65I7Ues8tnU47OdZ_4MpyQGoFS6JPsiCae4j11o9lntjCNmWa2c7ZEi9p9jpkB5SHQ7_AudQtzOMSdJF1TgbZt11YIvqnTjN6xB7fDvVPYQbMpTeG_oUI19jyrz37OBBfstxM9J0oZV4/s320/21b.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#993399;">Winning designs</span></strong><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">As noted in the previous <a href="http://sdc-colourblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/global-winner-announced.html">blog post</a>, the second runner-up was announced Denise Wong (Hong Kong), the first runner-up was Nancy Taplin (UK) and the overall global winner and recipient of the SDC Colour Design Award 2009 was Moipone Qekisi (South Africa). Denise commented on hearing her name called out, "I could not believe what I heard! It is my name. I could not say anything in that moment and I was really happy. Besides the opportunity of enjoying the trip in Goa, the prize is an extra bonus to me."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nancy also comments, "For me the SDC global competition was an amazing opportunity to meet students and professionals from a broad range of countries, and to gain insight into and inspiration from a refreshing and exciting range of cultural outlooks and approaches to textile design and the use of colour. The final in Goa was an unforgettable experience, throughout which, and the competition as a whole, the SDC looked after us amazingly well. I am extremely grateful for the wonderful experiences I have had thanks to the SDC and their sponsors' generous support of emerging designers, and am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to forward my professional development in such a memorable manner."</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here we find out a bit more about the winning designs.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#6666cc;">Denise Wong, Hong Kong Design Institute: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74hJaUAjSzKVMw1uzUolhefs7twC57wd0H1OIp7kxf1by6CznuvCWlCrB2T6H9WVZgq-BIWm08DB4PTfpMbT4YthiNPeAieCeY1q1-rW37SmkLGHOkwrY0quKly9qXTa-eEol70KPyUw/s1600-h/2nd-runnerup_pic4_small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 152px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378668396424395682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74hJaUAjSzKVMw1uzUolhefs7twC57wd0H1OIp7kxf1by6CznuvCWlCrB2T6H9WVZgq-BIWm08DB4PTfpMbT4YthiNPeAieCeY1q1-rW37SmkLGHOkwrY0quKly9qXTa-eEol70KPyUw/s200/2nd-runnerup_pic4_small.JPG" /></a> </span></strong>In the surface pattern design process that the second runner-up Denise opted for in her entry, she created backgrounds using disperse painting and brush painting optionally. The resulting designs had an irregular feel which tied in with the title of her project, ‘Disorder’. Her inspiration came from environmental issues such as pollution and global warming and such natural disasters as tsunamis. Evoking high emotions, her ideas were also focussed on the material world in which people lived and the results of their actions which can lead to chaos and disorder. The colours which were applied in her designs were sophisticated, yet reassuring, natural and contemporary, reflecting organic colours from the earth with nostalgic hues. In her fabric development stage, she applied the patterns by heat transfer print as it is a sustainable printing method that can produce vibrant colours on a variety of surfaces. She chose a 100% silk chiffon fabric to allow a translucent, soft, fluid outcome and a distorted feeling when using the digital printing technique. This technology offers an attractive alternative to traditional design and production methods, with reduced waste and no harmful chemicals released into the air or water this lessening the environmental impact.</span></div><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#6666cc;">Nancy Taplin, Colchester School of Art & Design</span></strong>: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhSgIaNf6NEv19-Aou9qgGWxlDaCkk9HWsZSaR0q84eIyBx_3ZWTYll2zgo_coofQABrNogB9JBo4xXmCSkxXbFfyDEZhKmQ8tdPc_PhdaM9ep0dvl0QRet9z3UxXBXgjGksbuaTNqgI/s1600-h/1st-runnerup_pic4_small.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378668632735556098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhSgIaNf6NEv19-Aou9qgGWxlDaCkk9HWsZSaR0q84eIyBx_3ZWTYll2zgo_coofQABrNogB9JBo4xXmCSkxXbFfyDEZhKmQ8tdPc_PhdaM9ep0dvl0QRet9z3UxXBXgjGksbuaTNqgI/s200/1st-runnerup_pic4_small.jpg" /></a>To create her designs, Nancy marbled water-based inks, isolated areas of each marbled page, and then scanned and manipulated the image to give her final design. Her fabric of choice was bamboo satin – sustainable due to its natural resistance to pests, rapid generation and prolific growth in the face of low levels of hydration – which, research showed, could be coated by the roll in preparation for digital printing. The areas of pattern were scaled and cut in a way that ensured little or no wastage of fabric, based on a system of tessellated fabric panels. The pattern pieces were then digitally printed and could be constructed into garments in which the falls of fabric echoed the prints’ fluidity of shape and colour. Evoking the feel and beauty of antique books and the patternation and vivid colours of butterfly wings, she took as her inspiration the exquisite specimens and library of an obsessive collector. Each of her prints explores the metamorphic qualities of colour; the marbled endpapers of antique books are key visual and methodological touchstones, but her designs are kept current by the unexpected juxtaposition of colour as warm, earthy hues are interwoven with vibrant jewel splashes and streaked fluorescents.</span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#6666cc;">Moipone Qekisi, Nelson Mandella Metropolitan University</span></strong>:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUcSsnVx9Ckn70uDMpeTLLhJqrlNbgbA3aeWzP5X_SxpYQbiDKTMCnyTeX7zn60UsglpM5t8GdTNUFPVh9EZOfF28lNxOimUme2txj0sHv0tk_mG26LBQjGpRXSmQfnN9EXvQc0Gh-Ik/s1600-h/%233Winner_textile-design2_small.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378668870538731474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUcSsnVx9Ckn70uDMpeTLLhJqrlNbgbA3aeWzP5X_SxpYQbiDKTMCnyTeX7zn60UsglpM5t8GdTNUFPVh9EZOfF28lNxOimUme2txj0sHv0tk_mG26LBQjGpRXSmQfnN9EXvQc0Gh-Ik/s200/%233Winner_textile-design2_small.jpg" /></a> The overall winning design by Moipone was inspired by children and their visions of a perfect world; in the midst of all the unrest around us, children still have a way of finding happiness and through their innocence, dreams and playfulness, Moipone’s designs were born. She took as her main inspiration a drawing workshop which she conducted at a children’s home in South Africa, after which she carried out research into the psychology of colour and chose colours that matched with what the children envisioned their perfect world to be like. From the drawings, she was able to capture their imagination and reinterpret some elements into her designs, opting for a large repeat-unit to create a dramatic design for use on interior furnishing fabrics. From a sustainability aspect, she opted for organic cotton as her fabric of choice – grown without the use of synthetic insecticides, herbicides or fertilisers – and took advantage of its natural colour in her designs. The fabric would be hand screen-printed using eco-friendly permaset water-based inks that do not contain ozone-depleting chemicals or any harmful substances.</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">-</span></div><div>Now, just a few words from the winner, who received £1000 as well as the trophy as part of her prize:</div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span></div><div><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsiR7FWo_EIQZaRZqjIjLhMj8TBbw9FaJrfp5_1-xe-vCRLjNzwAdNG_VXBhkHa-7sztkMErF6muHrVD6BsPvUNVNmJ1KfV8msPO2DPwbOEDfQjYZKiJppy_wzFtIIMMBvvAFyC1rpHc/s1600-h/moipone-b.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378417273588280162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsiR7FWo_EIQZaRZqjIjLhMj8TBbw9FaJrfp5_1-xe-vCRLjNzwAdNG_VXBhkHa-7sztkMErF6muHrVD6BsPvUNVNmJ1KfV8msPO2DPwbOEDfQjYZKiJppy_wzFtIIMMBvvAFyC1rpHc/s200/moipone-b.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#993399;">Thoughts about winning</span><span style="font-size:85%;">: "I feel very humbled, blessed and honored to have been chosen as the SDC winner for 2009. Winning comes with a lot of responsibility, I have been entrusted with a large amount of money that I have to use responsibly. My perspective on life has been changed. I have been given an opportunity that most young designers will never experience in their careers and I do not take that lightly. I believe my career has just started."</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993399;">How I will spend my prize money</span>: "I have had a dream for as long as I can remember to start an art centre where underprivileged people will be trained in different arts and craft in order to eradicate poverty by creating job opportunities. It’s a big dream I know, but thank God for the SDC who has given me a head start! As I have said in the beginning, winning came with as lot of responsibility. I have no excuses now; it’s now time for me to start moving. The money will be used to make this dream a reality." </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#993399;">Goa experience</span>: "The trip to India was the first time I have ever been outside South Africa; it was quite an experience I have to say. I was excited to spend time with young people who share the same passion that I have for fashion and textiles. I was very impressed with all the work that was presented by the other students and at the same time I was blown away by the amount of creative thinking that had gone into making each art work, wow! I made friendships with young aspiring designers from around the world; we got along so well one would swear we had known each other for years. This was a trip of a lifetime, I can’t help it but feel blessed, I’m just so grateful."</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div>The inspiring designs of these up and coming textile designers certainly fill us with hope for the future, when incorporating sustainable thinking into design will perhaps become second nature for forthcoming generations of designers. With the introduction of this technical element into the SDC colour design competition – demonstrating to students the interdependence of creative and technical disciplines – it will hopefully inspire anyone working in the field of colour design to be extremely conscious of best practices. The 2010 competition will be launched in September. <a href="mailto:competitions@sdc.org.uk">Email us</a> for details! </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-38890655676564407662009-06-30T08:43:00.001-07:002009-12-10T03:33:53.198-08:00Global winner announced<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGkjY4QWwEgC41xxNI8FyIsACAll8EtFTsK9fJA2tue2ulgvOerPs4ooR3lUtUijdUqVGynwxOQNfUfRuw6xnAB9RkMIfzGdxXqBWNmg-limperjG4HlAb8VZHOOUJrPndXyb14Qcp1A/s1600-h/Winner+trophy1_small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 206px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355327628540808290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGkjY4QWwEgC41xxNI8FyIsACAll8EtFTsK9fJA2tue2ulgvOerPs4ooR3lUtUijdUqVGynwxOQNfUfRuw6xnAB9RkMIfzGdxXqBWNmg-limperjG4HlAb8VZHOOUJrPndXyb14Qcp1A/s320/Winner+trophy1_small.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em>Moipone, the global winner</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">At the grand final in Goa last week, the global winner of the SDC competition was announced as <strong>Moipone Qekisi</strong>, from South Africa. Moipone joined all the finalists on a trip of a lifetime to India, where they met with the judges to discuss their use of colour in their designs, as well as their aspects of sustainable thinking. We are indebted to the judges for their expert input and inspiration that they offered to all the finalists.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Moipone's prize included a cheque for (the equivalent of) £1000, along with the Veronica Bell Trophy, presented on behalf of the family of the late Dr Veronica Bell, a past-president of the SDC, to acknowledge excellence in the field of colour and design. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Other winners included Nancy Taplin from the UK as the first runner up, and Denise Wong from Hong Kong as the second runner up. Moipone, Nancy and Denise all were presented Pantone Colour Viewers as part of their prize. Angelina Anderson (Australia), Nabil Hasan Khan (Bangladesh) and C S Balajee (India) were also commended by the judges.</span><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBqQ02eabyTcerZTyoiwEfYNcVFY_kld9W3FConv8-0D8SvckZRjbOfuDZSNjYNvYTO8g6-dVMzgdFGp6HlX4BIwN-SNI20pPpR6eixr5MuntECxOVHOwyKAB-9AD2Xae4i5ikgiKhaU/s1600-h/Winner,runnersup,president_small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355327467991821410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBqQ02eabyTcerZTyoiwEfYNcVFY_kld9W3FConv8-0D8SvckZRjbOfuDZSNjYNvYTO8g6-dVMzgdFGp6HlX4BIwN-SNI20pPpR6eixr5MuntECxOVHOwyKAB-9AD2Xae4i5ikgiKhaU/s320/Winner,runnersup,president_small.JPG" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><em></em></span><div><em><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">SDC president Mike Bartle with (L-R): Nancy, Moipone and Denise</span></em></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Chair of the judging panel, Latika Khosla, commented, 'The winners were chosen on the basis of how true they were to their original ideas; how closely they integrated the idea of sustainable design into the project; and most importantly the ones that in future would inspire a whole lot of us to be touched by colour design.'<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixN3I2EEIX_EZb1zZfnuDaIB13yXT9GU9z2lR6Tdxikps5ACBWIZoBEfGT5E8tABz26s78pap4a6UK2TlcHoUZz0eLjns7VDE-H_TBv3iDZZhyphenhyphenNkzay7FCLNgTeUy9NwNVxnbZjcwRsqU/s1600-h/Finalists,judges,president_small.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 245px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355308389787577506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixN3I2EEIX_EZb1zZfnuDaIB13yXT9GU9z2lR6Tdxikps5ACBWIZoBEfGT5E8tABz26s78pap4a6UK2TlcHoUZz0eLjns7VDE-H_TBv3iDZZhyphenhyphenNkzay7FCLNgTeUy9NwNVxnbZjcwRsqU/s400/Finalists,judges,president_small.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The judging panel included (pictured in the front row, L-R): Sue Williams, colour consultant and immediate past-president of the SDC; Latika Khosla, design director of a Mumbai-based trend consultancy and Asia Pacific chair of the Color Marketing Group USA; and Savio Jon, a fashion designer based in the state of Goa. Also pictured in the front row is SDC president, Mike Bartle, who announced the winners at the awards dinner. </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The finalists are pictured (L-R): Erika Neumayer (USA), Denise Wong (Hong Kong), C S Balajee (India), Nadia Munir Khan (Pakistan), Nancy Taplin (UK), Angelina Anderson (Australia), Moipone Qekisi (global winner from South Africa), Nabil Hasan Khan (Bangladesh), Bijal Vora (India) and XiYue Zhao (China).<br /><br />It was such a wonderful occasion to have all the finalists present which was made possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. The grand final of the design competition was sponsored by VeriVide and Pantone, and the awards dinner sponsor (where the winners were announced) was sponsored by Clariant. Each of the finalists also received gifts from Pantone Asia and SDC India. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_9nASdLOxnLD5H8zEtFpvVZxkAr4teQgrtKZoKtkua4XJlDEmsRxGV816r6WF0gGReLC_CIWkxSIKRnrdHDSuFNpevP5BHBw2PY4fVWJ6uVCeYruwJ0ugy-2ll3qbf2GtH6ydIJNFbs/s1600-h/Winner+trophy2_small.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 252px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355323165752434674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_9nASdLOxnLD5H8zEtFpvVZxkAr4teQgrtKZoKtkua4XJlDEmsRxGV816r6WF0gGReLC_CIWkxSIKRnrdHDSuFNpevP5BHBw2PY4fVWJ6uVCeYruwJ0ugy-2ll3qbf2GtH6ydIJNFbs/s400/Winner+trophy2_small.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">More photos and feedback about their time in Goa from the finalsts to follow.</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">-</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">by CMcN</span></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-8913833788512708532009-06-12T07:41:00.000-07:002009-12-10T03:34:08.486-08:00Grand final in Goa!<span style="font-family:verdana;">Two weeks today, the winner of the <strong>SDC global design competition 2009</strong> will be announced in India. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">All 10 finalists will travel to Goa, representating their country in the grand final. In line with the rules of the competition, the host country may put forward a finalist from each of its </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">SDC regions, with both Mumbai and Tirupur being represented. Let us introduce the finalists and their work!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">AUSTRALIA</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><strong>Angelina Anderson</strong>, <em>TAFE NSW Sydney Institute</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp32X7ja7GcYh7kzOWaIjZPllsB7OOMoYyCWhleCZSQ1BiWpOk54fZgyCldlcvy93cjcl2xurTVrlTKoo1-cNhJeTcHP3vxE3n8-M3CJ60a9fcBG7Md2F2o9ZwhS7zekjotLACWDrl_Uw/s1600-h/Angelina.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 174px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346534454868419346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp32X7ja7GcYh7kzOWaIjZPllsB7OOMoYyCWhleCZSQ1BiWpOk54fZgyCldlcvy93cjcl2xurTVrlTKoo1-cNhJeTcHP3vxE3n8-M3CJ60a9fcBG7Md2F2o9ZwhS7zekjotLACWDrl_Uw/s320/Angelina.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />BANGLADESH</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Nabil Hasan Khan</strong>, <em>BGMEA Institiute of Fashion and Technology</em></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-lk-m7huC7QHdByhlylUbBVjHu6UJLbXFDKjGRKHfRUivTR_J0bbvUqH-7DK8lkOqte03hzqv6TaRx-xkj3j_a3Ztz5fpfROKUGi99JLBq6tYi5L00AyQcke6GHvwh5jWKkc0dF3Lyk/s1600-h/nabil.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346535930717215106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-lk-m7huC7QHdByhlylUbBVjHu6UJLbXFDKjGRKHfRUivTR_J0bbvUqH-7DK8lkOqte03hzqv6TaRx-xkj3j_a3Ztz5fpfROKUGi99JLBq6tYi5L00AyQcke6GHvwh5jWKkc0dF3Lyk/s320/nabil.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br />CHINA</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>XiYue Zhao</strong>, <em>Jiangnan University </em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC5GMN7Dynz3gxCLxCqMXYWDLDSgLzDIK7rTVD7nuPFgavHmoiV4zlTLelGIGL4l7LQ5KtgZL3ca94n3TU1dP1iAJenTVJroQp4EnWTdhdqBMa4YnX0llD4F1FzuVJKL-F19_Q2W7V6s/s1600-h/xiyue.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 309px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 173px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346537407560744850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC5GMN7Dynz3gxCLxCqMXYWDLDSgLzDIK7rTVD7nuPFgavHmoiV4zlTLelGIGL4l7LQ5KtgZL3ca94n3TU1dP1iAJenTVJroQp4EnWTdhdqBMa4YnX0llD4F1FzuVJKL-F19_Q2W7V6s/s320/xiyue.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />HONG KONG</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Wong Chau-Hung (Denise)</strong>, <em>Hong Kong Design Institute</em></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgGUPYoEBMR-y6r0WyWlvTA71NLC9Zq3sTGy-QP0FBQaPf0T4wFiZSYbCm9SN6OpjjS5zuPJDM5fmPHpUT08iXXEQW0K9KR7sZkEHK_0mP3vhM3C1dCmIc9aK7GNejeeD4HzvrOkGWA0/s1600-h/denise.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 163px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346537728882455922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgGUPYoEBMR-y6r0WyWlvTA71NLC9Zq3sTGy-QP0FBQaPf0T4wFiZSYbCm9SN6OpjjS5zuPJDM5fmPHpUT08iXXEQW0K9KR7sZkEHK_0mP3vhM3C1dCmIc9aK7GNejeeD4HzvrOkGWA0/s320/denise.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /><br />INDIA (Mumbai)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Bijal Vora</strong>, <em>Nirmala Niketan College</em> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanxoSyz5gTdPLCgFkwNsdtqFyY-P_VLJEJdtU3_N4bB07w-JmH8a3vlCrOH-CD9S4f6KbzCXoME1b9LzaC6L73D5uArY2sO6XSH2AWBKOFEwdkAv9vT4zE2RQXCG5XzrbPNm8Or8mwy0/s1600-h/bijal.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346538204380951506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanxoSyz5gTdPLCgFkwNsdtqFyY-P_VLJEJdtU3_N4bB07w-JmH8a3vlCrOH-CD9S4f6KbzCXoME1b9LzaC6L73D5uArY2sO6XSH2AWBKOFEwdkAv9vT4zE2RQXCG5XzrbPNm8Or8mwy0/s320/bijal.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /><br />INDIA (Tirupur)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>C S Balajee</strong>, <em>PSG College of Technology</em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzT2eLHIY-Atof1EKEAdFextSGRaRqZBoUoysBpswEd-GFFc5oG9qdu0H_yiFPGHGKtrsLoO67fvyRw1ajINrdaR-PrULOMLUnGeCSgVU3EYpeRZmTApq1xcDn4x_60NwLK2ZedFW-VU/s1600-h/Balaji.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 178px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346538459269841474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzT2eLHIY-Atof1EKEAdFextSGRaRqZBoUoysBpswEd-GFFc5oG9qdu0H_yiFPGHGKtrsLoO67fvyRw1ajINrdaR-PrULOMLUnGeCSgVU3EYpeRZmTApq1xcDn4x_60NwLK2ZedFW-VU/s320/Balaji.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />PAKISTAN</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Nadia Munir Khan</strong>, <em>Iqra University</em> </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxYb3IXmk1QogSxDBxKkeoenAlUp6up7Iylzf9YGjoyLJi-GjBvdv0fpqSquJ5bSmVvJYxVffn0B_kAkx6g69aQkL2uFBn6BpFZBDZ2Jeg0-DZGM1cp42jzqZ7upLN5JJV5raDiaaOkw/s1600-h/nadia.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 153px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346538946068018466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxYb3IXmk1QogSxDBxKkeoenAlUp6up7Iylzf9YGjoyLJi-GjBvdv0fpqSquJ5bSmVvJYxVffn0B_kAkx6g69aQkL2uFBn6BpFZBDZ2Jeg0-DZGM1cp42jzqZ7upLN5JJV5raDiaaOkw/s320/nadia.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SOUTH AFRICA</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Moipone Qekisi</strong>, <em>Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Technikon<br /></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5L5iG6G6_97dK1Zbi9DXO-WEQVudgUYZ4KQoaJObuGdnAsJi_c_9vtvbtPb0FKXiMdrpg2dhPjm7Tcm4a8u9dOHWSylQwdJzNEqBYOPjAsPm58wQGlCKq8nzOOXHMcCIsvFBiT_sJnMI/s1600-h/Moipone.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346539261920532370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5L5iG6G6_97dK1Zbi9DXO-WEQVudgUYZ4KQoaJObuGdnAsJi_c_9vtvbtPb0FKXiMdrpg2dhPjm7Tcm4a8u9dOHWSylQwdJzNEqBYOPjAsPm58wQGlCKq8nzOOXHMcCIsvFBiT_sJnMI/s320/Moipone.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />UK</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Nancy Taplin</strong>, <em>Colchester School of Art and Design</em> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKbQK9Yt4saNaX_AMHzazZqY1BakYtlwTFZGWkD9e_G6TyOoAGi7-jNh0CqZzFzUJCPhMwl_d-uX5sc5oTfyh4xOKLTxBwYyyendOOL9KCbLGZEH9UMP1A9qWu2QIg6jFbAWzmc4OXPs/s1600-h/nancy.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346539476598108162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDKbQK9Yt4saNaX_AMHzazZqY1BakYtlwTFZGWkD9e_G6TyOoAGi7-jNh0CqZzFzUJCPhMwl_d-uX5sc5oTfyh4xOKLTxBwYyyendOOL9KCbLGZEH9UMP1A9qWu2QIg6jFbAWzmc4OXPs/s320/nancy.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br />USA</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Erika Neumayer</strong>, <em>Dominican University in Chicago</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbanAz_Zj0URpciCpYIfEd_C7P1CyUxd4sz5QUyDXGm2F19BBKwB_IIJZzlvh4kgH1010xTNYBf-CchLxC1kzkULQLE2ygdOk_sQT_vw-J3l0HOtomBpiIhNdTi9oxidaMzCaNLpmiFmM/s1600-h/Erika.jpg"><em><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 161px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346539778348730482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbanAz_Zj0URpciCpYIfEd_C7P1CyUxd4sz5QUyDXGm2F19BBKwB_IIJZzlvh4kgH1010xTNYBf-CchLxC1kzkULQLE2ygdOk_sQT_vw-J3l0HOtomBpiIhNdTi9oxidaMzCaNLpmiFmM/s320/Erika.jpg" /></em></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">For the first time in the history of SDC global design competitions, the brief has called for more than a <strong>creative use of colour</strong>. This year, students from regions around the world were also invited to incorporate <strong>sustainable thinking</strong> into their fashion or textile designs. Encouragingly, the designers of tomorrow took on this challenge with vigour – with evidence that many of the students are indeed clued up in terms of sustainability with some bright, new ideas being proposed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0QDhc1UqQv3DJBoO1jmSb_ApM5C9K4u0572QUKY8lrzsqfRzvboJC6IKppNxQgsFc1E-RNWB_Ie8omx8ifOiwDnA2LCLszWG-MkGXeBYVtORcNR9lkGLlyb6fIRuE3sfau_ScSsJb2Y/s1600-h/VBellTrophy2009.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348975800567525346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0QDhc1UqQv3DJBoO1jmSb_ApM5C9K4u0572QUKY8lrzsqfRzvboJC6IKppNxQgsFc1E-RNWB_Ie8omx8ifOiwDnA2LCLszWG-MkGXeBYVtORcNR9lkGLlyb6fIRuE3sfau_ScSsJb2Y/s200/VBellTrophy2009.jpg" /></a>On 25 June, each of the finalists will have the opportunity to meet with the panel of judges and have a chance to convince them that their approach to colour and sustainability is worthy of the accolade, the SDC Colour Design Award 2009. The global winner will be announced at the awards dinner on 26 June and will receive £1000 and the Veronica Bell Trophy (pictured).<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-26133359048191364302009-04-30T03:04:00.000-07:002009-12-10T03:35:17.656-08:00SDC global design competition: UK final<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4GueNikVr1sJVJfxTW_wg7gx96Na7LM6-iqMcEwxXhC1Ba9OjaWBwEGqbg5VOUb6H-iM0z8gYTPx3v6gJrTl61Vz_x8yYn0tQiAx_BcgDMSrYoCm29bQB7QqdyUJCl7_M0GrEZAfl48/s1600-h/UK-finalists+judges.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330428911173066722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4GueNikVr1sJVJfxTW_wg7gx96Na7LM6-iqMcEwxXhC1Ba9OjaWBwEGqbg5VOUb6H-iM0z8gYTPx3v6gJrTl61Vz_x8yYn0tQiAx_BcgDMSrYoCm29bQB7QqdyUJCl7_M0GrEZAfl48/s320/UK-finalists+judges.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><br />Nancy Taplin</strong>, of Colchester School of Art (pictured back row, third from left), was one of six finalists to beat over 80 students from around the country to make it through to the UK final of our global design competition last Friday in Bradford. At the awards dinner on Friday night, she was announced as the UK country winner.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Earlier in the day, the six </span><a href="http://www.colourclick.org/newsitem.aspx?articleid=128661"><span style="font-family:verdana;">UK finalists</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> met with the judges to discuss colour and sustainability in their designs (as per the </span><a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/pdf/designcomp09_brief.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;">brief</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">). </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Impressed by the level of the entries, the judges (L-R pictured in front row) – Natasha Kerr (<a href="http://www.natashakerr.co.uk/">textile designer</a>), Malcolm Campbell (chair) (<a href="http://www.hollandandsherry.co.uk/" target="_blank">Holland & Sherry</a>) and Allanna McAspurn (<a href="http://www.made-by.org/" target="_blank">Made-By</a>) – had a tough time choosing a UK winner.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Of the winner's work, they commented, 'Nancy used digital printing for her fabrics, with patterns that were designed, scaled and cut in a way that ensured little or no wastage of fabric.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Each of the students' entries who made it through to the UK final are profiled here, some of which will now also have a chance to be showcased at Graduate Fashion Week in collaboration with <a href="http://fashioninganethicalindustry.org/home/">Fashioning an Ethical Industry</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">LONDON: Nancy Taplin, Colchester School of Art</span> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NLmX8sThtgKA3fXA_CCtDkq9VnmWrWNSjCiS6QRFh9iAE7LBMjqKtb-b_pjyxrcYveyQ1JIaWQS8v2lD5uu9wu78J5wsNVXpDIgXRloNU5A25zcXOcZkf_v45xw2ctic2tHTsVZ2iLI/s1600-h/Nancy(Lond)2ii.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330432803428866466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NLmX8sThtgKA3fXA_CCtDkq9VnmWrWNSjCiS6QRFh9iAE7LBMjqKtb-b_pjyxrcYveyQ1JIaWQS8v2lD5uu9wu78J5wsNVXpDIgXRloNU5A25zcXOcZkf_v45xw2ctic2tHTsVZ2iLI/s200/Nancy(Lond)2ii.JPG" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="color:#000000;"><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">MIDLANDS: Samantha Metcalf, Loughborough University</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#ffffff;">- </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02Cc91VjWcOaKde7xWPH1VxLCx9QohoLtgpQIoNoV0feKH_4I8vGd1OkJFXFijRMjGL9zfuIFqndgl7RIXajt8GLFe9J2SFo0QrSEzWW6vaxzf8-DsZv043U8KLb0kg3G6hmFIu1xZBg/s1600-h/Sam(Mids)2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330432722794656530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02Cc91VjWcOaKde7xWPH1VxLCx9QohoLtgpQIoNoV0feKH_4I8vGd1OkJFXFijRMjGL9zfuIFqndgl7RIXajt8GLFe9J2SFo0QrSEzWW6vaxzf8-DsZv043U8KLb0kg3G6hmFIu1xZBg/s200/Sam(Mids)2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">N ENGLAND: Judith Nunn, University of Huddersfield</span></div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAD3aXZdMcgRDkXQB8GVJ4AD5Hdf8s7H8xzkJvdaeO6KKC1eXU5YxmCzqzMHXkSxBaZnRPl9H0lbIuP0uzrK-2jDRqayCUgoZ5HDUPORL1dNUIL98e9Kk0y5hjk0bFZr8vjdkQB9Ns4CM/s1600-h/Judith(NOE).JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 140px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330432419138745570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbneL9vWrAu-5q3cPGCeMJbs8aFte9St35Sxn3Ss2-RG7MVZbcOqYccPVz7O_BpY0tWEfynPa92xHz6NTKlapnX_DodZXHleMjErUCIQnRtbCl-u9F5WETX7UwfwDyE7lrs9iQUmt17po/s200/Alice(Scot).JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">W ENGLAND,S WALES:Harriet Curtis,Winchester School of <span style="color:#ffffff;">Art</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">- </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9evYF-U8mHSX40YVn5rvrihbtBz_B5ph1dzroiPzEvkTCerhg-Wug3QcWEkxbrCfEnmjCOkC6stcuj5UyRa7ixyH4S6SwvNrlfFtj79RC9VKsFgZVKSeV0e7OzLnDCSeyylTkkEtJPdo/s1600-h/Harriet(WESW).JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330432296884109122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9evYF-U8mHSX40YVn5rvrihbtBz_B5ph1dzroiPzEvkTCerhg-Wug3QcWEkxbrCfEnmjCOkC6stcuj5UyRa7ixyH4S6SwvNrlfFtj79RC9VKsFgZVKSeV0e7OzLnDCSeyylTkkEtJPdo/s200/Harriet(WESW).JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ffffff;">-</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">All the finalists were present at the awards dinner, where they were presented with a gift from the <a href="http://www.ncscolour.co.uk/">NCS Colour Centre</a> by the SDC president (pictured below).</span> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-<br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhoe4oaejoP2cLxAJWPCf5jmhRHDlxgLXbhjSYXQ_hzgTO7y3XczTuOUeplRoDyIjH5PkJGFp-usxJb3IYlQ-JftXAcRsI4Gr9ZRTJv-CnRr4Z3wJQa6zGYx2mnEdd406qJZJDTwg5tc/s1600-h/DSC_1254_small.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 153px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330433881387117794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhoe4oaejoP2cLxAJWPCf5jmhRHDlxgLXbhjSYXQ_hzgTO7y3XczTuOUeplRoDyIjH5PkJGFp-usxJb3IYlQ-JftXAcRsI4Gr9ZRTJv-CnRr4Z3wJQa6zGYx2mnEdd406qJZJDTwg5tc/s320/DSC_1254_small.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nancy will now go forward, along with the other country finalists, to the grand final in India at the end of June where the winner will be announced on 26 June in Goa (which coincides with the SDC </span><a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/pressreleases/releases/090205_1.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:verdana;">conference</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, with the theme of sustainability). The details of the 10 country finalists will be announced soon.</span> </div><div><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">by CMcN</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-69006373814139228942009-04-17T09:32:00.000-07:002009-04-20T03:04:34.782-07:00Music and colour as compositions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgum_J5s0MX9R_-a3FeZ-RrKcOShvsVYM_bSqNs4e39HcXpUM1qkWN7vIjEAUJF22jrS_rhTj6sc9x5GS7BYvREcH0SSYYgDLtDRqyLolTlgE-OfP9T1yeylzK1XxfrSTyKT99rMaTB_0k/s1600-h/Laycock.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325700012721024194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgum_J5s0MX9R_-a3FeZ-RrKcOShvsVYM_bSqNs4e39HcXpUM1qkWN7vIjEAUJF22jrS_rhTj6sc9x5GS7BYvREcH0SSYYgDLtDRqyLolTlgE-OfP9T1yeylzK1XxfrSTyKT99rMaTB_0k/s200/Laycock.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image (c) Kevin Laycock</span><br /><br />Since the time of Aristotle – who famously ascribed colours to the individual notes of the music scale – artists, writers and musicians have explored the relationship between music and visual perception. One such artist is Kevin Laycock, a lecturer at the School of Design at the University of Leeds, who in his previous work engaged a rigorous approach to colour theory (see his gallery in issue 1 of the SDC online journal <em>Colour: Design & Creativity</em> </span></span><a href="http://www.colour-journal.org/2007/1/10/index.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc66cc;">here</span></a><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">).<br /><br />In his new artworks, he has produced a show that aligns the theory of music with the colour scale. The exhibition entitled entitled ‘Collision’ features abstract paintings and digital projections, produced with the composer Michael Berkeley. Kevin’s visuals will form a digital wallpaper based on the formal elements of composition found in the accompanying musical scores before the composer replies in turn with four electronic responses – his first serious compositions for electronic and electro-acoustic instruments.</span></span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Michael Berkeley explains, ‘Kevin painted several oils but also decided to create computer-generated patterns to rhythmic and individual lines in several of my pieces. The work, which lasts 45 minutes, can be played with live musicians or recorded sound but, either way, the pieces are linked and surrounded by new electronic sounds created by me in response, as it were, to Kevin’s response to the original pieces.’<br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The live premiere of Collision takes place on Sunday 26 April as part of </span><a title="blocked::http://www.fuseleeds.com/index.asp?page=" href="http://www.fuseleeds.com/index.asp?page=events_details&e=%7B4296FCBB%2D3221%2D4895%2D852F%2DC5A3CF5089D8%7D" e="{4296FCBB-3221-4895-852F-C5A3CF5089D8}"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Fuse Leeds</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. The exhibition then continues at </span><a title="blocked::http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk/" href="http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gallery Oldham</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, Oldham, until 27 June 2009.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">by CMcN</span>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-77054879600883224352009-02-06T03:56:00.000-08:002009-04-20T07:16:33.525-07:00SDC global design competition 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2RRfk9qJkFJtuDz9xM3QjaZCtZQcRNehyfV1tm77hR_BOgAAOtvf2SDKHwJCuhHUBgZ-7lDrooHE_d2lL3ZH0cK__CRi7sq0wkaovy7BUTo9WvWTtMiwg3htDUKkVaO2fC711FrKZFE/s1600-h/%237+USA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299652798658446818" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC2RRfk9qJkFJtuDz9xM3QjaZCtZQcRNehyfV1tm77hR_BOgAAOtvf2SDKHwJCuhHUBgZ-7lDrooHE_d2lL3ZH0cK__CRi7sq0wkaovy7BUTo9WvWTtMiwg3htDUKkVaO2fC711FrKZFE/s320/%237+USA.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div></div><span style="color:#000000;">-</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc66cc;"><strong>Colourful designs - but are they sustainable?</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">-</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The SDC is once again calling undergraduate talent in fashion and textile design around the world to enter for the <strong>SDC Colour Design Award 2009</strong>. With regional heats to be held in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, South Africa, UK and USA, this global competition will see each country finalist taking part in the grand final judging. A final shortlist of three students will then be invited to Goa, India for the announcement of the global winner on 26 June 2009.</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;">-</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The competition brief calls for the creative, imaginative and original <strong>use of colour</strong> in either fashion or textiles. A new aspect for this year’s competition is the requirement to incorporate <strong>sustainable thinking</strong> into the designs. The issue of sustainability, while not new, still requires investigation and development particularly in regards to the textile industry, and so it is hoped that by incorporating this element into the design competition, participants will be able to contribute both to their own learning and to the wider global debate taking place.</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;">-</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Although sustainability is a new aspect for this year's competition, it is clear it is something that students are already considering; in fact, a 2008 competition finalist Casey Bianco from Virginia Commonwealth University, USA (you can see Casey and her designs pictured in this post) had this to say on the matter:</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">-</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiCNEJmzczwBjevI_ItHNXiYNm8TnCqd_S5ZEv4W0Sw0dg8g510nZsUPXp4OEoZ4VslkCP75hfbwRXAb4fG-S71r1ZGQuCTOQOTHXerP60Gga7lYJt5hyphenhyphenMacB-8-zACFuKWU7_VcLTYc/s1600-h/casey_small2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299664089741502034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiCNEJmzczwBjevI_ItHNXiYNm8TnCqd_S5ZEv4W0Sw0dg8g510nZsUPXp4OEoZ4VslkCP75hfbwRXAb4fG-S71r1ZGQuCTOQOTHXerP60Gga7lYJt5hyphenhyphenMacB-8-zACFuKWU7_VcLTYc/s200/casey_small2.jpg" border="0" /></a>"In order to make the fabrics in my designs eco-friendly, I use nano-technology to print on cotton fabrics. With sustainability, conservation of water is extremely important. In printing and dyeing textiles, water is essential, and lots of it. I find this nano-printing technique extremely valuable because it does not require water for rinsing. It is a pigment-based process that works on a nano-partical level. These colorants, developed by Yuhan-Kimberly, do not require the fabrics to have any special coating or treatment to prepare them for printing. It uses a dry heat curing process. Because it works on the nano level, it produces a very thin coating of colour on the surface of the fabric, which does not dramatically change the hand of the fabric; the fabric stays soft. As current research has discovered, this process has best results with cotton and cotton rich blend fabrics."</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">-</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Entries for the 2009 competition are already being considered for the heat in the USA, with the finalist being the winner of the product design category in the AATCC’s design competition. Entries are now being prepared for submission in all SDC regionals and affiliates worldwide. Details of the various regional judging events include:<br /><span style="color:#000000;">-</span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pakistan: 14 March in Lahore and Karachi<br />India: 28 March in Mumbai<br />South Africa: 20 March in Durban<br />Australia: 7 April in Melbourne<br />Hong Kong: 24 April in Kowloon<br />China: by 30 April in Beijing<br />Bangladesh: tbc<br />Sri Lanka: tbc</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />UK Midlands Region: 4 March in Loughborough</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">UK London Region: 10 March in London<br />UK Northern Ireland Region: 7 March in Belfast<br />UK North of England Region: 12 March in Bradford<br />UK Scottish Region: tbc, in Edinburgh<br />UK West of England and South Wales Region: tbc, in Tiverton</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">UK final: 24 April in Bradford</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">-</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The global winner will receive the SDC Colour Design Award, with a cash prize of £1000, plus a trophy and a prize for the winning college. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">For more details, and to download all the relevant documents, visit: <a href="http://www.sdc.org.uk/members/competitions.htm">www.sdc.org.uk/members/competitions.htm</a> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">*Deadline for submission of entry forms - end of February 2009*</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#000000;">-</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">by CMcN</span></div></div>SDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12248612577713307281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893187292741785490.post-14194893425078812602009-01-13T05:22:00.000-08:002009-01-13T09:05:26.233-08:00Playlist<span style="font-family:verdana;">The final 'Top 10' spectrum of songs that was played today amongst lots of colour chatter was as follows:</span><br /><br /><ol><li>red - 99 red balloons, by Nena</li><li>orange - Frozen orange juice, by Peter Starstedt</li><li>yellow - Yellow Submarine, by The Beatles</li><li>green - Green Door, by Shakin' Stevens</li><li>blue - Mr Blue Sky, by ELO</li><li>purple - Start wearing purple, by Gogol Bordello</li><li>black - Supermassive black hole, by Muse</li><li>white - White wedding, by Billy Idol</li><li>brown - Brown-eyed girl, by Van Morrison</li><li>gold - Good as gold (stupid as mud), by Beautiful South </li></ol><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">If you missed the show, you can catch the repeat at 9am tomorrow or 12 noon on Sat 17 Jan at: </span><a href="http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">www.bcbradio.co.uk</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">by AnikE</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com