The past 2 weeks have not been about doing but, about thinking about doing.
For a number of reasons, I had been on an a adrenaline hit and keeping busy.This is a mechanism for me when real life gets hard.
Real life has been getting easier and there have been a number of creative events to keep me occupied in a less frantic way.
These unconnected events carried the topic of Innovation.
1.)CREATE/INNOVATE/SUSTAIN - Uni of Ulster (Symposium)Frances Courner (London College of Fashion) and
I was invited to this because of my focus on Sustainble Clothing design and that is what was spoken about. As I have researched this subject , the content was not ground breaking.
She spoke of the role of education in transforming the Fashion Industry from within, of the power of the fashion industry and the increase of consumption.
The facts used to illustrate the problems have clicked in with the development I have had for T-shirt communications.
The conclusion was that there needs to be new means of production and a new approach to consumers to help them re-value clothes.
Stephen Moore - AV Browne
This was a brilliant presentation on the advertising company.
It tackled the problem of “bringing people along with you.” and helped structure where I am with the Unicyle project.
2.)CREATING INNOVATION - Blick Studios(Workshop)
This was a workshop to introduce methods in idea creation. It was all about the Sharpies and Post-its.
A good skill and method to carry forward.
3.)FROM EXPERIENCE- creating objects,interests and interactions(Symposium)
This was a 3 day event with a Symposium on the second day.
The speakers at the symposium where of interest, but I found it very hard to follow the artists presentation. The talks delivered by Educators where more informative and I was able to take knowledge from them.