Tate in Ten

A one day trip to London.. quick, slow quick, quick-quick-quick!..

primarily to see one of our own CCAD students exhibiting at Texprint at Chelsea College of Art, and also to attend a number of seminars with speakers including some eminent people from Pantone (ooo) and WGSN...

However, what I would like to highlight here is how much inspiration you can get from a mere 10 minutes by looking at 'wow standard' stuff!

Who is this? Argh.

Having a tiny amount of spare time at the end of the day, just before running(!) for our train back 'up North' we popped into Tate Britain for a quick look (by the way Mick Hucknall was in there too)...and after a perusal in the shop legged it to one of the free entry galleries...

Apart from the quality of the photography (understandable in the circumstances), I'm sure that you'll get the 'ooooo' and 'I need to paint' factors too..

 

Richard Hamilton

Student's design sheet from around the '50's 

Student's design sheet from around the '50's 

Student's design sheet from around the '50's 

London Trip No.2

My second trip to London within the month, was purely for leisure... well I say 'leisure', it did include a LOT of walking and if you know me well you'll know I don't walk. Though this did mean I got to spot a lot of great street art (and vintage shops)... However, the major highlight of this very lovely weekend was the Kurt Schwitters exhibition at Tate Britain, where I got in for the concession price (£1.00 off!)for being a teacher... now there's a perk! This exhibition made me want to give up everything else and become purely a 'collage-ist' ... and I might, I really might. I have been thinking lately, today in particular, what's it all for? What IS IT all for????
Never mind, tomorrow I might feel I know the answer.

love these colours and marks

...nice ;-)

I ADORE this red cross

on a stairwell

beautiful detail on a mans 

shirt front, I wanted it

brick lane on Sunday

and... a Schwitters

Oh, I can thoroughly recommend the Holiday Inn, Nr Great Portland Street tube station... a central, easy spot and so amazingly  comfy beds with smooth crisp white sheets... its one of the secret regents park hotels on last minute dot com.

London...

All about my short but sweet WORK trip last week... on 24 hour duty (32 students and a Julie) ~ but of a cultural and creative nature, tour guide extraordinaire (mmm)...

Tuesday = The V&A and a quick half hour running around the Natural History Museum

Wednesday = Liberty's, Islington, Covent Garden and the Seven Dials, researching the independent, vintage shops and looking at designer maker products, packaging and branding; not shopping (honest)

 
Thursday morning = Spitalfields Antiques & Bric-a-Brac market, researching for Interiors project.

Looking forward to going back for New Designers at the end of June and a little lovely Brick Lane weekend slipped in between...