lauren Barfoot

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MY BLOG HAS MOVED........

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Product Design @ the RCA'11

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Product Design @ the RCA'11

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http://www.bengtfashion.com/bengt/whats-new/

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PhotoGraphy from ShiKai Tseng on Vimeo.

SHIKAI TSENG

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SHIKAI TSENG

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Yesterday i had the opportunity to work with Save the children on the Born to walk tall campaign. This collaborated with the announcement of the British Fashion Awards. I was stewarding the nominated designers on the mile walk from Downing street to Somerset House down past the thames. Samantha Cameron was leading the group wearing a save the children Tshirt. Christopher Raeburn and Erdem were my favourite designers at the event. which was followed by drinks in the Somerset House tent with press.

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My sisters hard work at Gundry and Ducker! featured on Deveen.com
http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/19/draughtsmans-arms-by-gundry-ducker/

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THIS IS NOT CHARITY, THIS IS WORK

A new collection of Vivienne Westwood bags are now available online. Handmade in Nairobi, Kenya, the new collection has been produced in collaboration with The Ethical Fashion Programme. Using recycled materials from roadside advertisement banners and safari tents, each of the three designs have been hand crafted by marginalised communities of women such as single mothers, widows, HIV/AIDS victims and those living in extreme poverty.

I found this blog featuring details of Westwood's trip to Kenya- read more about this 'ethical' collection here http://www.activeresistance.co.uk/ar/?p=923

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UUrban space- PATTERN

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I have recently been working on a Collection of Rug samples! my research led me to Gillian Ayres' s beautiful and expressive pieces, see http://christopherfarr.com/

My rug samples should be finished by sept/oct- looking forward to seeing the results!

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Patterns from car parts- Jaguar E Type

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I am getting sooo excited about starting a new collection of prints- Everything is inspiring me! A trip to brighton last week gave me a few ideas for print motifs.

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Please Follow me on Twitter!

http://twitter.com/#!/laurenbarfoot

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Progression of work throughout the RCA shows; first images SHOW RCA -Final MA collection, Image 3 and 4 'Work in progress Jan 2011', experimenting with Engineered placement prints and Juxtaspostion of geometrics. Final image - WIP 2010 commercial floral print all heat transferred peices.

2011-06-29T21:43:00.003+01:00

The CANTEEN, a fabulous british resturant on Baker Street. I went with my sister who is currently working to design restaurant fittings-we noticed that the layout/tables have been designed to make you feel as if youre sat in an old railway carriage. Great colour pallete and fresh modern furniture to contemporize the original concept. Amazing food too.

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Royal College First year 'Archive' print- Horizontal repeat showing a sense of movement through placement prints. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp and Muybridge.

2011-05-16T23:28:00.002+01:00

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/15/susan-collier-obituary

I grew up with these fabrics everywhere in our house. Collier Campbell big inspiration for my work. fresh and Vibrant colours, geometrics, Matisse style brushstrokes. Half drop repeat composition. Just amazing design!

2011-05-10T10:40:00.001+01:00

Sneaky pic of one of my new prints.. come to the RCA show to see more!

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Erik Madigan photography for Mary Katrantzou

http://www.maisondesprit.com/archives.php?id=mary_katrantzou

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As there has been so much in the news about wedding dresses (in particular the Royal McQueen one) i thought i would add a couple of images of my parents wedding day. My mum made her bright turquoise shot silk dress with vibrant pink embroidered ruffles which looked so unique and beautiful. Dad wore a complementary pink tie. Bold design runs in the family you see!

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CARVEN - Big fan of their ss11 collection especially this colourful/ negative print!

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2011-04-08T19:25:00.000+01:00

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My dye recipes and colour palette for the latest collection.

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Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery- 'Private Paradise' wallpaper exhibition.

19th February till summer 2011

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These illustrations are the work of production designer Eve Stewart, 50, who is nominated for an Academy Award for The King's Speech.

'Before I start I always do a lot of research,' she says. 'I am a stickler for authenticity. I'll watch old newsreels, I'll go to the Victoria and Albert Museum, that sort of thing. Then I'll do sketches that we can work from, a design of how we want the room to look.

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...YiNka ShoNibaRe... DiSaBLed, bUt aT tHe ForEfrOnt oF tHe AfRiCaN ReNaisSanCe...

"Different cultures want to group together, they want to stick to their own culture, but what I do is create a kind of mongrel. In reality most people’s cultures have evolved out of this mongrelization, but people don’t acknowledge that. British culture in reality is very mixed."

2011-01-30T11:07:00.002Z

Last week I attended the Private view for the Showstudio shop called 'To Bed'..

http://shop.showstudio.com/exhibition.php?exhibition_id=7

The Beautiful exhibition included photography by Nick Knight, Corinne Day and Andy Warhol in a small bright gallery off Bruton street in Mayfair.

2011-01-22T17:16:00.002Z

Fauvism Colour Inspiration.

Roaul Dufy is my favourite all time painters for print and colour use.

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Zeigfeld Costume Designs

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Prints from an old collection 2008

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Contemporary Placement print compositions, Mary Katrantzou SS/11 (below)

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Victoria and Albert Museum London. Japanese Armour

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Pamela Barfoot

Miss you Grandma.

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As part of the Fashion Film Festival at the BFI ,I got to see a film and paneled discussion about early coloured films in particular The Serpentine Dance.. absolutely beautiful!

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http://showstudio.com/project/infashion/films/46461

Interesting video interview with , a successful ex RCA designer who loves floral print design as much as me.

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Jacob Whibley- stunning patterns and colours in paper collage.

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Lauren is getting back to what she loves! FLORALS !! examples of Kenzo's 2010/ 2002 collections

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Latest Lauren Barfoot print designs, B/W cotton toile

2010-11-11T09:31:00.001Z

I went to see the Ralph Lauren 4-D projection in Bond street yesterday. absolutely amazing technology and a new direction for fashion advertising!

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Getting Ready from Reece Bush-Evans on Vimeo.

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INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

2010-11-02T23:34:00.002Z

Went to the V&A and love love loved the Ballet Russe Costumes and Leon Baske Drawings!

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/theatre_performance/diaghilev-ballet-russes/

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The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei @ The Tate Modern.

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Amazingly inspiring metal armour at The Wallace Collection, London

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New Work! Toile design and dart print

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Whilst at The Conran Shop today I spotted these great Eames Elephants, which are childrens chairs/toys made completely from 2 pieces of molded plastic.

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Isabel Toledo- Innovative garment construction combined with elegant design

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Fever Ray- singer

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KENZO SS11- absolutely love this oriental fusion of patterns and colours from Kenzo's latest collection at Paris fashion week! Huge inspiration for the next collection.....

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Ikea's new recipe book- illustrating the ingredients for Cakes.

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Hussein Chalayan- inspiration for my next collection ....

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http://laurenbarfoot.carbonmade.com/

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Amanda Wakeley SS/11 Show backstage. I am dressing the model in the coral dress (top left- buttoning up the dress behind )

http://www.amandawakeley.com/featured/ss11-the-show/

'Elegant, fresh – loved the colours and the fabrics. A very light and wearable collection” Wearable Trends

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www.elleuk.com

The RCA M&S collection was also mentioned on ITV'S This Morning.

2010-09-21T20:11:00.002+01:00

Today I was dressing the models at the Amanda Wakeley SS11 show at Somerset House. It was a brilliant experience and not as half as stressful as expected!

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Premier Vision Paris- Tuesday 14th Septemeber

Successful day trip on the Eurostar - researching materials and companies for the next collection. All very exciting!

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http://www.marksandspencer.com/RCA-Designers-Limited-Collection-Womens/b/469660031

http://www.marksandspencer.com/RCA-Collection-Limited-Collection-Womens/b/469656031?ie=UTF8&ie=UTF8?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=1QVJ9XPH5PJKTCJWMS6Y&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=469660031&pf_rd_p=475115433&pf_rd_s=left-nav-2

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http://www.marksandspencerextra.com/737/T694149A.html - on the baggy side in this video ! not intentional!

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Marks and Spencer RCA collection (my dress far right) - in store 17th september 2010

http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=510501&Categoryid=36538

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Rose Wine

White Russian

Margarita

Vodka.

Alcoholic drinks magnified up to 1,000 times under a high tech laboratory microscope!