HappyNew yearfourcreative

Nearly a new year, nearly a new blog, nearly a new person.

Wow. Setting up a consultancy in Sheffield. Product/Furniture/Packaging design, you need it, we got it.....the skills anyway...oh yeah.

Here it is....Ollie Allen, Luke Lunde-Pickover and Dan Taylor are 'yearfourcreative'.

Street Art (In Full Force)

Street art fascinates me. I recently have taken a large interest into  researching blogs, appreciating photo's and documentation of other street artists work.

Physical and 3Dimensional art, that in effect is function-less design, bordering on functional 3D art pieces which are visually exciting and convey a message.

These photos are documenting my work on street art, and an understanding that not everyone appreciates street artists work. After considering these facts, i have been 'Curating'

the work of the authorities.

I have 'tagged' these works with my plaques, that are created specifically to recognise a pattern around the city.

Untitled

2009

Street Force

Sheffield City Council Sheffield

I have suggested that Sheffield City Council are also artists within the city, they are producing similar 'works' to street artists. The Street Force division of SSC have 'cleaned up' walls where street artists and graffiti writers have placed their mark . 

The work of Street Force involves painting blocks of coloured paint over the art, which many times is not correctly colour matched to the site in question.

This act which in my view is similar to street artists work, is creating 'boxes' of colours on all different types of walls. 

These blocks of colour are creating the visuals that are inherent in street art and breaking up a clean aesthetic of the street, wall or surface. 

Look out for them, the exhibition is widespread and out of sight....enjoy.

12 weeks time

In approximately 12 weeks i am due to complete my current projects on the Furniture Design course at Sheffield Hallam Uni. This fact is worrying to say the least.

At this moment in time my head is full of ideas, concepts and projects that I would enjoy tackling. These could aid me in producing a portolio, showcasing my skills and experiences in gaining knowledge of design throughout my time studying for this degree.

Everyday i get up, with the excitment, enthusiasm and the lust for design. To be in design. Around design. Part of design. To understand design.

I just like design.

Project.

I have a project running that is art based, focusing on Street art and its progression into society.
This is currently a series of installations around Sheffield city centre, curating the work that the authorites complete to remove or neutralize the work of street artists and graffiti writers.