Colour

Images looking at colour.

Golds & metallic

Darker shades of brown

Neutrals and beige

Burnt brown

Rustic blues

Lighter shades of brown

Vintage washout tones pink, green

Materials

Images looking at materials that fit in with my trend prediction. Hard materials like wood and metal as well as unusual materials like cork etc.

Textured cut brass- Giles Miller

Metal structures- Somerset College

Inside of Imperial War Museum tower

Wood display by Mix 2013

Gravity stool- Jolanvanderweil

Gravel stone like texture-Altfiel wallcoverings

Laser cut fibre substance- sommerset college

Fold-able veneer- SCIN stand, Surface Design Show 2013

Metal links on man made wood- SCIN stand, Surface Design Show 2013

Britain slides back towards recession

By Sarah O’Connor and Claire Jones, 25th Jan 2013

 

Britain’s economy shrank 0.3 per cent in the final quarter of last year, bringing it closer to a possible “triple-dip” recession and piling pressure on the coalition government.
Chancellor George Osborne, whose austerity programme has come under increasing criticism as the economy has faltered, said he would “confront” the UK’s problems and not “run away” in response to the data, which was worse than economists had predicted.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d0795284-66d0-11e2-a805-00144feab49a.html#axzz2KmVbk0dG

Triple dip recession: Fears grow for UK economy as recovery slams into reverse 

 Britain is halfway to being back in recession after economy contracts by worse-than-expected 0.3%

Economic gloom: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne

 Britain is heading for a triple dip recession after the economic recovery slammed into reverse.

Figures out today showed the economy contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.3%.
The fall in gross domestic product (GDP) between October and December compares with 0.9% growth in the third quarter.
GDP - a broad measure for the total economy - would have to contract again this quarter for the UK to be back in recession, but hopes of a rebound are starting to fade after a snow-hit start to 2013.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said economic output as a whole remained flat in 2012.
The fourth-quarter drop is worse than expected, with most economists forecasting a drop of 0.1%.
It deals a blow to recovery hopes after the UK bounced back from the longest double-dip recession since the 1950s in the third quarter.
But the rebound was largely driven by one-off factors, such as the Olympics, and as the economy clawed back activity lost during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee holiday, which has skewed quarter-on-quarter changes in activity, the ONS said.
-Ben Rankin,  Fri 25th Jan 2013, the Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/triple-dip-recession-fears-grow-1554429

Distressed Images

Photos looking at forms of distress of surface and texture.

Worn print with areas of flock and foil

Cracked foil

Flock design worn away in areas

Crumpled paper

Stencil design using inks

Worn Images

Images that focus on worn surfaces and textures.

Handle of old case

Ripped tattered edge of case

Scratched edge of box

Aged leather

Tire eroded by elements

Worn Print

Colour Images

Going through photos from Imperial War Museum for some to also represent the colour within my trend; these metal images are particularly good as they have captured the colours of light and reflections.

Reflection from flash and lights added with dull grey of the stairs

No flash just reflection of lights against dull chrome

Reflection of wall and lighting

With flash and reflection of lighting

Reflection of stairs

No flash and motion of card

Reflection of flash and stairs

No flash, reflection of lights

No flash; reflection of lights

No flash, reflection of lights

Imperial War Museum

Went to the Imperial War Museum in Salford last week and got some good photos; it was a great source of inspiration for primary images and I took loads. I was looking at different textures and materials that link in with my predicted trend and managed to find a section of clothing from soldiers uniforms to nurses capes- the thick tougher types of fabrics that are part of my trend. There were lots of metal surfaces as well to take photos of and some have turned out really detailed. The colours Link in as well as for the war there were more neutral tones.

Personal memento- aged, worn

Army document- style idea for trend presentation

Worn, Rustic colours. Tin box- presentation idea

Soldiers coat- thick fabric, leather shoulder pads

Woven hat; textured surface

Leather boot- defiantly old and worn; eroded over time

Use of brass buckles and buttons

Metal mess- rustic, distressed by the elements and time

Metal components smoothish surface with metallic sheen.

Metal helmet-surface worn and eroding

Shell- combination of texture, colour; brass has captured reflection of rope

Cannon at it joints

Support of cannon gun

The tread of a tanks. Rusted with eroded quality

Metal mask- colour and surface texture

Gas mask and pilot's head gear- leather and corded strapping

Drinks canister with tough fabric coating

Pocket watch; face aged and distressed