Band of Horses

I'm coming up only to show you down for

I'm coming up only to show you wrong

To the outside, the dead leaves, they all blow

Before they died hand tress to hang their hope.

Sigur Ros

smiling
spinning in circles
holding hands
the world is a blur
except when you're standing

Brosandi
Hendumst í hringi
Höldumst í hendur
Allur heimurinn óskýr
nema þú stendur

The Temper Trap

a moment, a love

a dream, a laugh

a kiss, a cry

our rights, our wrongs

a moment, a love

a dream, a laugh

a moment, a love

a dream, a laugh

Minus the Bear

Hey, lets cross the sea

and get some culture.

Red wine with every meal

and absinthe after dinner.

We'd look good side by side

walking back to the hotel.

We've got to get something

to eat and to drink yeah,

and find a place to stay

that's not far off the main way-

we've got to plan our day;

Rodin and d'Orsay.

and find a way to cram it all in

before we drink hard again.

Let's get a bottle and drink alone tonight

'This light looks good on you,'

morning came early.

Sitting on a park bench

that's older than my country.

Two star hotel

near St. Germain.

Two star hotel

where the stars don't mean anything.

Ingrid Michaelson

Ingrid Michaelson You and I Lyrics:
don't you worry, there my honey
we might not have any money
but we've got our love to pay the bills

maybe I think you're cute and funny,
maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you,
if you know what I mean

Oh, let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters
and teach them how to dance
let's get rich and build our house on a mountain
making everybody look like ants
from way up there, you and I, you and I

well you might be a bit confused
and you might be a little bit bruised
but baby how we spoon like no one else
so I will help you read those books
if you will soothe my worried looks
and we will put the lonesome on the shelf

oh let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters
and teach them how to dance
let's get rich and build our house on a mountain
making everybody look like ants
from way up there you and I, you and I

oh, let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters
and teach them how to dance
let's get rich and build our house on a mountain
making everybody look like ants
from way up there you and I, you and I,

Emily Price

Emily Price is a designer who has a narrative involving issues in her work.

This installation titled 'American Servicemen

and Women Who Have Died in Iraq and Afghanistan (But Not Including the Wounded, Nor the Iraqis nor the Afghanis)' is being exhibitioned in The Saatchi Gallery. There are lots of connotations that could be read into the structure and colours used in this piece and that is up to the viewer to deter them.

Emily Prince is also the designer for Joanna Newsom's album cover The Milky Eyed Mender, I really like the descriptive lyrics in Joanna Newsom's music which matches the album Emily Prince designed for her as it's very narrative.

EvilPikachuMachine Joanna Newsom's voice sounds like my grandmother singing after breathing in a balloon full of helium. And I love it. - youtube

That the difference between

the sprout and the bean

is a golden ring,

it is a twisted string.

And you can ask the counsellor;

you can ask the king;

and they'll say the same thing;

and it's a funny thing:

SELF DIRECTED BRIEF

The brief I've set myself is of a collection of narratives from quotes, lyrics, films, sayings, isms, objects, letters and from them I will produce drawings that will then be taken into card designs.

I'll be using social network sites as part of this project as I think they're becoming quite popular for predicting future trend predictions as they're a base for unusual niche groups.

Paper & Cloth Module Report

The 'Live' brief with Paper & Cloth, started with quick responses to flowers with a range of medias, exploring ways to create different styles, by using creative drawings styles such as right and left hand drawing, mouth drawing, drawing with your eyes closed, 10 second drawing, this achieved a free drawing style with good line qualities.

After choosing to do stationary I did research on 6 outlets, asking customers their name, age, 3 musical they currently like, a film they have enjoyed and an event/political matter/global matter/celebrity issue that has impacted them recently. This was to get an idea of what the outlets customers were thinking. The surveys were interesting as a lot of them had the same answers despite being from different generations. Tv shows such as Dancing On Ice and Popstar to Operastar has turned Katherine Jenkins into one of the favourites for musical artists, along with Micheal Buble who performed on XFactor, these shows have a high number of viewers and clearly have an influencial effect on the public. Florance and the Machine was a favourite for 20-35 year olds, as her single had just recently reached the charts.

Avatar obviously has had a lot of reviews and hype around it so it was no surprise that most people said Avatar as their movie choice and after the the worldwide appeal for the Haiti earthquake it seemed an obvious choice for people to pick as it was at the foremost in their minds. Though some people mentioned Iraq and the current war.

I picked my colour palette from the island Haiti as a future colour palette and linked it with the theme Exotic Flowers & Animals.