Week 1 – Space & Place For our first influences class we explored the use of graphic marks within an urban environment, how these marks, often signs have added meaning to our spaces, additionally how architecture cannot act alone and requires signage in order connect and communicate with people in an urban environment. Another aspect […]

Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger in the Alps Stranger in the Alps is the debut studio album by  musician Phoebe Bridgers, released by Dead Oceans in 2017. The album’s title is a reference to the edited-for-TV version of the film The Big Lebowski. In the original, unedited version, Walter Sobchak says, “Do you see what happens when you fuck […]

Minga London Minga London is the go-to online brand for aesthetic, vintage-inspired clothes, grunge fashion and tumblr outfits, they have recently risen in popularity within the past 2 years with the rise of sustainable and ‘e-girl’ fashion. On their website they state, ‘Minga London makes unique vintage-inspired clothes for babes with bold taste, big dreams […]

Doc Martens Alternative, Trendy & Bold The man behind the signature “air-cushioned” sole, was Dr Klaus Maertens. This German soldier injured his foot in a skiing accident, and decided he was just about sick of wearing the standard-issue WWII army boot. In the search for foot-based comfort, he built his own shoe, and sold the patent […]

Upload 3 found icons (online) and write 200 words describing the visual language in relation to SOME of the following: style, function, emotion, language, movement, grid, structure, abstraction, colour. Twitter The twitter icon has become incredibly well known with the rise of social media yet hasn’t developed much since 2012, with a simple blue background […]

For our first influences class we explored the use of graphic marks within an urban environment, how these marks, often signs have added meaning to our spaces, additionally how architecture cannot act alone and requires signage in order connect and communicate with people in an urban environment. Another aspect of this project was discovering how […]