Design Theory :Garbage in Garbage out.

Garbage in Garbage Out

The Rainbow theories of design.

While walking in the countryside one can think of many things, however one thing that comes to mind is practicalities. When designing similar things can occur. I was wearing a pair of hiking boots , traditional design waterproof and hardwearing. However a couple of decades old, so unfortunately the sole started to flap.I continued to walk with it on and found that it was making my hip ache due to the in balance. My daughter came up with the answer to wrap the long lace around the boot to fix the problem. These are key processes in the direction of re design of a problem artefact. The same can be discussed when developing design for a high end scientific problem. I have researched :

William Lidwell since : Universal  Principles of design.

Garbage in :Garbage out
The science of taking out the trash, working out how to get to the best design choices. NASA have a lot of these problems. The technology that links to Garbage in garbage out.
In terms of manufacturing design is because we get human error and then the end design isn't like the original product.Creating a design sample known as the original sample. However when creating a rocket their needs to be a much better system to design them more than just crossing fingers. Correct back input. Prevent it to increase the value of a design from start to finish using a certain processes it makes the final product more like it's original concept. I would like to find away of making my design process more streamlined.A process which will make my work more effect in a way that makes it streamlined, effective, broader in knowledge and adding theory. The theory of practice should give me more co-hesiveness within my practice this would include for me Photoshop/illustrator/in design and fashion crocques plus a library of research

Design Philosophy

Interesting texture of Church showing layers of time with it's historical journey.

Design Philosophy

Evoking warmness, romanticism, a place for people to find a different feeling of longevity attaching people to historical values as a means to honour and respect previous times,landscapes and natural forms. To evoke and understanding of synogy harmony, balance and emblematic choices. To encourage peoples to reflect on valuing the environment.

The concepts that things do not have to be recycled, up-cycled or made out of used products.

Even if it isn't, the value is in the design concepts in terms of visual methodology, in order to incorporate knowledge  of eco-conscious values of longevity.

For example coll aging is an age old attempt of creating new from already printed paper or fabrics. So to be vintage inspired as a designer one can be pushing an awareness of cherishing what has already been and gone.

Saving the planet by valuing within printed concepts using juxtaposing style which suits present day fashion in order to sustain and create an atmosphere that encourages homely environments. A live at let live attitude without the necessity to re design constantly the environment that we live in, more of an adding process and a building of new within a system that allows new to sit with old in a way that harmonies effectively. Saving nature and paying homage through printed fabrics ,living a lifestyle which encourages an historical and contemporary fusion. "Embedding social history into contemporary design aspirations" as a way of telling a visual story.

Working Practice Processes

In order to evaluate processes one has to consider what processes are used in the first place. I have worked as a designer for many years and have processed many techniques, I know have a affinity and balance in regard to how to process new concepts ideas and process them. I do use many influences that I have created through my designing and their are many complex processes to consider through , however one can break down physical and cognitive values and direct processes.

I would like to quote a recent contemporary designer who said " Instead, I found the kind of wild imagination and attention to detail that can only be produced when a person carries out a vision that pertains to no one else but themselves."(Alexander McQueen)

 This reminds me of how vision and visual imagination can direct a persons direction when creating.
Firstly I usually create mood-boards, it could be an interesting page in my sketch book that utopias a emblematic affinity to an overall feeling mood and contextual concepts. A mood board visual notation that links to were I want my collection to go to. I also create mind maps to explain how each element should link and what philosophy is required.

A rounded feeling of aspiration and direction. I then create ideas in different size sketch books, I do this so I can read or visualize them out on a large cutting table or all around me were ever I might be designing. I then choose a drawing or re draw on paper usually A3 or sometimes smaller, if its colour I am looking for I will select colours these would already be added to storyboard. I then consider tactile responses mixing yarns , mixing similar colours, choices of fabrics and reasons for my choices. 
Once I formulate an idea, I then iron out anything that isn't designed yet and work from there to create a small prototype a rough design concept to see if the idea works from there I build up different ideas that link mix ideas together and create a fusion of samples to inform and direct towards a final collection of products, fabrics designed drawings with technical information attached to be able to recreate for production purposes.

Within my previous knitwear design practice I choose yarns to create fabric and detail, however within print textiles I have been choosing inks and different types of paper including Japanese printing paper and off white parchments. I have then decided on fabric directions which will be linen/cottons to evoke a feeling linking to the paper I have been using.

Once I have chosen a pattern that I have sketched first into a a sketch book I create it in the medium chosen as an end product. I am interested in an handcrafted finish to equate to arts and crafts, however it also needs to be professional within its finished process. I do this by looking at the finishing of the product and it's tactile value and also how it links in terms of contemporary direction. Splitting different elements of the design process is a professional approach which occurs during the processes, I do this cognitively as I am working through different processes.
I have choice to look at lino printing due to it's limitations that links to my previous knitwear design having cut out using cutting shears creating a lot of ideas together and being limited inside of knitwear technologies.
Lino printing also has an nostalgic naive crafted link to folkloric aspirations which is a strong personal contextual direction inside my designing career. This is a type of art and craft I have aspired to through handmade fair-isle knits and accessories therefore practice has already been achieved inside this contextual theme.
The artists Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse popularized lino printing in the early part of the 20th century.
My project brief is a celebration of textile and surface design technique looking at innovations of textile and surface design processes .Researching with a broad spectrum of techniques, including screen printing/wood cutting and casting metals and other processes. Collaborating detailing and embellishment using different printed textiles for fashion and interiors. Digital art,embroidery and block printing techniques whether actual or digitization through photographic replication.Adding uniqueness and charm using decoupage laying and mixing coll aging. Inspired through historical and contemporary arts and crafts through glob trotting tribal influences of lifestyle and traditional choices(anthropology) 
I will be references previous work into an unique archive and also creating inspirational secondary and primary research to link too my new hybrid mixed media approach to textile and hardware haberdashery collection.

I have been using Pinterest to collected research visuals , moodboards within contemporary commercial purposes. The design industry has forecast companies which build up information via fabric and yarn shows showing fabrics and yarns including hardware for fashion and textiles buttons , fastening, ribbons, braids etc. Forecast companies and designers create boards showing predicted themes and colours for forward seasons.Pinterest allows people to create research pages within different subjects. I am using this site to split my concepts and theme areas into groups and areas including historical and contemporary arts and crafts across the globe.