So the holidays are officially over and tomorrow sees my perilous return to work - let's just hope the bosses have had a good break! Like I'm sure most of you have, I stupidly made many little resolutions this New Year (one of which is to quit smoking....hmmm) but my most important one has been to throw myself well and truly into my work - on all levels - and this means updating this blog regularly, keeping it a true place of personal inspiration.
Lucy McRae and Bart Hess (collectively known as Lucy & Bart) have the best working relationship I have read about for a long time, and they have fun with it. They are both designers - in the broadest sense of the word, not restricting themselves to one genre of design - doing freelance commercial work from Monday to Thursday, then every Friday they meet up to create work using the ideas which overflow from their commercial work. They essentially create images of themselves in unusual poses against a neutral background, with 'weird material' stuck on their bodies. This abstract from their blog talks roughly about what their intentions are -
"...an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless way creating future human shapes, blindly discovering low � tech prosthetic ways for human enhancement."
"Dripping Colour"
"Grown on You 2"
"Evolution"
"Exploded View"I can't even begin to imagine how much fun these two must have creating these brilliant images - it's like going back to my student days, but on a whole different (and more professional) level! Fun is apparently the key to their success, and they use this to help inspire their freelance work. Maybe I should spend a few less hours with a beer in my hand, and get the post-it notes, some ping-pong balls and a whole load of glue out?
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