"The Design Museum takes you into the world of fashion designer Paul Smith, a world of creation, inspiration, collaboration, wit and beauty."
Spending the day in London always proves beneficial in the sense of art. Everywhere you turn; buildings, sculptures, shops- there is inspiration. Today has been no different. Hearing the hype about Paul Smith's Solo exhibition, I had to make time before heading back to Manchester.
The exhibition hall takes you through the journey of the designer's life, starting from his own passions and inspirations then taking you onto where he worked, his collaborative works and designing process, ending with a collection of his finest works, and a catwalk show. I found myself drawn into the wallpaper in the mock up of the studio, with the geometric shapes proving similar to the final ideas that I had been having for my live brief samples.
As well as the obvious embellishments found on Paul's garments (two photographs), it was interesting looking at the collaborations that he had worked on during his career. Below, is an example piece that he produces for The Rug Company, a company that I have featured in my initial researching. As well as this, as shown in the above photograph, there was a room in the exhibition filled with both mirrors and television screens, showing different pieces from the catwalk- however at certain times during the filming, interesting kaleidoscopic images became apparent, once again with this idea of geometric shapes and patterns.
Before continuing my day, I thought it'd make sense to walk by the Thames, as I was sure to find some sort of knotted ropes/ ship anchors, when I came across these over sized chains and anchors. They are are the complete opposite end of the scale in size comparison to the small, intricate details that I enjoy looking at in my samples.
