Inspiration

So many points for my fmp from this

Brand RMX : EPISODE 2 pt 1/2 from R+I creative on Vimeo.

Bathtub

Really really want to learn Tilt Shift photography, as if I would ever be able to do this though.

Kilian Martin

I am not even into skate videos but this one is quite beautiful and I cannot stop watching it.

When did London get so dull?

Before anyone jumps down my throat I am talking about retail in specific. This time last year I researched into east vs west and the ways the retail space was changing. What I found was innovative and engaging. The west was utilising the shop as a gallery and the east was a great place to spot up coming trends and really get inspired. To start researching my final major I decided to retrace my steps and see what developments had been made as well as visiting some of the new retail spaces. 

My first shock came from Beyond Retro on Cheshire Street. As I walked to the entrance I saw this sign;

In store everything was Mad Men. All the displays, all the stock, everything. It seemed alien to me that a shop known for inspiring new trends had to follow such an obvious one. 

The next thing I found was the new Aubin & Wills on Redchurch Street.

The building Aubin & Wills is in is situated over three floors. The top floor is a gallery, the middle, the shop and the basement, a cinema. Aubin & Wills is not a brand I know much about but my preconceived idea was that it was a more expensive version of Jack Wills. The clothes followed this theory but the way the brand was trying to communicate with the consumer did not. There was no sign of the 'fabulously British' catchphrase nor the flocks of gillette wearing floppy haired boys. Instead, an exhibition called Bazooka and a cinema showing the films you could see in any Odeon in the country. In my eyes it is a shame to see a brand like Aubin & Wills occupy a really interesting space. The cinema is most definitely a waste, why would I pay £13 to watch a film that would cost me £8 anywhere else. Granted, I didn't go into the actual cinema so I can't comment on the experience, but from what I saw it did not convince me to try it.  Big brands have been popping up in East London for some time now, but there is definitely something about this one that leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

Because of my boredom I am going to Berlin next week.

Lets see what this can bring.

Prada Winter/Fall Ad

Just as amazing as the print campaigns.

Who's To Blame?

Working under the brands consultancy Magpie last year we predicted 4 trends for 2012.  One of these trends was Who's To Blame? As explained below.

Whilst researching on WGSN earlier today I came across a report of Youth Attitudes for 2011. This confirmed the line of thought we had predicted with this trend. 

"Facebook is increasingly becoming a portal for news and this is perhaps an indicator of how the young will start mobilising around key political, social and environmental issues."

The youth market are one of the most important future consumer groups and I think current advertising campaigns are starting to realise this and adapt to new digital technology. Although the youth market are not yet at the stage to buy into labels such as Louise Vuitton and Calvin Klein the use of fashion films and QR codes make this eventual consumer pay attention. Brands have to work a lot harder amongst youths as they are more skeptical towards advertising, savvy on the way in which brands promote a lifestyle and completely aware of advances in technology which just come naturally to them. It will be interesting to see how this develops over the next 10 years.

A daunting thought from the Todays Teen in 2020 Survey:

"Consumer trends suggest that today's teenagers will be known as "teens" until they are 35 years old, as the cost of living independently will become too expensive. As the price of energy rises due to an increase in consumption, so will living expenses, forcing most teens of today to be still living with their parents in 2020. Salaries will be lower, and young adults will have to prioritise small, functional and affordable products."

Joy.

I believe I will die young.

You scare the shit out of people and then they don't see how scared you are.

Fashion is not art. Fashion is not even culture. It is advertising.

Being of the moment is everything.

It was always about the sex, every look, every minute, every day.

Sex was never the goal. Sex was never the issue.

Sex was really easy, sex was every were it didn’t really mean to much, love, love was the hard thing to find.

I know, I know, life is so disappointing, here you are, you have arrived, you are here, this is your moment. 

When you have everything what do you have? 

You have nothing. 

When everything is right, everything is wrong, its disappointing its confusing, this is life, what can you do?

Work. 

You have a gift, use it, life will be there later, when you have worked and lived and know who you are, life is easy.

 Work, it’s the only answer I know.