Monday, November 1, 2010

skate (nick)







SUBCULTURE

new age / urban

TOTEMS

vintage/ street

COLOURS

red,black,green,silver,white,yellow,blue

style

new age/ vintage/ graffity

AGE GROUP

teenagers - young adults

SEASON

winter - autum

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTROBUTION

uk , usa, australia, japan

SOCIAL POLITICAL OR ENVIROMENTAL AWARENESS

use vegitable inks , reycyled plastic and glass

PRODUCTS

skateboards, clothes and accesories, skate accesories

TYPE OF FABRICS

leather, vinyl

NAME OF BRANDS

ground, vertical industries, butched

dean



subculture
punk,skate,graffiti.

totems
dragons,wizards,witches and wild animals, guitars.

symbols
guitars
colour
blues,reds,black,white and greys.

historical style
90's grunge,80's punk

age group
16-25

gender
unisex

season
all seasons

geographical distribution
america,australia,europe

define the products in the range
denim jackets,shirts,hats

types of fabrics
cotton,denim

names of your brand
bad idea
fastlane

Sunday, October 24, 2010

CANDICE..-..SNOW



1 Subculture
Dadaism - Punk

2 Totems
Snow White - Bambi


3 Symbols
Acorns - Lambs - Apples

4 Colour
Dark Blues - Majenta - Browns - Blacks - Indigo - Greens


5 Hisorical style
Pop Art

6 Age Group
16+

7 Gender
Female + Male

8 Season
Winter - Autumn

9 Geographical Distribution
Canada - New Zealand - Australia - America - Greenland - Japan

10 Social, Political or Environmental awareness
'Environmental awareness'
- Recyled Scarfs recycled out of plastic
- Humorous/Serious Prints of messeges about environmental issues


11 Define the products in the range
Goggles - Jackets - Boots - Gloves

12 Types of Fabrics
Wool - Faux Fur & Leather - Cottons

13 Name/s of your brand

- Terrain - FrOze - Snuw - Floating Flake - White As Snow

Those were my top 5 out of about twenty (some seemed rediculously off subject :P ),
But after much consideration, I am happy the the title-

'White As Snow' :)

<3

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Betty ---- Surf

1 Subculture
Beijing opera, surf, trance

2 Totems
Seahorse, beijing opera face

3 Symbols
Seahorse, beijing opera face, spots, lines,circles

4 Colour
Orange, yellow, blue, black, red

5 Hisorical style
Postmodernism

6 Age Group
kids and adult

7 Gender
Female

8 Season
Summer

9 GeographicalDistribution
Beach town

10 Social, Political or Environmental awarness
Energe waste

11 Define the products in the range
Swimwear, beach dressing

12 Types of Fabrics
Blends, woven, metallic, textured, spandex, polyester

13 Name of your brand
12.13, Bz, SEAhorse, COOLme, Trance, I MO, Breeze....(still thinking)

14 Themes to explore in fabric fashion range
Abstract retro

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Snow - Veronica

Subculture:

  • Winter Sports
  • Urban
  • Youth

Totems:

  • Polar Bear
  • Wolves / snow dogs
  • Trees

Symbols:


  • White Mountains
  • Snow flake

Colours:

  • Cool blue
  • Baby pink
  • Cream
  • Silver
  • Black

Historical Style:

  • Nordic Style
  • Modern

Age Group:

  • Young Adult +

Gender:

  • Female

Season:

  • Winter

Geographical Distribution:

  • Base of mountains
  • Small village

Products:

  • Hats
  • Glasses
  • Gloves
  • All snow gear
  • Snow equipment
  • Boots

Types of Fabrics:

* Knitted
* Nylon and polyester microfibers
* Waterproof
* Fleece

Name for brand:

  • Mountain Blue
  • Ski Free
  • Marked Slopes
  • Ski Breeze
  • Ski in Style
  • Fresh
  • Get Cool
  • Avalanche

Themes in fabric fashion range:

  • Nordic Patterns

Friday, October 15, 2010

Surf Wear (Kelly)

1. What subculture/s does your label appeal to.
  • Surfing
  • Mod (a subculture that originated in London, England in the late 1950s.)

2. What totems are importa
nt to intended market?
  • Water, plant, daisy and fleur-de-lis

3. What symbols will occur as motifs on fabric designs?
  • Water drops, waves, leaves
  • Mod bulls-eye symbol
  • Adinkra symbols (which represent concepts are found everywhere in Ghana, West Africa; they are used to communicate evocative messages that represent parts of their life or those around them.)


4.
What will be the colours of this seasons range?




5. What historical styles will you as a designer reference and use in your fabric prints and motifs?
  • 1950’s retro
  • 1930’s (later Art Deco)






6.
What age
group are you targeting with your fabrics and styles?
  • 30-50 y.o.

7. What gender are you targeting with your fabrics and styles?
  • Females

8.
What season?
  • Spring/Summer

9. Geographical Distribution?
Name 1-4
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • USA
  • Canada

10. Social, Political or Environmental awareness?
If so what issues rattles you the most.
  • Environmental (eco-friendly fabrics)
  • Supporting women’s groups in other countries

11. Define the products in the range.

  • Swimsuits, t-shirts, shorts, dresses, skirts

12. Types of fabrics?

Eco-friendly materials including recycled fabrics, hemp plus organic cotton and linen (that is grown, processed, and produced without using pesticides and other toxic chemicals.) A hint of spandex for swimwear to give it stretch.


13. Name of your brand?


Brainstorming words:
  • ocean, wave, surf, surfer
  • green, eco, tree, enviro, earth
  • live, love, project, connect

  • eco surf project
  • eco surf matter
  • eco surf life
  • eco surf connection
  • eco friendly apparel
  • invoke eco surf

14. Themes to explore in fabric fashion range?
  • Retro graphics, symmetric patterns, floral, surf.




Monday, October 11, 2010

skateboards by Nari Brown














1.Subculture?
Skate/surf - Dogtown, , street skating, retro style
2. Totems?
Tikitiki Totem (represents nature), 1970 shape skateboards, Nature.(strong theme)
3. Symbols?
Surf4Life logo. Tribal symbols of the Samoan people.
4. Colours
black, blue, red, green, woodGrain, cool and warm
5. Historical style
1970's. Dogtown - Santa Monica - Venice Beach, Z-boys, 70's.
6. Age Group?
All skaters
7. Gender?
mostly male.
8. Season?
Summer
9. Geographical Distribution?
Santa Monica, Brisbane city, Mermaid Beach, Los Angeles, east coast OZ.
10. Social, Pollitical or Environmental awareness ?
-Environmental - Sustainable and healthy living to benefit both nature and human’s.
- & political. –fuck the ploice!
11. Define the products in the range.
Clothes - vintage, designer
Skateboards – old school boards only.
Surf wear – only clothes and apparel. NO SURFBOARDS.
12. Types of fabrics?
synthetics, blends,textured, COTTON
13. Name of your brand?
Brown Brothers Sk8 Boards.
14. Themes to explore in fabric fashion range?
Images, prints, textures,
15. Anything else you need to state?
Nope.
I will have a fully wooden and polished floor with funky abstract designs for my walls and a single colour for the ceiling.
I will incorporate a strong theme of nature into every aspect of this project I can.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Quake Skateboards - Sam




1.Subculture?
Skate - Dogtown, Vintage skating, street, invention of skating, 1970's.
Punk theme from 1970's-1980's.

2. Totems?
Anarchy logo, 1970 shape skateboards, earthquakes, skate brands
3. Symbols?
Nautical star, anarchy logo.
4. Colours
black, purple, fluro greens and blues and white.
5. Historical style
1970's. Dogtown - Santa Monica - Venice Beach, Z-boys, 70's Punk.
6. Age Group?
15-25
7. Gender?
Both? mostly male.
8. Season?
Summer
9. Geographical Distribution?
Santa Monica, Brisbane city, Mermaid Beach, Los Angeles
10. Social, Pollitical or Environmental awareness ?
Political - Skaters against the system. Not believing everything the media tells us.
11. Define the products in the range.
Clothes - vintage, designer
Skateboards - Vintage, 1970's style boards

Hats, bags and shoes.
12. Types of fabrics?
synthetics, blends,textured
13. Name of your brand?
Quake, Hurricane, Tornado, Avalanche, Dizastur, SMD, Evoluzion, Wasted youth, Raw power, Year Zero,
14. themes to explore in fabric fashion range?
Images, prints, textures,
15. Anything else you need to state?
Nope


=]

Cilla: Omajafi Skate Shop



1.Subculture?
What subculture/s does your label appeal to. Urban and Punk

2. Totems?
what totems are important to intended market?
Dragonfly
fleur-de-lis
Tiare maori
Owl


3. Symbols?
What symbols will occur as motifs on fabric designs? Name 2-3
Dragonfly
Butterfly
fleur-de-lis
Tiare maori

4. Colours
What will be the colours of this seasons range?
1. Orange
2. Fushia
3. Lemon
4. Lime
5. Navy

5. Historical style
What historical style will you as a designer reference and use in your fabric prints and motifs? Art Deco and Rococo



6. Age Group?
what age group are you targeting with your fabrics and styles?
16-25

7. Gender?
what gender are you targeting with your fabrics and styles?
Female

8. Season?
Autumn

9. Geographical Distribution?
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
USA

10. Social, Pollitical or Environmental awareness ?
If so what issues rattles you the most. List 3 (optional)

11. Define the products in the range.
T-Shirts
Hats
Jeans
Dresses



12. Types of fabrics?
e.g. natural, synthetics, blends, woven, knitted, metallic, textured, jacquard, lace etc
Cotton
Denim
Linen
Canvas

13. Name of your brand?
Potential names
1. Sk8eR Girl
2. Skirteey
3. Wahini
4. Allic
5. Mabecks
6. Tipani
7. Cilzy
8. Pink
9. Spunk
10. Skurban
11. Zealoz
12. OzZe
13. Rimbeka
14. Omajafi
15. Jafioma

14. themes to explore in fabric fashion range?
Retro graphics
Florals

Friday, October 8, 2010

Subculture
Bohemian, Surf culture
Totems
dragonfly, rose, lotus
Symbols
feather, flowers, etc
Colours
blue, green, yellow, pink, orange etc (summer/spring colours)
Historical style
art nouveau, 1950’s, Japanese edo period
Age Group
16-30
Gender
Female
Season
summer/spring
Geographical Distribution
any where its hot and with water nearby :)
Define the products in the range.
bikinis, one-pieces, sandals, peasants blouses and skirts, maxi-dresses, caftans, sarongs, jewelry, etc (beach/ swimwear)
Types of fabrics
cotton, silk, naturals, Lycra, nylon
Name of your brand
Celine
La boheme
Koi
taikai
bleu






Saturday, October 2, 2010

1. I don't intend to create a label in which appeals to an specific subculture. I aim to create a label that enables individuals to create there own unique sense of style with a range of swimwear inspired from the 50's retro era and other vintage styles.
2. Totems undecided.
3. Flowers, city prints, sailor jerry, patterns of the worlds fav cities eg paris, 50's era, croucher, old school longboard, beach umbrellas etc.
4. Red, navy, white, black, purple and gold.
5. 1950's- film fun magazine, vintage florals, don's day, labels such as whitesands and jcrew,
6. Age range from 16-25+
7. Female
8. Summer and spring
9. Australian beach towns such as Byron Bay, America - California, The Neverlands- Amsterdam
10. Mostly environmental, create an eco-friendly label.
11. Swimwear- 2 piece bikinis, full piece, full piece with ruffled skirts, peggy sue retro, hipster ruffle bloomers etc
12. Crocheted, synthetics, textured….
13. Shipwrecked
Long time no sea
Sandstorm
Girl over board
Seapoppies
White Suede
Pearl White
14. City prints, vintage floral, retro colours, bold colours, maps







Friday, October 1, 2010

arrghh






sharks, giant squid, old clippers, davy jones locker, mermaids, old style tattoo, scrimshaw and all the different knives and swords could be interesting to research

Tuesday, September 28, 2010









Subcultures-
Two subcultures I would like to combine are surf culture and pirate culture, as both center around the sea. Distinctive features of surf culture are usually laid back attitudes and everything connected to the surfing sport. Distinctive features in pirate culture are sailing, plundering, pillaging and everything in between.

Totems-
The surfboard is a main totem for the surfing culture as it is generally seen as the hobby of the culture.
The fencing sword and the wheel of a pirate ship are two totems relating to pirate culture. The two are almost always the main materials in a pirate ship.

Symbols-
The skull and crossbones are the most recognised symbol for pirates. They are many symbols for surfing culture, but waves are an important part and are seen as a symbol.

Colours-
The colours used will be black, white, brown, red and blue.

Historical Style-
The surfing culture style will be of the 70s to 80s period where it was becoming well know, I will use that period. Pirateting in the colonial days was very big, so that style would be wise to use.

Age Group-
Between the ages of 10 to 18.

Gender-
Mainly male but with a few female clothing.

Season-
Summer.

Geographical Distribution-
Mainly along the coastlines of countries, Surfers Paradies etc.

Products in Range-
Shirts, Shorts.

Name of Brand-
Seven Seas, Long board, Crows Nest, Short Sword, Mast, Giga Wave, Tital, Riptide.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

What's happening in Term4.

In term 4 you will be designing a range of fabrics and fashions for a surf, skate or snow brand in the wearable design class . In the spatial design class you will be designing the interior of the retail outlet for your brand. please make a post of around 200 words with 5 images describing your target market and the style you wish to project. 
Consider the following

1.Subculture?
What subculture/s does your label appeal to. Name 1-2 (for something different consider Hybrids of two subcultures.)
a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behaviour and beliefs. e.g Punk, Ballroom Dancing, Skating, Psychobilly, Trance, Burlesque, Grid Iron, Ping Pong, Fruits, Surfing, etc
2. Totems?
what totems are important to intended market? Name 1-3
An emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as a symbol of a family clan. e.g. snake, dragonfly, griffin, scorpion, shamrock, rose, fleur-de-lis, lotus, peyote, saffron, thistle, cedar, sycamore, yew, coral, cowrie, scallop, scarabs, doves, frogs, centaur etc
3. Symbols?
What symbols will occur as motifs on fabric designs? Name 2-3
An arbituary signs (written or printed) that has an acquired a conventional significance e.g arrow, cross, star, wheel, elements, dragons eye, swastika, anchor, trident, feather, key, shoe, web, mermaid etc
4.  Colours
What will be the colours of this seasons range? Name 5
significant palette list and swatch 5
5.  Historical style
What historical style will you as a designer reference and use in your fabric prints and motifs?  Name 1-2
what influence e.g. Byzantine, Soviet, Maori, Pop, Egyptian, Celtic, art nouveau, 1950’s, Art Deco, Japanese edo period, Post Modernism, Bauhaus, Rococo , Renaissance, Contemporary Asian, 
6.  Age Group?
what age group are you targeting with your fabrics and styles? Name 1
7. Gender?
what gender are you targeting with your fabrics and styles? Name 1
8. Season?
what season ?Name 1
9. Geographical Distribution?
Name 1-4
10. Social, Pollitical or Environmental awareness ?
If so what issues rattles you the most. List 3 (optional)
11. Define the products in the range.
please list
12. Types of fabrics?
e.g. natural, synthetics, blends, woven, knitted, metallic, textured, jacquard, lace  etc
13. Name of your brand?
list 15 potential names
14. themes to explore in fabric fashion range?
eg. weather maps, retro surf graphics, florals, cars, etc.
15. Anything else you need to state?