Locating- Urban Outfitters

After doing some quick initial drawings and sketches from images of melting ice caps, a pattern was soon emerging within my drawings, the repeating of shapes. I followed this theme through and decided to make the shapes 7 sided in reference to the world population standing at 7 billion currently. The more I sampled the more graphic the samples were becoming less organic and more graphic. I preferred this style as I felt that it would suit the look of the shop more as well as being a different way to work but still keeping the idea of working with wood and thread the same.

Initially I wanted to try and change the colour palette and experiment more with colour, however I found myself reverting back to similar colours that I used for the Geoffrey Manton commission. Although this was not intentional I have been drawn back to the striking difference being the blue and the splash of orange and pink. If I had more time, I would try and develop my colour palette and develop further interesting and contrasting combinations of colour.

Furthermore If I had more time and was not as restricted on space, I would like to develop these ideas further and really experiment with the scale and colour as well as making the components more 3 dimensional by adding extra layers. I have enjoyed working in a more graphic and pattern based way and I think that this is something that I will take through to the next project. I will also explore the further possibilities of mixing organic styles and linear designs together.