Inspiration: Abstract expressionism/Futurism

Giacomo Balla
Gino Severini
Hans Hoffman
Joan Mitchell
Leonardo Dudreville
Mario sironi

Inspirational quote

"we must invent futurist clothing. che-e-e-erfully saucy in bright colours, dynamically simple in line, and above all short lived, in order to encourage industrial activity and give our bodies the continual pleasure of newness"
Giacomo Balla


If I could design prints for fashion or accessories that revolve around this quote I would amcomplish pushing the boundries in digital design that I want to.
Jayde Donnalynn

Work in progress...

Here are some of the small compositions i have done so far and also some photos of my studio space in progress..

Research:Trevor Bells paintings

I love Trevor bells use of colour and the relationship he has with the paint he uses, the boldness and the energy of the paint strokes in his paintings are qualities which I want to incorporate within my digital designs.

Research: Basso and brooke

Pioneers of the digital process Basso and brooke produced a collection inspired by cubo-futurism in the fall of 2009.When Russian-born artist Wladimir Baranoff-Rossiné (1888-1944) set out to perfect Cubo-Futurism (which combines the Cubist usage of forms with the Futurist interest in dynamism), he probably never imagined his creations would find themselves gliding down a London catwalk. Then again, maybe he did. Cubo-Futurism places more emphasis on movement and action then it's predecessor French Cubism (which gives it a perfect segway into fashion). And, while Basso & Brooke claim that an "exploration of Louis XIV's baroque and rococo" was the inspiration behind their Fall 2009 collection, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that they lifted their prints and color palettes directly from Wladimir's timeless masterpieces.
These pieces which look like abstract paintings looked amazing on the catwalk and it is clear from this collection that there is a trend for art as textiles.

Images from www.trenddelacreme.com/2009/03/basso-brooke-for-cubo-futurism.html

Research: The digital design market...

Image 1: Markus Linnenbrinks digital textile art for Maharam created digitally and printed on a cellulose/latex/nylon fabric by artist Markus Linnenbrink

Image 2: Chair coutures Marianne bedframe upholstred with a one of a kind digitally printed fabric

Image 3:Diane Von Furstenberg printed canvas shoe.

All images from www.textile-blog.com

Research; Art on fabric..

I am very interested in developing my abstract paintings and large scale expressionist style designs into digitally printed textiles and so far have not found alot of designers who specialise in this particular style. I want to investigate whether there is a market for this style of print in the fashion/accesories market...
There are alot of designers who use digital print in there couture collections.
As the digital print costs alot to produce it makes the price of the garment very high which means selling it with a high price tag in the couture area of fashion.
This means digitally printed bags and garments can only be found in couture designer collections or high end boutiques.
When looking online for digitally printed fashion it was very hard to find, I came across a website called Farfetch.com which had some abstract digitally printed dresses for sale in a silk satin fabric, each dress was by the designer Peter Pilotto. The price of each dress was £795.00 online order avaliable in various sizes and quite a few in stock so these were not one off unique designs but they did have a price tag that u would expect to pay for something that no-one else had.
There are artists that have had there paintings put onto fabric and also artists that have done comissions for interior designers by using their paintings as large scale interior pieces.
When visiting the Peter Lanyon exhibiton at the Tate St Ives I noticed there were scarves for sale with Peter Lanyon digital prints, each scarve was £250 and avaliable in all Tate gallery shops. The scarves are in a beautiful silk and neutral coulors, they look very contemporary and are unique in the sense that you are walking around wearing a painting. ( Images from tate.org.uk )
I am interested to know if there is away of putting digital designs into the high street or making them more avaliable online for more resonable prices...