portfolio time ...

That time again..craziness happening in the BTech Archi technology and interior design labs..
A lot of work, as well as a lot of sleepless nights, yet we still manage to keep smiling...somehow :) :) :)

 Mandys moldy muffins, which she still ate

The boys taking a break, watching the game

 Our poster

Mandy

   Cath

Kyles eye

Myself and Cath

THE red bulls

Charlie the unicorn

well, hello stranger

Months have gone by with no post in sight.... :( aii aiiiiii.

Wel have a look at my product{s}i designed.. i called mine the patterned product series..

Here are a few pics of it on display at -the collective-  exhibition.

Yeeeah :)

patterned wallpaper love

These are a few patterned wallpapers i designed from the Victorian features found within my chosen buildings (Alfred Terrace houses) for BTech... take a look :)

NYC

After portfolio on the 20th of June (merely 2 days away), I will be traveling abroad to New York. Our New York pass has been booked.. I can not wait for the MoMA.. It is going to be a creavite inspiration to another level... excitement!!!!!!! :)

With you by my side, sleepless nights of continuous graft don't seem that bad...

Artist found....check

Finally scoped out this artist that I saw from the Design Indaba expo in 2011..

Tanya Laing is a young ceramicist who's producing INCREDIBLE work known as 'sootcookie', afrikaans for sweet biscuit (apparently) :). She was quite the talk of the expo. Check out her stuff :) ..  http://sootcookie.withtank.com/

Change can be a good thing!!...

This past week has been crazy, as I was advised to change my building for my BTech proposal. I respected and appreciated the Donkin street row houses, but the new site- Alfred Terrace houses are a better site for my application of use, and they are oh so beautiful!..Take a look :)

The heritage of our beautiful buildings...

I' m so privileged to have met and have had a 'sit down chat' with Mr Bryan Wintermeyer yesterday.

This chairman of the Mandela Bay Heritage Trust (MBHT) really defined the historical and heritage value of my chosen buildings this year- The Donkin Street Row Houses.

Its so amazing how simply just 45minutes out of one's day can change your opinion on the challenging subject matter and just motivate your decision making and believe in yourself.

Now I know I'm on the right track in terms of designing a more feasible function of these National Monuments.

A room of inspiration

Inspiration should be plentiful now..over 200 pics of pure creativity on my wall in the study... ;)

play time..what is that?!

6 weeks till portfolio..hard work ahead..

Good morning Restoration

Another day for continuous research followed by creative writing..

..I never really considered myself a writer, or even a reader for that matter,
until I realised it was the incorrect subject matter that made me so despondent to
the whole  idea of it.

I'm in the motion, currently of  researching the act of restoration, preservation and conservation-
a subject that i really have grown quite found of. I  met with one of the great historians of Port Elizabeth,
and it turns out that the building i have chosen let alone the street in which it is placed, is one of the most important in terms of historical value to South Africa (no pressure there :/) ..So I knew then that I needed sufficient research of this topic..

..To cut to the chase-- Never judge a book by its cover! I have found the most interesting and in actual fact-that condemned as {life lessons} from this tattered little one.
I discovered that one of the greatest approaches to successful restoration is just the act of the building being true to itself..true to its age..
Which leaves me with -my quote of the day- from this book of knowledge:

" No work is worth doing, unless it is authentic"- Dr Mary Cook.

hello world of {creative's}...

This being my first post, a little 'hello' and 'welcome' is definitely needed.
I am currently busy with the research of my theoretical framework for my thesis this year...
Some creative matter will be posted... shortly i hope ;)
Let the inspiration begin.....