Rough Guide, a guide to Bond Street

My rough guide took me to Bond Street. I was born and bred in London therefore Bond Street isn't new to me, hence why I went to explore with an open mind, as a tourist. Little did I know of what really existed in Bond Street. It is more than just a Street where Selfridges is. The little back streets and alleyways are what set me off on motion with my camera and sketchbook (will upload images once I figure it out properly). 

I explored the streets off Bond street station and came to St Christopher's place. Again. I seemed to have forgotten such place existed. The moment you step between o2 and H&M you wonder why you didn't notice it sooner. Well the narrow entrance is a clue. My first object that caught my attention most was the Mulberry display window. The visual merchandisers took on an ice-cream theme. Huge ice-cream cones with sprinkles and a flake! It amazed me. The way a simple affordable (not the object the actual ice-cream) product gives platform to these designer bags worth hundreds. I could probably afford all 4 cones but not a bag!

This then led me to looking at brands and logos. I continued the research in my sketchbook, looking at shopping bags, and the places people have been shopping at. The bags they hold advertise the shop, and occasionally hint out the status of people and what they're affording.

Object number two was brass embedded into the pavement with the words carved 'Saint Christopher's Place'. It's not very common that you step on something quite as valuable in London. It reminded me of Hollywood Boulevard. Except this is a Saint and not a celebrity. Just the way it's placed there embedded into the pavement causes you to immediately look down and read it. The context it has been placed into here gives it more worth as to maybe those who live in Hollywood and step on the stars daily.

After exploring stores, from Kurt Geiger to Marimekko, i came across an art gallery. Carré d´artistes. It was a nice and friendly environment to step into. The store/gallery plan was neat and structured with each block dedicated to an artist. The one that stood out to me the most was Anne Müller Dorn. She explored surfaces in her range of exhibits, exploring texture and colour using recycled materials. It was an inspiration point for textiles and how i imagine the stitch block would be. The work she creates is very experimental and no two pieces are the same. 

Blog blog blogging

Here's to my second attempt at blogging. I previously had a blog for my foundation which I also did at Chelsea. In all honesty I didn't enjoy blogging much at that time. It could have been due to the fast pace of the course that I just didn't have the patience to blog and figure it all out. However did struggle to make a start this time round. But now that I have started I will hopefully keep up the process and go on to exploring other peoples approach to blogging, the site itself, and experimenting with the layouts. 

My next steps are to upload my imagery and show what I've been getting up to at Chelsea in the technical blocks. I feel that now i have a few posts to work with that my blog will be beneficial to me and others as it's a format of reflection leading on to development.

I've enjoyed the rough guide project in that it took me to unexplored parts of London which i thought i knew. Bond Street was far more than Selfridges and the shops on the street. It was a good start to the course as it was also an ice breaker as we had the chance to leave the university grounds and socialise with our peers from oversees and outer London.