by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 14, 2014 | Art School, Critique, Cultural Studies, Culture, Culture Jamming, Design, Fashion, Semiotics, Social History
Alex Livesey/Getty Images The signs, they are a-changing.But to see them you have to look past the visual bombardment of dead-eyed-Kardashian-object images, pop-up balloon-boob ads, and the opening scenes of violence against women on CSI: Whatever.The signs are there,...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 30, 2014 | Design, Fabric, Fabricating, Ideas, Innovation, Inspiration, Studio, Textile, Tools, Upcycling
The denim Dakota, from hedleyandbennett.com Most people will admit that their everyday clothes are a sort of uniform. We need to keep it pretty simple because we’re likely dressing in the dim of the still-dark morning when we’d rather spend those extra...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 20, 2013 | Architecture, Assemblage, Craft, Crafts, Creative Process, Crochet, Design, Fabricating, Handwork, Ideas, Innovation, Inspiration, Playing, Process, Research, Scale, Upcycling, Wool
The Crassmas season is one big distraction to me. But once I remind myself that a gift does not have to be a solution to someone’s problem but a simple, seasonal gesture, I embrace the chance to make, and make it merry.The place is a happy mess. Wool strands are...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 15, 2013 | Architecture, Design, Industrial Design, Innovation, Production, Shigeru Ban, Social Engagement, Zaha Hadid
Nothing against the design visionary of Zaha Hadid but all this global starchitecture looks like rich people’s toys in the wake of disasters like Typhoon Haiyan.This is no time for designers to try to outshine one another with glittery sculptural-building...
by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 6, 2013 | Color, Colour, Commission, Creative Process, Design, Graffiti, Industry, Installation, Paint, Painting, Parkade Quilt, Pattern, Process, Project, Public Art, Quilt, Safety, Street Art
I could never understand why the armies of construction workers in this town would head for the Wendy’s or Burger King over a nutritious, fresh soup and salad next door. That was before I started spending long days under a respirator spraypainting in a cavern of...
by Carlyn Yandle | Aug 16, 2013 | Additive, Art, Color, Colour, Composition, Craft, Creative Process, Design, Fabric, Fiber, Graffiti, Inspiration, Installation, Painting, Parkade Quilt, Public Art, Quilt, Street Art, Textile, Visual Field
This is my new favourite colour box, a delicious array of cans of Montana spraypaint. All packed up to take to my largest quilt project to date.Now I finally get my chance to do what I’ve been dreaming of for years: blanketing a big, blank white concrete wall...
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