November 2011

October 2011

October 2011

Kasia Jetkowska has kindly shared few pictures of the Design Faction exhibition that is currently taking place in Łódź (Poland) and is part of Poland Design Week 2011. Pictures - Maya Art.

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Kaip  jau supratote is manojo ankstesnio iraso, kad mano projektas Urbn Dolls siuo metu yra eksponuojamas Lenkijos Dizaino Savaiteje 2011 - Design Faction parodoje, kuri vyksta Łódź mieste. Norejau su jumis pasidalinti nuotraukomis kurias gavau is Kasia Jetkowska’os. Nuotraukos - Maya Art.

October 2011

Last week one of the biggest design talks - Typo London 2011 Places was storming the capital of England. With the most impressive speakers list - it was a total temptation that was difficult to resist. Unfortunately, due to last minute change of plans, I’ve managed to see only 1 speaker - Morag Myerscough, who was as always - brilliant!

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Praeita savaite Londona drebino viena didziausiu dizaino konferenciju - Typo London 2011 Places. Su ispudingu pasisakanciuju sarasu - tai buvo renginys , kuriam negalejai likti abejingas. Taciau, kaip bebutu gaila, del netiketai pasikeitusiu aplinkybiu as pamaciu tik viena kalbetoja - Morag Myerscough, kuri kaip visada - buvo nuostabi!

October 2011

Last evening, small Text gallery based in WC1 was completely packed with people who came to the opening of Imaginary Menageries exhibition, where 19 designers from all around the world were exhibiting their tongue-twisting interpretations. It was very sweet to to watch and listen to people trying to read the tongue twisters in perfection, not just in English, but in Russian, Spanish and other languages as well.

Yesterday I was there to support Morag Myerscough (neon installation / Where She Shines) and Cartlidge Levene ( lamp shades/ Five Palindromes* [*Palindromes are phrases of words which read the same backwards as they do forwards.). I really really liked Ryan Dixon's (poster / Pistols Packing Punks) piece, unfortunately it was exhibited so close to the bar (which was overcrowded) that I didn't manage to photograph it. The exhibition is open until 19th November 2011. For more info please click here.

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Praeita vakara, mazyte Text Gallery ,isikurusi WC1 luzo nuo gausos zmoniu, kurie atejo i Imaginery Managerie parodos atidaryma, kur 19 dizainieriu is viso pasaulio kampeliu eksponavo savo iprovizacijas sukurtas greitakalbes tematika. Buvo labai linskma klausytis zmoniu, kurie susikaupe ir bandydami nesuklyst tare greitakalbes ne tik anlgu, bet ir rusu, ispanu ir kitomis kalbomis.
Vakar as atejau palaikyti Morag Myerscough (neono instalaicija / Kur ji sviecia) ir Cartlidge Levene (sviestuvai / Penkios Palindrome’os* [*zodziai, kurie skaitomi is kaires i desne ir is desnes i kaire). Taip pat, man be galo patiko Ryan Dixon darbas ( plakatas / Pistoletai Pakavimas Pankai), taciau kaip bebutu gaila, sis darbas buvo eksponuojamass visai salia baro, prie kurio buvo sunku prasibraut, todel ji iamzinti fotografijoje - nepavyko.  Paroda veikia iki iki 2011 Lapkricio 19 dienos. Daugiau info rasite paspaude cia

October 2011

Urban Dolls project travels to Poland to take part in Design Faction at Lodz Design Festival 2011. My work will be exhibited alongside of other eleven great designers / artists: Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg / Dominic Wilcox / Gerard Rallo / Gunnar Green / James Auger & Jimmy Loizeau  (Jimmy has taught me at Goldmiths)/ Ludwig Zeller / Marek Kultys / Revital Cohen / Santiago Ortega Haboud / Sitraka Rakotoniaina / Studio Duho: Hina Thibaud & Olivia Decaris

Curated by: Kasia Jeżowska
In partnership with British Council

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Lat. fictio, f. – creation, shaping, inventing
Lat. factio, f. – action

“For the last hundred years, human body has changed like never before. Research shows that we are taller, we weigh more, our bodies have different build. This way, human organism has adjusted to a variety of changes which we have been exposed to during the last century. Where biology still has to work on something, designers get involved. Mobile mini-devices, temporary prostheses and active implants are their response to the technological progress. These are also examples showing how much design itself has changed. A wide spectrum of 2D and 3D planning has been joined by creation of alternative scenarios and speculative solutions which run far into the future. Design is also a critical commentary on contemporariness – our lifestyle, ambitions and desires. At the same time, it disturbs our comfort of being a user, making us wonder if what we witness is design fiction or another step in the technological evolution.”

October 2011

This summer a lot of important changes have happened in my little world, so from now please look for me under the name of Vilma Vaiciule. Bye bye Jaruseviciute!

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Trumpas pranesimas. Sia vasara mano gyvenime ivyko daug svarbiu pasikeitimu, kurie itakojo mano pavardes pasikeitima. Nuo siol manes ieskokite Vilmos Vaiciules vardu. Atia atia - Jaruseviciute!

September 2011

How exciting is that! Our 100 A0 billboard posters designed for LCC (London College of Communication) summer shows 2011 have arrived!
Aren’t they  fab? The colours look amazing. One is brighter than another…
Looking forward to see them going up. Not long to wait.

April 2011

Door/wall numbers at Royal Exchange.

April 2011

5 Mohitos = 7 mugs…

March 2011

Wim Crouwel is called one of the leading graphic designers of the twentieth century, and I think, this name is given to him for a reason.
Last night I had a great opportunity to attend the opening of  this graphic odyssey, that was spread over a second floor of the Design Museum. The work on display was so good, that sometimes it was difficult to believe that it was completed 40-50 years ago, as it was the same edgy, the same modern as our-day print. Here are few snaps from the evening.

Exhibition design: 6a Architects
Graphics: Spin

March 2011

Last night we (the studio) went to the launch of Nokia Pure typeface at Tramshed, Rivington Street, where Morag Myerscough alongside other great designers, such as Alex Trouchet, Bond, Build, Cartlidge Levene, DesignStudio, HelloVon, Nokia Design, Non-Format, North, Practise, Value & Service &  Z.A.K were exhibiting her installation of 20 PURE stools.
The night was soooo good (won’t mention free Finlandia’s cocktail bar), that on the next day we didn’t have to find an excuse to go home earlier.

March 2011

Before heading off for our Christmas dinner to a stylish private members’ club Soho House (cameras are not permitted there), we did this funny photo session that shaped our moods for the rest of the evening.

In pictures: Morag Myerscough, Luke Morgan and I.

December 2010

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November 2010

One of the best girls time ever!!!! Sara, we should go and do things there again! And in the same way we did in June 2010.

November 2010

Matt and Kevin are always full of great ideas. This free photo booth was one of them. Oh dear… I really wish Sara Abu-Hejleh wasn’t in St.Francisco and was there that we could repeat great moments we had in Berlin. There are few shots (out of a pile) with me and me & Avril.

November 2010

On 12 November Kin Design was celebrating studio’s second birthday party. I popped in there to congratulate Matt and Kevin (I’ve met them, when we were doing a joint project, while I was still studding at Goldsmiths), and to say hello to my course friends: Avril, Clair and Max who work there. hahahaha funny enough, I’ve managed to park my bike in ’somebody’s’ private yard, and when it was time to head home, I found the gates – locked :))))))) and I walked all way home, while Mindaugas was slowly cycling alongside of me :)))) What a silly cow…
PS. On Saturday – I was re-united with my Madame Pakamuka and doing circles around the city.
Happy End

November 2010

Bike illustration picked up during 80 + ARTISTS 100 + HOURS private view.

November 2010

Yesterday I went to the private view of Drawing Fashion exhibition at London Design Museum,where Chanel, Dior, Comme des Garçons and Poiret as well as Viktor & Rolf, Lacroix and McQueen were exhibiting pieces from their collections. Nicely designed sinuous walk was taking us around the exhibition , where fashion illustrations hanged on the walls were taking us to the journey of drawing. It was very nice to follow the history and compare how the drawing has changed through out the century and how fragile and neat become strong, dramatic and modern.

November 2010

Once again I am in John Pawson’s Plain Space.

November 2010

In the private view of 80 artists 100 hours we were photographed by David Thompson who asked us to make 5 different expressions in only 5 seconds. This is my result, please see the rest of images here

October 2010

Today in the studio we did a quick exercise to mark this nice today’s date:
20 10 2010. These are my versions.

October 2010

This mid-autumn morning has met us with warm weather and a lot of sunshine. An amazing day to spend outdoors, especially to cycle in Hyde Park. We stopped by Anish Kapoor’s installation and had few pictures done there. This installations has brought me back to my childhood, to times when almost every Sunday my parents were taking me and my sister to children theme park in Klaipeda. One of the attractions there – was a mirror room full of different mirrors which were distorting our images. Today I was playing again, like I used to do it when I was little.

October 2010

Thank you for spoiling my weekend and closing that amazing installation in Turbine’s Gallery before I’ve managed to get there.There is no point to go and see it from the bridge. It is the same as to lick honey through the jar.
/Picture: Tate Modern
Thank you.

October 2010