Texture for life

08 novembre 2009

Ercol "school" trip

Ok school is over but it felt just like that. Road trip to Wycombe !
Jen had made chocolate muffins (because at Puff & Flock we are hopeless fat lumps !), we got to see the countryside (so exotic for us, we are desperately urban) and had to stop in front of this sweets shop with hysterical girlie screams...

More seriously...
We went to present some ideas and concepts to Ercol, an English emblematic furniture company.
Amazingly nice and welcoming people as well as a truely inspiring visit !
More soon...

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01 novembre 2009

Jewellery project - "Playwellery"

Experiments on smth new.

Above : "Happy Go Lucky"
Above the above : "By Any Chance"

Used with random stuff I found in my room, beads and bits...

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The very nice bubble characters are "Bubble Gum" by Bubi Au Yeung for Crazy Label
We randomly found the bubbles in a London art toys shop,
and realized the font they used for the packaging was somalove made by John Smth...
What a coincidence :)

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Canary Wharf Windows - Puff & Flock stuff

Right... Another move by Puff & Flock to get a bit of exposure.
2 moods that were a nice challenge to put together. We used only our work and came up with 2 different worlds.

For a month you'll be able to see our stuff in 2 shop windows in Canary Wharf Gallery where apparently 1 million people transit each month. Impressive number.

Thanks to Canary Wharf Arts and Events.

vinyl application has no secrets for me anymore... :)

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smth to start 1

Brooklyn bridge and dinosaurs

The good night story square... for no nightmares

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with sundays eyes

warm home made cake and tea for two, and a cat spying out of the window
with love and rain, the hapiness recipe

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10 août 2009

Work in Progress - "Just Landed"

Today we designed the shape of the main bit
made the battle plan of how to print on and where (we only have 2 days to print... aaaaaaaaaaa)
But we are HAPPY... End is far but there is light at the end of the tunnel

This is gonna be freaking cool, maaaaan !

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08 août 2009

Puff and Flock summer crit

We still meet up to give each other advice (and have dinner, of course)

Elisabeth and I were really ashamed of our "Godzilla" inflatable thinggy... We had NO idea the result would look more like an insect (colours apart). We spoke about the idea of Glamorous inflatable back in the reearch phase... yeh right... This wa just a shape sampling, but thank god we are changing the shape direction :) for something more geometric

Jenny's magnetic stuff in mutation. I will always be amazed

Kathy is going UV and EVIL (yey)

Melissa is developping her metal lace. Warrior princess !

Thanks Kathy for hosting and cooking

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Mommy Poppins

shit... it's like almost mid august... really???

HOW??

My head was so not in the summer mood that I even forgot that all my summer clothes were still at my parents' house in France. (I was so busy this year, and poor.. that didn t go to see them since like Christmas) Where has the time flown? Now I just wanted to show my mom' special Mary Poppins powers... she managed to send me by post in this tiny box most of what I need for my trip to Italy (where it's 45 degres, not like London where I am dressing like I would do in november) Now I can go to the sea side with a bathing suit (kind of) and appropriate clothing.

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THANKS MOMMY POPPINS <3

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Work in progress summer 09 episode 2

I read Britney lost some weight again...

Indeed it seems :)

If you knew how fast we make things happen with this project (still Elisabeth and I)... and though it seems like it is taking forever and a lot of time and energy. Eventualy it gets closer and closer to the goal. The fabric material is amazing. September is nearer and nearer...

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smells like holiday... SOOON

According to google, this is where I'm going on the 17th of this month... Calabria sea side, Italy, for 8 days. This is a half work half holiday break that I need because I've worked (no kidding) 7 days a week all summer with no break, and I was kindly invited to spend a few days there. How is it possible to say no? On top of that, there are no tourists there and lots of empty wild spaces that I'll get to discover with my local very special guide. uuuuuuuuuu

I did ask if this was photoshopped because the colour of the water doesn't seem real and I never saw such a thing with my own real eyes.

it s not. Well... I can only go and see by myself.

GOOOOOOOOOOOSH

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24 juillet 2009

"Bloom", blooming in progress...

Design week in 2 months...
Puff & Flock will be exhibiting in London, in Earl's court 1 with Designersblock
(you don't change a winning team...

Elisabeth and I are working on an inflatable installation together for the occasion,
After having found a sponsor for amazing nylon fabric, we are now making maths and experiments to make that happen... Brain aches but we can't wait to see it alive !

some sketches :

some work in progress :

For now it looks like an ugly bean, but the colour is just because we are testing with cheap stuff...
Can't wait to have the real stuff, to print on it... uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!!
next step is to draw draw draw, make new shapes, bigger and better...

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Puff & Flock Lookbook 09

After only a few months activity,
Puff & Flock girls decided to look back in order to formulate their spirit...
We spoke of super powers in our manifesto...
What are they exactly? After a big half year travelling to Italy and the USA,
ladies and gents...

Here are the Puff & Flock 09 trends,
aka : our visual CV

Urban Upholstery

Electro Plush

Enchanted Gothic

Pure Lumination

Twisted circus

Geniusly put together by Jenny Leary,
Designed by myself and Jenny Leary

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20 juillet 2009

"Please Say Something" - David OReilly

David OReilly Ireland / 2008 / 10'00 Set in the distant future, this is the story of a troubled relationship between an abusive Mouse and his wife, an intensely emotional cat.

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19 juillet 2009

Populous - man overboard

Populous (man overboard) music video from stuart o'keeffe on Vimeo.

so cuuuuuuuute

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04 juillet 2009

The Smth

Mr & Mrs Smth
(The Somethings)

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doodling Taro

Amelie trying to draw alive Taro
(Taro was invented by John Smth, see below)

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11 juin 2009

inn love...

I am back from the NYC + Italian adventures. Finally home after a month away. It feels GOOOD but weird.
I am coming with lots of memories and the best drawing on my hand...