New Designers 2010

By Joanna Prempeh Creativity thrived in London this week as The Business Design Centre played host to the New Designers Exhibition 2010. Graduates from universities all over the UK exhibited their products for design enthusiasts and businesses alike. There were many that stood out in the sea of creative individuals however Fault managed to narrow them down to a select few. Tina Wagner……

Bananas

These photographs were taken by a Polish artist/photographer Natalia Lach-Lachowicz in 1972. The work is titled ‘Sztuka Konsumpcyjna’ (Consumer art). Oh to be a nude, helmet-haired blonde eating bananas in the seventies…

FAULT FEATURED: Alexander Romaniewicz

By Tommy D Bridge Alexander Romaniewicz, the self-professed ‘Yorkshire Boy’ from Huddersfield, has made his first small steps towards recognition after winning the Stylesight.com Print Design Competition. Romaniewicz, a Digital Design for Fashion student enrolled at Preston University, created the winning designs – which ooze intelligence and ingenuity in their use of images and colours to…

FAULT FEATURED: Clare Whit

FAULT: Tell us about your designs? All of my designs are made using identical multiplied shapes to form one symmetrical piece. I made them in my specific envisionment of beauty, something that embodies both elegance and danger. For instance, my PlagueBoy Bunny Mask represents a rebellion to the PlayBoy culture, popularised in it's exploitation of the female form. FAULT: What is your…

Natalie Curtis

Born in Macclesfield, UK. Studied photography at Manchester School of Art. Likes writing, seeing the hills, small town rock pubs, Nepalese cuisine and MCFC. Currently based in London.

FAULT FEATURED:Designer Matt Needle

Needle Design & Illustration is the Freelance Studio of Matt Needle, based in Cardiff, UK and founded in 2008. Matt Graduated in 2009 from University of Wales, Newport with First Class Honors in BA (Hons) Graphic Design & Illustration. Glastonbury 2010 *NEW* http://www.mattneedle.co.uk/

Joy Division festival celebrating Ian Curtis

From the 29th July - 9th August the enduring appeal and mystique of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, who committed suicide 30 years ago - will be celebrated in the Unknown Pleasures festival in Macclesfield (named after the group's first album); funded by the local authorities, it's the first time his achievement has been recognised by his hometown. Stephen Morris, ex Joy Division drummer and…