I’ve always been drawn to using materials out of their typical context; I like the way it forces me to look at things in a new light and to notice characteristics that I might have previously overlooked.
These pictures are from a series of award-winning images by artist Claire Grove, published as greetings cards by Holy Mackerel: a whitty and charming collection of mini-environments, created using models of people placed into food landscapes.
These pictures don’t just make me look at food from a different perspective. They also serve to remind me of some fundamental principles of spatial design that I would do well to remember… that scale plays a huge part in the overall effect of a design [1]; that users of a space become a part of it [2]; that a successful space will always be one that’s designed with the user in mind [3]; and that my work doesn’t always have to be quite so serious!
http://clairegrove.co.uk/index.php?pr=Cards_and_prints
[1] Part of the charm of these images is their scale.
[2] Take the figures away, and the landscapes become meaningless.
[3] I imagine that the figures came first, and the settings were designed based on the suggested activities of the figures.
These pictures are from a series of award-winning images by artist Claire Grove, published as greetings cards by Holy Mackerel: a whitty and charming collection of mini-environments, created using models of people placed into food landscapes.
These pictures don’t just make me look at food from a different perspective. They also serve to remind me of some fundamental principles of spatial design that I would do well to remember… that scale plays a huge part in the overall effect of a design [1]; that users of a space become a part of it [2]; that a successful space will always be one that’s designed with the user in mind [3]; and that my work doesn’t always have to be quite so serious!
http://clairegrove.co.uk/index.php?pr=Cards_and_prints
[1] Part of the charm of these images is their scale.
[2] Take the figures away, and the landscapes become meaningless.
[3] I imagine that the figures came first, and the settings were designed based on the suggested activities of the figures.
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