Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe.

My longest memory of an insperational furniture designer actually studied as an architect, don't they all? This man is called Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. My memory occurs of his fabulous Barcelona chair, noticing this presteen white gem in a 'Living ETC' magazine one day it has stuck in my head like a teenagers first crush.
Im not trying to portray a romance between me and the chair as charming as it is but how much it inspired me to design like him, different, bold and use of strong materials.

He started off as an architect and i guess after mastering the exterior of a building, why not take on the interior? He was a socialist of the gallery heads and a man of many tricks and trades, he was also the last director of the Bauhaus, where he taught architecture. See....man of many talents..

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's work is still widely exhibited, currently holding a/his perspective in the  Museum Of Modern Art (MOMA).

I think his work is going to leave a mark on the art world for decades to follow, attempt but never master and will had made footsteps in the sand for all young aspiring designers to follow. I love his designs because of well....sounds stupid but because of how well designed they are, minimalist but with all the structure, style and strength they portray. They look as if its a 'don't take the pen off the page' drawing, so fluent and well connected. He upholsters his chairs in wicker, leather and skins, which provides longs wearing, fashiable and strength to his chairs.

Verner Panton.

This guy lived on two words...'what if?' he had so many crazy ideas that would strike the most complex mind, he lived on questioning the impossible.

Verner studied as an architect and was well talked about for his 'are your mad?! ideas such as his plastic house, cardboard house and collapsible house.
But he was highly praised mostly for his quirky but cleaver furniture designs, also for his textile designs, installations and many others.

His work, to me, is like someone on a hippie drug trip, its incredibly different and exotic, like its been shipped from another planet, i love it, why not? Its like a sum up of the sixties.  I cant find any fault or failure with his designs, i think they are fun, fantastic and fabulous, and to sum up my analysis, look like the

euphoria of comfort.

David Kemp.

British born and bred this Cornish artist is a phenomenon at making recycled artwork. David has made various projects from the tit and tat we chuck away every day and mold and sculpts them into quite fun and zesty creations. This guy lives and breathes his work, the sheer mass of things he’s done is huge!

 David uses literally anything and makes literally anything from rocks on the beach to a salad bowl showing them as characters with personalities, quite cheeky and happy characters. Hes not selective about what he uses, they can be all shaped and sizes and from all era’s.

 His dogs are exquisite how well made they are and how much they connect with one another. From material to protagonist, I love the personalities on them how they are moved around and how they are not all smooth, showing the natural structure of an actual dog.

His work is eye opening to an ammeter like me and so inspirational. He work is probed by the cleaness of a gallery, he work is raw, dirty and as they were found, this shows the age, surroundings and the journey they've made and gives them not only a sense of past but he makes them worthy of the present making them his own but keeping the rawness of the materials. 

I hope to create a similar quality with my project, using found objects but not taking to much of their originality away. 

"I make things out of things, big things, little things, old things and new things. I like to recycle things, and find new uses for things that have been thrown away. Some things say something about their surroundings, and other things become something else." Quote of David Hemp’s blog.