{"id":61971,"date":"2020-06-24T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wevux.com\/?p=61971"},"modified":"2020-06-24T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:49:30","slug":"new-london-fabolous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wevux.com\/new-london-fabolous0061971\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW LONDON FABULOUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to Adam Nathaniel Furman,<\/em><\/a> design education “brainwashes” students into rejecting colour, pattern and ornament, but a group of London designers is overcoming this bias against their use: Adam<\/em><\/a> named the movement “New London Fabulous” and described it as “design and architecture as a visual and cultural pursuit, which is highly aesthetic, sensual and celebratory of mixed cultures”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cited London designers Yinka Ilori<\/em><\/a>, Camille Walala<\/em><\/a> and Morag Mysercough<\/em><\/a> as other key figures in the movement, which he said were overturning entrenched bias in the design establishment. All four designers use bold colours and patterns in their work: Yinka Ilori’s furniture, interiors and architecture collaborations feature decorative colour schemes; initially a textile designer, Camille Walala is known for her colourful graphics, which she applies to interiors, architecture and urban projects (strongly inspired by Italian Memphis group). Trained as a graphic designer, Morag Myerscough’s work is similarly characterized by lively use of colour, pattern and typography. Their work “picks and chooses and mixes from different periods and it does look back”<\/em> Adam said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movement is not a postmodern revival, but the need to re-discover colours, pattern and ornament. Things are changing, “a lot of young, queer practitioners and students coming into the industry. The makeup of the design profession is radically transforming. The new generation that is starting to come up now is going to be so cool. It’s a very, very beautiful and interesting period for British architecture.”<\/em> Interested in these statements, we contacted Adam to ask him a few questions about the movement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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