Design: Inspiration: The Barbican

The document discusses two sources of inspiration: the Barbican Estate in London and alchemical concepts. The Barbican Estate is described as a Brutalist architecture development built on an area bombed in WWII. It features concrete structures, green spaces, and water features. The contrast between the man-made and natural elements inspired geometric forms and silhouettes for knitwear designs. The document also discusses how alchemy is a spiritual topic different from shallow art or photography inspiration. It explores how alchemical concepts of separation and reunification can be interpreted to inform design developments, like the transformation from solid to liquid. Dreams and surrealist films additionally provided inspiration.

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Design: Inspiration: The Barbican

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DESIGN: INSPIRATION: THE BARBICAN

The estate is situated in the City of London borough in Central London. It was built during
the 60s and 70s on an area previously devastated by WWII bombings. It is a perfect eample
of the !rutalist style of architecture" with its domineering concrete structures and regimented
bloc#s. $owever" the estate is also home to beautiful green areas and water features" which
offer a place of haven within the hustle and bustle of the city. I am enamoured with this style
of architecture and use of simple materials li#e concrete to create something etraordinary
and beautiful. The contrast of the plant life and water to the man made structures also inspired
me. I feel this also lin#s to the fashion industry in terms of slow vs fast fashion. The !arbican
estate is li#e the slow fashion alternative within the fast industry of the city. The estate has a
variety of geometric forms and shapes from which I too# influence. The use of circles and
half circles is particularly popular" which was an interesting silhouette to use especially with
#nitwear.
ALCHEMICAL DECEPTION IN
HOMUNCULUS
%ll the boys are &cto's alchemical homunculus. (ince alchemy is a spiritual topic which is
different from the shallow inspiration from photography or art wor#. The conscious and
subconscious approach is the indispensable process from ancient literature in alchemy to
relative design development. Interpreting the elusive concept in tet to actual thing is
conducted by understanding the balanced way in alchemy" no matter the change from metal
to gold or the creation of philosopher)s stone. %ll the process they devised which proceeded
by separation and reunification such as li*uefaction" which transform solid to li*uid in
alchemy. (omething was devoured and reformed theoretically. +The interpretation of dreams
is a great art.+
,evelopment drawings inspired by C-ech .ilm surrealist / 0an (van#ma1er. %ccording to the
central statement / +let no man belong to another that can belong to himself+ by alchemist
2aracelsus" a new creature was form by random s#etches" one of them was renamed as
+humanbeeing