Evguenia Jokhova

Evguenia Jokhova aka Evy Jokhova is a painter/bookmaker. The concerns of her practice are fantasy and fairytales. She creates make-belief worlds through various media focusing on escapism through imagination. Blurring the boundary between real and imaginary, Evy morphs mundane everyday objects into people and animals creating fantasy worlds, dreamscapes and imaginary creatures.



Evy will be graduating with a MA in Printmaking from the Royal College of Art, London.

For more information visit Evguenia Jokhova's website.

[images and text extracted from Evguenia Jokhova]

jordy fu

mein was at London's Design Festival 2009 recently and was smitten by 'cloud walk' by designer Yu Jordy Fu. Her creation is a nine meter long horizontal white chandelier created from recycled paper for 100% design london.

Paper-cutting is a unique art form, which chinese women used as a graceful and intricate media to record their lives and adorn their homes. Yu Jordy Fu has used the ancient technique as means to break away from the two dimensional realm and create a dreamlike landscape. The chandelier can be purchased in sections and reinstalled.



Yu Jordy Fu is a London based designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design with a first class degree in Spatial Design. She subsequently received a Master of Arts Degree in Architecture from the Royal College of Art London.





[images @ mein, text extracted from designboom and Jordy Fu]

For more information visit Jordy Fu's website.

Daniel Piker

Daniel Piker demonstrates numerous ways where paper is folded into deployable, transformable and bistable structures, and even auxetics and linkages.

Daniel is a student of architecture in London and is currently studying part time for Diploma in Mathematics, leading to Ba/BSc Mathematics.

Click on image for a clearer view of patterns with their matching foldings below.

Daniel has generously shared his folding and cutting patterns with anyone who is interested to develop from his explorations. Find a clearer version of the top row, third pattern from left here. Just print out and fold along the lines. Solid lines fold up and dotted lines fold down. You can find more on his blog.

For more information, visit Daniel Piker's blog, vimeo and flickr

via the amazing PACKAGING | UQAM

David Pelham

Trail - Paper Poetry, published in 2007, is the work of genius paper engineer, David Pelham. Prying reveals that David studied at St Martin’s School of Art in the 50s and gained wide experience working on various magazines such as The Ambassador, Studio International and Harper’s Bazaar, before famously joining Penguin Books art director in 1968.

David Pelham is the art director responsible for the distinctive Penguin spine - in orange, blue or green - complete with Tschichold’s magnificent symbol in the top right corner on the front and back cover. His artistic reforms in the 70s revolutionised the cover design of Penguin Books, freeing designers from the constricting grids and perceiving each front cover as a blank canvas. David has won many awards, including the Gold Awards from both the Designers and Art Directors Association of London and the Art Directors' Club of New York. He left Penguin Books in 1980. Find an indepth interview of David Pelham with Creative Review here.

Trail - Paper Poetry is a journey through an enchanting maze of stunning pop-up landscapes that range from tranquil to mysterious to magical. The entirely white multi dimensional book pops up and transports you into David Pelham's magical world.
Buy it here!

As a a published author and an illustrator, David is the the creator of numerous dimensional books and is a talented paper engineer. His acclaimed books include pop up books for children and young adults. His award-winning international best-seller, The Penguin Book of Kites, was published in nine foreign language editions and is still in print. Working on both sides of the Atlantic, he lives in London and has three children.

[via Donna Hay issue 44 Apr/May 2009, pp12]

Angela O'Kelly

sculptural arm piece in lime
paper

Angela O’Kelly is a designer maker who crosses boundaries of jewellery, textiles and sculpture. She combines paper with mixed media using a variety of traditional and non-traditional textile and jewellery techniques. Inspiration derives from a fascination with simple shapes, textures, repetition and colour in urban and rural landscapes.

sculptural neck piece
newspaper, financial times

sculptural arm pieces
fabric paper, paper, plastic,felt

For more information, visit Angela O'Kelly.

Stussy

Hextable
recycled cardboard

Designed by Wilson Brothers for Stussy, Hextable is an occasional table made from two identical components that is folded and locked into place. Fully recyclable, the honeycomb core table is incredibly light at 1.2kg, yet strong structurally.

Hextable is comissioned for Stussy Japan, after the success of the limited edition Stussy Chairfix created for the Stussy store in London. The product is hand screen printed in London with a Stussy pattern.

via Stussy

Farm Designs

Flute Lamp (Large), 2007
460x460x300mm; Corrugated cardboard

Designed by Giles Miller for Farm Designs, these Flute Lamps undergo the process of fluting cardboard to imprint a floral pattern into the surface of the material.

Here are some other brilliant cardboard collections from Farm Designs over the years that we would love to share.

Grandfather-C, 2008 and Wardrobe-C, 2007
530x530x1960mm and 965x1955x500mm; Corrugated cardboard

Flute screens, 2006
1200x400x1700mm; Corrugated cardboard

Exbox Bench, 2005
1000mmx1000mmx any length; Corrugated cardboard

For more information, visit Farm Designs.


via the superb Moco Loco

Su Blackwell

Laissezfaire, one of our favourite blogs, told us about Su Blackwall and we so love her, we must share!


Birds, 2007
27cm X 32cm X 23cm


Betty in Cloudland, 2007
27cm X 50cm X 22cm

Paper is an accessible medium that has been used for communication since its invention. Su chose to engage this delicate material with irreversible and destructive processes. Her works reflect the precariousness of the world we inhabit and the fragility of life, dreams and ambitions.


Paper animation for Beringer Campaign, 2007

Su creates beautiful landscapes that feature nature and brilliant literary classics like The Secret Garden and Alice in Wonderland. Her intricate work emerging out of the books appear to release the trapped enchanment within, capturing the characters in a state of flux.


Do watch the Making of the Beringer Campaign!

[images and text from Su Blackwall. Thank you Su!]

For more information, visit Su Blackwall.

Robert Ryan

Papercut Frame for Vogue (Japan), 2006
Click on image for larger view.

Don't know why we took so long to feature Rob Ryan. He is one of the first artists whose works got us crazy about paper!

Right: Papercut, 2007

Left:
Dress for Vogue (UK),
2007


Click on images for larger view.

Here is something wearable that Robert Ryan made for UK Vogue. The filigre is created out of his signature paper-cuts, which the artist, writer and film-maker has been craeting for years. Often depicting fantasy worlds of animals, hearts and flowers woven with phases and text, Rob visualises modern fairy tales that are mesmerising.

[images and text extracted from Rob Ryan.]

For more information, visit Rob Ryan's website and blog.

Sarah Mitchell

Book Experiments, 2007

Every once in a while I come across blogs and flickr that I just wish to feature every single image - Sarah Mitchell is certainly one of them. Born in 1983, the artist is based in Leeds, UK. She graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from Leeds Metropolitan University. She currently draws, makes books, makes prints, folds paper, recently sews and generally turns things she touches into beautiful things.


TOP: Cut out of tree silhouettes
MIDDLE: Fan Book, Spring Book, String Book, all 2007
BOTTOM: Cut out of trees silhouettes


Drawing of little plant, 2007

[images and text from Sarah Mitchell. Thank you Sarah!]

For more information, visit Sarah Mitchell's blog little paper bird and her flickr for more gorgeous inspirations.

Sarah Brown

84 Hours, 2007
4.5cm x 10cm x 450cm unravelled, reclaimed paper, linen tape, linen thread

Sarah Brown is an artist and educator based in the UK. Her fascination with the traditional craft of bookbinding inspired an ongoing body of work aimed at raising awareness and profile of the craft. The artist engages with her materials like papers, threads, tapes, cloths and leathers by enforcing repetitive techniques such as embroidery, paper folding, cutting and traditional bookbinding.


Detail of 84 Hours, 2007

84 Hours reflects the working life of William Wood, a bookbinder who died in Newgate Prison in 1788, having served half of a two year sentence. He had been imprisoned for putting pressure on his master to reduce the working week by one hour; from 84 hours to 83 hours. A single book was bound from 6am until 8pm for 6 days, recreating William's working week. Sarah's work brings awareness to people across the globe still forced to endure these extreme working hours throughout their working lives.

[images and text extracted from Sarah Brown. Thank you Sarah!]

Sarah Brown's Attic Studio is located at 1129 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8ND, UK; Tel: (44) 079 0568 5560. For more information, visit Sarah Brown.

Chris Kenny

Nonsuch (White Map Circle), 2007
24" x 24" x 3", constructed with map pieces

Chris Kenny was born in London and studied art history at the Courtauld Institute. He produces an unexpected kind of poetry with his three-dimensional constructions made from twigs, fragments of maps and strips of found text. Objects or phrases of the same type are mounted on pins and organised in a way that suggests an intention to rationalise the differences between them. Represented by England & Co, he will have recent works included in the gallery's December 2007 exhibition.

[image and text from England & Co]

For more information, visit England & Co.

Catherine Hammerton

Victoriana
Hand-printed paper, stitched with lace and paper birds

Catherine Hammerton is a London-based designer-maker, her work is defined by its handmade aesthetic, utilising traditional silk screen printing and hand embroidery combined with cutting edge digital technology. Inspired by a myriad of sources, Catherine's work explores her intuitive appreciation and approach to colour, texture and finish.


Fly Away
Hand-printed vintage wallpaper, cut with bird silhouettes

Good news for fans of Catherine's aesthetics, she will be launching her first "ready to wear" range of wallpaper at the Maison et Objet in January 2008. The new range will be available at a fraction of the cost of her bespoke collection! Stay tuned for updates of this collection at our mein™ design blog!

[images and text provided by Catherine Hammerton. Thank you Catherine!]

Richard Sweeney

Icosahedron II, 2006
80cm, 200gsm cartridge paper, adhesive.

Richard Sweeney was born and raised in Huddersfield, England. He is inspired by the demonstration of art through engineered structure. He creates objects that are simple to construct yet complex in appearance, and are efficient in the way they are produced, both in terms of construction time and material use.

Richard uses paper modelling as a means to generate form. Emphasising on the creation of form through hands, he discovers properties of the paper medium in a direct way. Understanding the potential of paper in its own right, lead to the creation of these sculptural forms.

A series of sculptural works created through the cutting, scoring and folding of paper.

[images and text extracted from Richard Sweeney.]

Richard Sweeney can be contacted at Tel: (44) 078 2139 7004. For more information, visit Richard Sweeney.

Jennifer Collier

Book Dress
40x50cm to 70x100 cm, paper, machine embroidery.

Here is another gorgeous paper dress creation. It is the work of Jennifer Collier, who creates innovative textiles and craft pieces using natural and found materials. Through methods of weaving, waxing, trapping, embedding and stitching she creates unusual materials, which are developed into garments and accessories. Often inspired by literature, Jennifer's work is non-functional and aims to encourage people to speculate on the nature of value. Using the symbolic form of clothing, her work provokes thoughts about the fragility of the human body.

[image and text extracted from Jennifer Collier. Thank you Jennifer!]

Jennifer Collier can be contacted at Tixall Heath Farm, Tixall, Stafford ST18 0XX, UK; Tel: (44) 07 8 1146 0494. For more information, visit Jennifer Collier.

Elisabeth Lecourt

Instructions On How To Cry, 2003, © Elisabeth Lecourt 2003
30 x 42 cm, paper, pencil, crepe paper; in edition of 3
[image from Elisabeth Lecourt; photo © onepom/London 2003.]

I love this Crying Dress found in an instruction box by Elisabeth Lecourt. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art ( MA RCA, London) in 2001, Elisabeth Lecourt (French, born 1972, Oloron Saint Marie, France) is becoming a recognised contemporary artist. In 2004 she won the BIDA newcomer of the year.

Fantaisie, 2007,
© Elisabeth Lecourt 2003
3m, muslin, paper, wool, balloon and bones

This beautiful piece is Elisabeth's latest work, currently on show until 6 January 2008, at the Berendsen Gallery in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

[Thank you Elisabeth for sharing this!]

[images and text provided by Elisabeth Lecourt.]

For more information, visit Elisabeth Lecourt.

Lyn Randall

Lyn Randall designed this paper hanging for cho cho san, in vinyl or paper. Her wall hangings evoke stories that can be touched, smelled and traced under the gaze. She uses techniques that will always produce individual results, stitching sections of strategically-torn wall paper into a design which is then embossed over a repeat style pattern. Each section is then further layered with stitching, creating surfaces that are individual, but when put together form a coherent whole.

Lyn is constantly inspired by beauty in the unexpected, the delicacy of flaking paint on old doors, the intrigue of layered wallpapers in forgotten rooms, a rainbow of subtle colours in rusty iron work - the detail of the frequently overlooked. Her adoration of delicacy and detail, gives her works a natural purity that is produced from informed and thoughtful design.

[images and text extracted from Lyn Randall and cho cho san]

Lyn Randall can be contacted at Tel: (44)07 9 5719 2181. For more information, visit Lyn Randall and cho cho san.

Zoe Bradley

Liberty's Christmas Window, 2004
[image from Zoe Bradley]



Mcqueen, S/S 1999
[images from Zoe Bradley]

Zoe Bradley is a showpiece designer based in London. Her creations are dramatic and sculptural. Bradley has coordinated and produced the showpieces for McQueens S/S 99 collection and also Michiko Koshino's S/S 05 and A/W 05 collection.



On/Off Art exhibition, February 2006
[images from Gina X]

She created a memorable piece for the On|Off Art Exhibition in February 2006. On/Off takes place twice a year during London Fashion Week in February and September. organised and managed by Doll Creative Events Agency, the event takes place at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Zoe Bradley can be contacted at G105 Old Truman Brewery 91 Bricklane London. For more information, visit Zoe Bradley.