s.r.wellington
Concept Design - Suiting
Silver Cross Prams
Surf 2014 Pram Designs
Influenced by men’s tailoring and suiting
All my pram designs were created using a basic black and white Surf template provided by Silver Cross. To give the designs a more realistic appearance I filled in the chassis with a silver gradient and the plastic parts with a black gradient. However when this was done some parts of the template needed adjusting so the filled sections matched up and appeared as they would in real life; parts needed to be realigned or deleted completely and some sections needed to be placed on different layers.
I used the Live Paint tool to fill in the fabric sections of the prams, this resulted in a very precise fill, unlike in PS, when using the magic wand and paint bucket tools results in a fill that is jagged, has uneven edges and doesn’t always colour all the way up to the black lines.
I used a selection of vector graphics that I created from scratch, as well as some images sourced from the internet to create the textile patterns. I used the define pattern feature to create pattern swatches for each of these graphics. This meant sections could be filled in using the Live Paint tool without the need for layers or cropping, this saved me a lot of time and effort. However some patterns (only the ones created using images sourced from the internet) did not repeat evenly when placed side by side, because of this there are some noticeable edges in the filled sections where the patterns do not match up. To solve this problem I would create all of my own vector graphics to use as patterns, by doing this I would be sure each pattern would tessellate/match up on the edges neatly.
All of my pram designs have been heavily influenced by tailoring in general and the specific aesthetics of a particular suit - Descriptions of designs start from left to right
Image 1 - Mood Board - The image layout was created in PS then the file was imported in AI. An AI template was used for the text and line layout.
Image 2 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - These prams were inspired by a suit made by Gieves & Hawkes. I selected various textures and colours from the suit to use in my pram designs. To see which combinations of outer fabric and lining worked well together I created a number of designs (the smaller ones show the outer layer and lining side by side).
Image 3 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - This pram was inspired by a suit made by Gieves & Hawkes. I used the jackets hounds-tooth pattern for the outer layer and created two combinations of seat and lining colourways based on the tan and white colours of the shirt and jumper in the suit.
Image 4 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - These prams were inspired by two contrasting suits made by Gieves & Hawkes. I selected various textures and colours from the suits to use in my pram designs.
Image 5 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - This final pram was inspired by a navy blue polka dot pocket square that was styled with the tan suit from Image 4.
Concept Design - Suiting
Silver Cross Prams
Surf 2014 Pram Designs
Influenced by men’s tailoring and suiting
All my pram designs were created using a basic black and white Surf template provided by Silver Cross. To give the designs a more realistic appearance I filled in the chassis with a silver gradient and the plastic parts with a black gradient. However when this was done some parts of the template needed adjusting so the filled sections matched up and appeared as they would in real life; parts needed to be realigned or deleted completely and some sections needed to be placed on different layers.
I used the Live Paint tool to fill in the fabric sections of the prams, this resulted in a very precise fill, unlike in PS, when using the magic wand and paint bucket tools results in a fill that is jagged, has uneven edges and doesn’t always colour all the way up to the black lines.
I used a selection of vector graphics that I created from scratch, as well as some images sourced from the internet to create the textile patterns. I used the define pattern feature to create pattern swatches for each of these graphics. This meant sections could be filled in using the Live Paint tool without the need for layers or cropping, this saved me a lot of time and effort. However some patterns (only the ones created using images sourced from the internet) did not repeat evenly when placed side by side, because of this there are some noticeable edges in the filled sections where the patterns do not match up. To solve this problem I would create all of my own vector graphics to use as patterns, by doing this I would be sure each pattern would tessellate/match up on the edges neatly.
All of my pram designs have been heavily influenced by tailoring in general and the specific aesthetics of a particular suit - Descriptions of designs start from left to right
Image 1 - Mood Board - The image layout was created in PS then the file was imported in AI. An AI template was used for the text and line layout.
Image 2 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - These prams were inspired by a suit made by Gieves & Hawkes. I selected various textures and colours from the suit to use in my pram designs. To see which combinations of outer fabric and lining worked well together I created a number of designs (the smaller ones show the outer layer and lining side by side).
Image 3 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - This pram was inspired by a suit made by Gieves & Hawkes. I used the jackets hounds-tooth pattern for the outer layer and created two combinations of seat and lining colourways based on the tan and white colours of the shirt and jumper in the suit.
Image 4 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - These prams were inspired by two contrasting suits made by Gieves & Hawkes. I selected various textures and colours from the suits to use in my pram designs.
Image 5 - Pram Designs and Inspirations - This final pram was inspired by a navy blue polka dot pocket square that was styled with the tan suit from Image 4.