One more project. And it is about Collections. Have I been collected something in my life? I do remember when I was child, I had stamp collections. There was around 3-4 albums with 40 stamps each other. I don’t remember I’ve been collecting something else, just maybe photos in my phone of some artists works, which I am taking from exhibitions and Instagram. And.. from last year, being so interested about editorial design I am collecting magazines from jungle shop, Notting hill market, doesn’t matter, from every second shop where I can find them. I wish I have more VOGUE magazines in my collection. Oldest one from 70’s. It is really interesting for me to see how their editorial style was changing within years and years.
It is interesting that it is a fact, that many creative people are collectors. Artist Joan Miró collected siurells, clay whistles from Mallorca, Spain. Scientist Charles Darwin became interested in studying nature when he became a collector of bugs.
Collections can also be sources of creative inspiration. Miró amassed a huge collection of siurells during his lifetime, filling his studio and house with them. For Miró, siurells were more than just clay whistles; they were also memories of some of his happiest moments as a child. They are brightly painted and almost always playfully shaped to represent people or animals. So when he wanted to imbue his paintings with playful happiness, Miró often borrowed both the colors and the shapes of siurells (Watkins, 1990) (www.psychologytoday.com).
As I chose pathway Data Visualisation I decided to make new collection which I can represent as a data. And I start collecting food what I am eating every day from morning till evening during a month.