Interview with Kara Messina

An interview with Kara Messina designer of Y'Oh street wear.

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Y'OH

Y'OH street wear is an emerging clothing brand by designer Kara Messina. Y"OH make well deigned  street wear garments with a twist by using traditional african prints

Jolene Henry (2011) untitled. tumblr [online] available at http://y-oh.tumblr.com/ (accessed: 29/11/11)

Amy Tan on creativity

I found this interesting talk on TED by speaker Amy tan about where creativity comes from although it doesn't directly relate to the creative industries i thought that it was worth posting .

Amy Tan on creativity

HIGH PRAISE FOR BRITAIN’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

An intresting video on the plans for the creative industries.

Britain investing in the future

I came across a report by DCMS (the department for culture, media and sport) called Creative Britain. New talents for the economy and what I have taken from it is that Britain have realised the impact that the creative industries worldwide is having on economies and the UK government is beginning to incorporate the creative industries into the economy and nurturing the future creatives so that they may maintain the reputation that the UK creative industries has.

• DCMS (2008) Creative Britain. New talents for the economy [online]. Available at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/CEPFeb2008.pdf. (Accessed: 23 October 2011)

Dalston visit

Me and my friend took a trip around Dalston in the attempt to find any businesses that were a part of the creative industry. As Dalston is one the the younger creative hot spots it was only a matter of time till one was found. We came across a leather shop on Culford Mews that primarily sell wholesale but have had in increase in students coming to purchase leather (at an incredible price). I asked the shop manager if they had been affected by the economic climate and he responded that they were doing alright as they still get students coming in to buy leather and they also were doing fine as they have a workshop a few metres down the road where anyone can come in and either pay for their design to be made or do it themselves.

Writing on the BRIC wall

While doing research on the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) I found an interesting article called Writing on the bric wall by Jane Simms. It mentioned that the there were fast growing markets in Latin America and unless the UK change the "sluggish" response then they may risk falling down the world economic rankings and be underneath economies such as Brazil and India.

Jane Simms (2011) Writing on the bric wall. 64(6), p26-26, [Online] available at
http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2011/2_Feb/jane-simms_64_06.html (accessed: 12/10/11)