A Different Art & Design

art&design.Wall art and wall decor don't have to be just about paintings and/or photographs. That's the more traditional approach to decorating walls. Fabric wall hangings, however, can really make a room more decorative and really do add a personal touch to your decorating theme. Maybe it's time to consider using some fabric in your next decorating project?

There's so many different ways to create this type of wall art so don't panic if you don't know where to start. How far you go with this will depend entirely on what your artistic leanings are and how much time you can invest in the project itself. Some people are satisfied with fairly simple wall art, while other people find it fun to spend a lot of time making their own unique piece of wall art.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to create fabric wall art is just to find a design that you are fond of, an then to stretch it over a frame. You can then hang this piece of fabric art in your room without much trouble. In fact, this will end up looking just like another painting or picture but have that added touch of style to it from being created with fabric. art&design.By Niall Roche Platinum Quality Author.

Industri Design

The Design team promotes British design through a range of activities and events including touring exhibitions, workshops, seminars, and conferences overseas led by British designers and study programmes in the UK for overseas visitors.

Our programme reflects the wide range of disciplines practised to a world class standard by British designers and includes graphic design, fashion, architecture, city planning and the built environment, interior design, digital media, industrial and product design, furniture and design education.

Secret Feng Sui

The term Feng shui is one a lot of us have seen, heard or read before. It is a system for determining how both seen and unseen aspects to your environment can influence your health, your mental and emotional states, and your financial potential, and is often referred to as geomancy, but in fact the Chinese approach embraces more than just western geomancy, which is the business of dowsing land forms and energies. It is the art of arrangement, of placing things in such a way as to enhance the flow of energies and to minimize dissipation. Feng shui is related to the very sensible notion that living with rather than against nature benefits both humans and our environment, and is not about religion, but about surrounding yourself with reminders of your goals, in other words, it is all about your intention.

Feng shui is an ancient practice first developed some 6,000 years ago by the Neolithic Chinese. It is a study of how humans interact with their environment. It is the practice of analysing and influencing the interaction between people, buildings and the environment in order to enhance quality of life, and is becoming well known and spread in the whole world. Feng shui is a powerful, effective method of changing your environment to improve your life.

Feng shui design is a wise approach to the way our environment affects us. It is an ancient set of theories and complex calculations, the depths of which cannot be summed up, and is really about observing and directing our intentions. It is an ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement objects in space to achieve harmony with the environment. Feng shui is more than the sum of its parts.
By Terry Harris

Art Admire

i've always admired stained glass whether it was in a church or a decorative piece in a home decorating store. Even though I have played around with a variety of arts and crafts, I had never attempted to work with stained glass until last weekend.

We recently remodeled our kitchen and were finished all but the backsplash. We had seen mosaic tiles online and in home improvement stores and thought they were lovely. But instead of using a pre-made design, my husband came up with an idea for a backsplash that would give our kitchen a personal and artistic touch. We would create our own backsplash using stained glass. This sounded doable to me so we went to the hobby store and found a large variety of beautifully colored 12-inch by 12-inch sheets of glass.

We were like kids in a candy store.

"Oh, look at this one!"

"Ooh, let's get this one, and this one. And, how about this one?"

We selected about thirty tiles since they were on sale. We had no idea what tools we needed to work with the glass but we would obviously need something to cut the tiles. We bought a quality cutter for about $20 and headed home to get started.
By Yvonne Perry Platinum Quality Author

Popular Art

A very popular design for many customers coming into a tattoo shop is a sun tattoo design. The design may be part of a much larger image that can also feature moon designs and star motifs along a celestial theme of images. Many people choose the sun tattoo design because the sun signifies life and power and that’s what many people want their tattoo choices to convey to others. The design can be a small or large version of a sun image and the tattoo can be a symbolic and traditional image of the sun or it can be a more relaxed and artistic view of the sun with perhaps a smiley face across the design.

Almost every tattoo shop in the world has images of sun, stars and moon as offerings for their customers. These designs come in a wide range of styles, designs and sizes as well as colors. Some customers prefer the traditional sun tattoo design while others are quick to choose anything but the traditional sun design jut to be more unique. This is why many tattoo shop artists have a lot of choices for their customers in the tattoo shop catalog. When a customer comes in and wants a tattoo design like this, the tattoo shop artist can simply take out the catalog and show off the many designs already drawn up. If the customer wants a more unique design the tattoo shop artist can modify the design for the client very easily in many .
By Kip Goldhammer

Custom Waterfall Design

When you are considering or planning a landscaping improvement, such as a garden, a custom waterfall with the best design for your taste and circumstances can literally be a work of art, and can turn an area of your property into a kind of paradise or sanctuary. And it can be used everyday. There are several different components to waterfall design. One example would be underwater lighting, which would allow you to use a waterfall in the evening.

Custom waterfalls can improve a view significantly by taking a plain landscape view and transforming it into something completely different. Most people feel waterfalls are beautiful to look at and that they have inherent relaxing qualities as well. They also offer the opportunity to take time out of a busy day to relax by enjoying the beauty and sound of a water feature. The atmosphere that comes with a waterfall can give you the feeling of "getting away from it all".
by anne hilton

Quality Art

It can be a trying experience when looking for a decent leg tattoo design. There is an ungodly amount of generic artwork on the net and this is all most individuals see when plowing through website after website. This is because they are being led to the low end galleries and not to the good ones, which have fresh, quality art. You can reverse that trend quickly, so here is how to locate any good leg tattoo design you want.

Searching the internet for quality tattoos should be such an easy thing to do, right? So why is it that over 90% of the males and females who look for tattoos wind up stuck in a world of generic artwork everywhere. Surely there has to be a bunch of superb galleries that actually take a bit of pride in posting quality stuff, right? I mean, you only want one great leg tattoo design that you can work with. Well, there are many very good galleries, but most people aren't getting to them, simply because of the ways they are looking for them. What's the way nine out of ten folks look for websites online? If you said search engines, you just rang the bell.
by adam woodham

The Best Art

Most of us are familiar with the art deco look of the 1920s and '30s. However, there are many interesting facts about the fashion that are not that well known.

For example, even though the style was well-known and the term may have been first used in 1925, the style was not popularly known as art deco until 1968, in a book about art and interior design, long after the style's heyday. At the time art deco was simply considered "modern".

Art deco style is mainly reflected in clean, sparse lines, almost always in combinations of black, white, silver and perhaps red. It is a style that is simple, yet elegant, always evoking opulance. Seeing art deco interiors always makes one think of elegant ladies slinking past with their long gowns, bee-stung lips and long cigarette holders. It is a symbol of the Jazz Age.

The style was most popular in the Roaring Twenties, that era in which people were quickly become rich from the stock market. Before the crash of the Great Depression, people could indulge in luxury. And that's what art deco interiors were about -- luxury. While all previous art and design movements had a philosophy, art deco, with its sleek black-and-white lines, was simply about luxury.The Best Art

The Art & Design

A leaflet has several aspects dependent on the quality of the design. The top 3 inches of the cover of your leaflet are the most important. Those 3 inches are what people are going to judge your leaflet by, to determine whether they're going to read the rest of your leaflet or not. It should be your utmost priority to attract a passer-by's attention with a captivating headline and so they can comprehend the purpose of your leaflet at a quick glance. Since leaflet design has the advantage of having more space to work with as compared to flyer design, use it! Utilise the space on your leaflet to highlight a few key points of information.

Then take the time to select one or two images to incorporate into your leaflet design, in order to create the right impact in the reader's mind and backup your information. You should be able to give out a clear concise message to the person reading your leaflet. Do not confuse them by including too much information printed on your leaflet. The standard leaflet sizes vary from 1/3 A4 and A3 or A4 sizes folded into A5 sized leaflets. These sizes are considered to be standard since they have the convenient feature of fitting into a person's pocket. This convenience will allow a person to read your leaflet in depth at a later time. If you produce bulky leaflets which are difficult to store in a purse or pocket, they are going to be thrown out by people instead of read.The Art & Design.

Art Of Products

So you've spent practically your whole budget and life savings into starting up a brand new business on your own. You want to start running your business as soon as possible to get a return on investment and start making a profit. There's barely enough pounds left for you to get the word out to the public that your business exists. With little money to spare, have you considered the idea of advertising with leaflets? A Leaflet is a cost effective, exclusive, personal and an easy direct marketing tactic to get the message out to your potential customers. You can mail out leaflets, distribute them door-to-door, or hand them out in person.

When people learn about your business, what it offers, the range of products, and other highlighted details from your leaflet, they will become interested and will be keen to visit your store. It is a chance to inform the public about established organisations, causes or companies your business may be affiliated with. Leaflets make people aware of your brand which helps the public gain trust in your company and associate with your business. In order to effectively promote your company using leaflet advertising, the first step is to ensure you have a good sense of leaflet design that would be appealing to people reading your leaflet.

Fine Art

Fine Art vs. Collectible Interiors

Fine art is often defined as a work that has been created for the sole purpose of decoration with little to no utility value. Collectible Interiors, on the other hand, include art for both functional and aes­thetic purposes. At Artizin we offer both traditional fine art as well as one-of-a-kind functional items. Functional items - such as hand-carved chairs, dinnerware, restored antique appliances - things that can be used as well as admired. When we mention "Art" in this guide, we are referring to both fine art and functional art.

What is Artizin?
Artizin is an interior design and art con­sultation firm offering collectible works of art, furniture, finishes, fabrics and rugs.

Artizin's Vision
To provide our clients exquisite environ­ments inspired by the talent, vision and genius of our artists and designers.
Starting a Collection

Your Own Brand of Beauty
"The desire (or compulsion) to surround ourselves with things that comfort, please, or excite our sensibilities is a com­mon human trait."

Introduction ART

Art & Wealth

"They buy art to appreciate it, to learn from it and to profit from it."

From Bill Cosby's African-American Art Collection to Steve Wynn's passion for tradi­tional masterpieces to Charles Saatchi's portfolio of iconic works to Bill Gate's collection, art has always been a status symbol for the wealthy.
But it goes deeper than that...As quoted from the 2007 Forbes article, Top Billionaire Art Collectors, written by Anthony Haden-Guest:

"The worlds of art and money have always been intertwined; each basking in the other's reflected luster.

Today's billionaires are no different from the grand dukes and popes of the Renaissance or the merchants of 17th cen­tury Amsterdam. They buy art to appreciate it, to learn from it and to profit from it.