Hasta La Ideas

As part of the SHOWstudio show at Somerset House in London, visitors, both online and in person, are invited to draw all over Naomi Campbell…

Well, not the real Ms Campbell, of course, but on a 3-D rendered image captured during Nick Knight’s Spring 2007 Naomi shoot, which created a series of 3D renders like this

Viewers can graffiti their thoughts across the model of a naked Campbell in triplicate both in the exhibition space and online here. With results like this

The show also features a live studio space in which photographers such as SHOWstudio founder Nick Knight, Jason Evans, Alice Hawkins, Craig McDean and Sølve Sundsbø, will shoot fashion editorial, portraits and film.

In addition, there will be Sittings each day in which a male model sits in a chair and responds to requests from the live audience and online.

Plus, budding models can try their luck an automated casting booth: those participating stand the chance of being picked for a range of shoots to be staged in the Live Studio by photographers including Jason Evans and Nick Knight.

SHOWstudio – Fashion Revolution is at Somerset House, Strand London WC2R 1LA, until December 20 and will be reviewed in a future issue of CR.

This is the promo film for the show

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And in this interview, Nick Knight explains the idea behind SHOWstudio

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Justin McGuirk reports in the Guardian that the London Design festival proves that the best design breaks down international borders – that’s what makes the city’s cultural scene unique.

But are things really that simple? Lowie Vermeersch, the Belgian design director of Pininfarina, told me once that Italian design is often not designed by Italians, but is always designed in Italy, as it is necessary to absorb and reflect the cultural context.

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In the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the pesky Goldilocks is able to quickly find the bowl of porridge, chair, and semi-firm mattress that all meet her definition of just right. Granted, she has a limited set of options from which to choose, but she loves her choices so much that she is blissfully able to drift off to sleep in a den of BEARS at the end of her decision-making day.

In my life — thankfully without much threat of deadly wildlife mauling me — I struggle to find that point of just right with everything. How many pairs of jeans, shoes, spare rolls of toilet paper, rechargeable batteries, and baby bottles should I own? How much time should I spend working, socializing, sleeping, and exercising to feel my best? Is my house too small for my family’s changing needs?

Determining the just right amount of physical goods has proven to be easier than determining the less concrete attributes of life, and so I wanted to share my methods with you. The following is how I decide the perfect amount of goods for my space and my life:

• How much space can I commit to storing this type of good?
• How much space do I want to commit to storing this type of good?
• Will I use all of it before it expires and/or becomes outdated and/or my brand loyalty changes?
• Do I have enough (or too much) to get me through to my preferred cleaning schedule? (For example: Do I have enough pairs of socks to last me between laundry days? Am I putting off laundry until it gets out of control because I have too many pairs?)
• Do I need or want this item at all?
• How much time, money, and energy will I save in the future if I have more than one of these in my space?
• What will I do if I run out?
• Would having more or less of these items improve my quality of life?

Regardless of how good a deal is, I stick to this method of determining just right. What method(s) do you use? Tell us about it in the comments.