Objects in the Everyday: Print Designer Research- Basso and Brooke

We were all split into pairs and were to research a print designer. Me and my partner got Basso and Brooke.

Who are they?

http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Bruno+Basso/Basso+Brooke+Runway
+LFW+Autumn+Winter+2012/XpQhzKDHwvq

Bruno Basso and Christopher Brooke are designers who design and create their own prints for their collections.They first produced their first collection together in 2004.
Bruno Basso was born in Santos, Sao Paulo in Brazil and Christopher Brooke was in in Newark-on-Trent in the UK.

What techniques do they use?

They are known for using the digital print process and have made collections using 100% digital print which they have won many awards for.

http://www.wgsn.com/blogs/basso-brooke/

What is their signature style?

They use contrasting/clashing prints such as they have designed a long sleeved shirt with the bottom half showing a vibrant floral design, while the top half is a black and white small scale spotted design.

I think the key to their style is always very graphic and bold.

http://bassoandbrooke.com/new-flora-long-sleeve-shirt.html

What type of prints do they use?

http://mytextiledreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/basso-and-brooke-geos.html

•Tartan

•Checks

•Contrasting

•Loud/bold

•Floral

•Abstract

•Collage

•Geometric

Most of their prints are placed prints and some you will find are repeated prints.

https://susannagalanis1.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/london-fashion-week-
spring-12-ready-to-wear-part-i/

What is their colour range?

Their colours are electric, vibrant, loud and bright.

They use a lot of orange-yellow, tonal blues, bright greens, rose pink, vivid whites, black, a spectra of greys and purple.

What are their inspirations for prints?

“Henri Matisse, The Snail, 1953,Gouache on paper, cut

and pasted, on white paper, collection Tate Modern”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse#The_cut-outs

Different cultures and the Artist – Henri Matisse’s cut out work ‘The Snail’

A Short Story About Geishas
GEISHA SMALL TALK – SPRING/SUMMER ’09: We were inspired by a short story about geishas we read at the revered Hiiragiya Ryokan in Kyoto. The story described how, more than the pursuit of beauty and grace, or the entertaining of guests with poetry and music, the geishas of Gion had a strong sense of vanity and competition between them – and they loved to gossip mischievously. The print depicts abstract geisha faces, with radical strokes of colour connecting their mouths, representing this “small talk”.