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A few months back I pulled off another against-the-clock website build. Last-minute seems to be a trend among fashion designers. MA student Fiona Campbell needed a site in advance of her forthcoming exhibition at London College of Fashion. Fiona specialises is sustainable footwear, and wanted to use a website to promote her expertise online and offer consulting services.

Thankfully we had some great photos to work with, and after a bit of to-and-fro we settled on a calm, muted visual feel with a mix of blues and slate grey. While I put the structure together, Si came into play with an easy-to-use blogging tool so Fiona could publish news snippets and keep the site fresh.

This looks like a scene from Saw III, but really it’s a Technical Effects project by some students at LCF. The guy volunteered to have his head cast in aid of a piece of project work for one of his flatmates. He’s totally sealed in but breathing from 2 airholes around his nostrils, communicating with hand movements and grunts. Weird experience I reckon.

Photographing the digital print bureau at London College of Fashion threw up some interesting colours and shapes…

Most mornings are like any other at London College of Fashion. But not this morning. Walking through the Fashion Space Gallery in the direction of my office, I found the door blocked by a huddle of females. When they didn’t disperse, I photographed them.

Turns out these mannequins were part of a design competition for high street retailers, the theme being recycling, and the reuse of materials ordinarily discarded during the fashion design process. As I write, Heart FM is outside in the gallery doing a feature on the competition. Entrants include Wedgwood and Playboy.

Just as a footnote to this post, I’m not unhealthily obsessed by mannequins or wigs.