NEW WINDOWS ON WILLESDEN GREEN - DESIGNER

I've been working on a high street regeneration project with the Architecture Foundation and Brent Council. 25 designers were partnered with 25 shops to create a giant advent calendar of shop windows. I designed the Christmas eve window, which was at Norma's Blessed Hands caribbean cafe. The design also incorporated legacy improvements to the shop front, and I designed a new logo and signage graphics for the business. For more info, see the website www.willesdenwindows.com. I won Best Festive Design, judged by Design for London, The Guardian and Somerset House. You can hear my interview about my design and the project, on BBC Radio Breakfast Show last week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00m43qs



There were great windows designed by IWANTDESIGN, WE ARE LAURA, KIERAN JONES and OCTOPI, who range from architect practices, graphics agencies and artists.

My design was based on tropical christmas, golden carousels, and christmas novelty toys. I made a turntable with individually spinning miniature jamaican scenes, all solar powered. Shanty towns, goats on mountain tops, swirling angels, flying birds, palm trees and beaches. Lit with orange and pink gels. Here are some pics of my window





I also ran a workshop over the events weekend. Being bored of the plain old gold 5 point christmas stars, the workshop took inspiration from real stars, galaxies and nebulae, and the amazing colours, marbles and sparks they produce. With a table full of bright coloured icing, pipes, sweets, stars, stencils, sprinkles and edible gold spray paint, the public were each hand there own solarsystem set of gingerbread biscuits to decorate. handcooked by me :) here are some photos of the day

ONEDOTZERO

Amazing week with onedotzero_cascade in collaboration with Kin, Guardian digital, Ogilvy labs, and Mother to name a few. Developing ideas for new work in teams of animators, composers, designers, architects, engineers and programmers.

This week, I'm collaborating on Onedotzero_Cascade programme, which has been amazing so far!

http://www.onedotzerocascade.com/

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARD - LCC 2011

Last month the 2011 LCC BA Film and TV graduation films were screened at BAFTA, which was a great night. 'Predella', the short I production designed last year, won the Best Production Design award from the graduation films, Brilliant! The art dept were amazing, recreating every food label graphic in the shop. Click here

CURTAIN CALL

Last month, I was shortlisted to make a new moving image work for Ron Arad's 'Curtain Call' - a 360 degree silicon rod curtain, to be projected onto by Hussein Chalayan, Mat Collishaw and David Shrigley among others.
Below is one of my concept images for 'WILD', a proposal inspired by zoetrope animation and technicolour cowboys.



In the end, the commission was won by a great work by Joe Hardy at www.egb7.com/ called 'Range', a collaboration made possible by Ideastap and the Roundhouse. Can't wait to see it!

WEBSITE UP!

Woop! Just put up website. Still needs some tweaking here and there, but CHECK IT OUT!

www.sarahbick.co.uk

GRADUATE EXHIBITION - PV

Degree almost finished! Putting up the exhibition.

DANGEROUS LIASONS - JOHN MALKOVICH Q&A

Today I saw Dangerous Liasons for the first time, at the Barbican, and Malkovich did a Q&A after. That voice!

GRADUATION SHOW

Wimb show looks super good this year :) Come see it

London Design Festival+Platform

I am working with Platform to create events and interactive installations for the London Design Festival 2011. More info coming soon!

SET DECORATOR - DARKNESS INTO LIGHT

Last spring I was Set Decorator on this micro-budget feature, designed by Ian Hammond. My first feature project while at Uni, set between now and Palestine 30AD, which was a really interesting and resourceful build :) click here for set dec pics