A Few Facts about the designer James Donald:

James Donald:

Currently:

Co-Owner at Concrete Wardrobe

PT Lecturer at Dundee College 1997- present 

Designer/Maker at PickOne

Past:

Designer Maker at National Museums of Scotland 

Weave Tutor at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art

Student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art

Education: Duncan Of Jordanstone

Design in the Market... Why?

In a lecture I had earlier in the week, we were asked, why we were doing what we are doing. This got me thinking. I am doing textiles firstly and simply because I enjoy it, but another aspect of design that intriuges me is that I want to design, in order to help people and to help improve their lives. I am very interested inhelping others and making people around me happy, I get a great satisfaction out of that when I suceed. I feel I need to broaden my horizons in my design field and perhaps dabble in another discipline, in order to survive in the design world.
Another part of me would love to be  running  a textiles/fashion business. Being in management of an important company making the contacts, negiotiating good deals, doing presentations, holding meetings, making decisions and ideally helping to make alot of money.
Who knows what the future will hold for me, only time will tell...

Desginer Reasearch: James Donald

In my group for design and the market we have decided to look at the Weaver James Donald, however he puts his hand into other disciplines too, not just weave. However particularly in today's climate, it seems you have to be a more versatile designer in order to be a sucess. You have to strike the right balance between being a "jack of all trades" and "pigeon-holing" yourself.

Here is a link to his site Pick One, so you can check out his designs:

http://www.pickone.co.uk/

I love how his inspirations for his designs have come from nature, I feel it helps to give them an organic feel to them.