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Matthew Williamson exhibition.Matthew Williamson is an internationally known Manchester-born fashion designer, who is exhibited in URBIS at the moment. For the exposition the designer chose those examples of his work that best demonstrated his style, echoed the diversity of concepts and emphasized remarkable attention to detail.
Williamson’s visits all over the world provoked his fascination with colour and pattern. Exoticism of other countries had a massive influence on his designs. Delicacy of materials, vibrant colour combinations from India, prints from Africa, geometric shapes from Mexico and pastel colours from Miami are all evident in his recent designs. Black or white outline filled with plane or gradient artificial colour and exoticism of the patterns form typical to Williamson’s style print.

Best of Manchester Awards 2008 exhibition.
This exhibition demonstrates the work of nine nominees selected to win the Best of Manchester Awards 2008 that draws attention to the work of some of the best creative professionals working and living in Manchester. Below are the works I find particularly interesting.Jai Redman (UHC) “Spring sounds” 2007
Jai Redman is a creative director of Ultimate Holding Company. Last year they created one hundred hand-made bags that had a print of a tree and a caption “trees breathe – adverts sucks” on both sides. These bags covered almost every advertising board in city centre aiming to present citizens some quiet tranquil minutes free from constant image, information and advertising bombardment. Hasan Hejazi
These garments reflect Hejazi’s complete line as it retains his distinctive style of playing on differences between soft and hard fabrics such as silk, leather and sheepskin. Fetish was the main influence on the designs and its slight presence is evident in these pieces.
Red Deer Club is a young but fully developed independent record label. Everything about it is very stylish and ethnic and possesses hand-made quality that makes it very in tune with contemporary trend.