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An Afternoon With T Michael03.11.09
Been busy with another project and this time it was making a magazine layout with InDesign. Plus, we had to make an article about someone who is working in the design business. In my case, I interviewed one of Bergen’s hottest fashion designers, T Michael. Since I chose the fashion angle, my layout was inspired from different fashion magazines.
The magazine’s name was already decided by the teacher so we had no choice, but to follow it. Blunk means wink in English. Here are the pictures of the layout and the accompanying article. Hope you guys like it!
+ Cover. It’s Odd (my husbandry) on the cover. It’s in black and white with the magazine logo in yellow giving the look and feel of fall.
+ Page 2
+ Page 3
Michael T. Nartey or T-Michael as known to many is one of the hottest fashion designers in Bergen. He is a man of vision coupled with a matching skill and eye for great design. His outfits are worn by celebrities, socialites and of course people with strong sense of style.
It was early afternoon and I left in a hurry from school. I hastily made my way to the city centre feeling lucky to have this short tête-à-tête with Bergen’s highly esteemed fashion designer, T Michael. Despite his busy schedule, he was positive in regards to the interview and managed to squeeze me in.
I’ve met him before when I was working on a film project since he provided the outfits for the casts. Now, on my second time meeting him, he never ceased to amaze me. He exudes an aura of elegance and grace. He is very friendly and down-to-earth. Talking to him alone can actually spark an inspiration.
He started thirteen years ago with a vision of creating something revolutionary from a fusion of traditional tailoring and contemporary designs. From tailoring he turned it into ready-to-wear or RTW, but suits and dresses are still tailored to fit.
His main studio is in Bergen, but he also has a shop in Oslo. I asked him how he finds Bergen or Norway in terms of fashion, innovation and trend. He told me that geographic location doesn’t hinder creativity or style. Bergen is self-contained and not experimental than Oslo, but it’s brimming with creativity. Infact, his products are a reflection of what Bergen is, a marriage between classic, and traditional with cool and modern design.
In regards to his work inspiration, he gathers it everywhere. He even noted that either you find it or it finds you. As his hands were busy on an outfit, he continued talking. He said that while working in a one piece there came a sudden idea and he made a mental note to do something about it. He added that work begets work.
The future for T Michael is bright and exciting. He is now creating shoes and bags which are also very stylish and sophisticated. Next on his future projects are accessories which are a must have to every man and woman. Life needs embellishments and T Michael will surely bring it on!
Tips for aspiring young fashion designers from T Michael:
Learn it the right way.
- Try to understand the build up of clothing before one starts sketching. When one understands how it’s made up then one can make something revolutionary out of it.
You can see the PDF version of the layout here and visit T Michael’s website at http://www.t-michael.com
That’s all.
P.S.
Everyone is invited to join!
Posted under Design+Style, Verbal Diarrhea | Kommentare (40)
Congratulations Charles! Great lay-out and wonderful interview.
Thanks Toe!
Wow, that looks pretty professional.
Odd looks very good on that cover.
Thanks Pieterbie! He does look good there heheheheh
Very Impressive, Chas….! You have so very many “gifts” as an Artist. And it is great to see you using them all….Design, Photography, Writing—just to name three—I hope you got HIGH Marks on this assignment. You deserve them, my dear!
Thank you very much Naomi! I certainly hope that I’ll get a high mark on my projects! heheh
Didot and Palatino fonts works wonder. I love how you manage to keep the Arial fonts on caps on the cover, it adds more of the magazine-look. Plus, the dropcaps on first letter word. LVE it, Charles, just avoid using punctuation marks on a CAPSlock letter tho’.
Hi K! Thank you for the compliments as well as the tip. Though can you please point it out where I placed punctuation marks on a CAPSlock letter? I’d be so thankful for that.
On your cover page, it reads: ‘This Could Be Major!’ with the exclmation point. Although there is no rule with its usage, it can also add emphasis to a sentence like you’re either “shouting”, “angry” or some other form of excitement.
I guess it is some sort of a habit that we love to use it. Aren’t they so tempting?
Ah! I thought the same at first, but then I added the exclamation point to emphasize a sort of excitement. Since I saw like two of i-D’s cover page and they were using punctuation marks which sealed my faith in using it as well. Hehehhehe
fabulous, chase! impressive layout and article!
i still can’t get over the word “husbandry”! so cute and fun!
thanks for the birthday greeting! miss you.
Thanks and I miss you too! Well, we will meet again someday!
me likey odd (the “husbandry”) on the cover, too! haha.
Wow, that looks pretty professional.
Hi Charles, great article! I used to hang out with a bunch of nutty Norwegians in college, dated a fellow from Oslo for about 4 years. BOY were those folks wild. I don’t know how to spell this, but let me know if this sounds familiar at all…”Aaaaa….saaaa… svinger vi posiddeden eyen. Hey, Skaal!” lol
Thanks! Hahahha that’s funny. It actually sounds like a drunk man’s song. Anyway, I can spell it correctly for you. It goes like this “og så svinger vi på siden igjen. Hei, skål!” It means “and so we swing on the side again. Hi, cheers!”. That’s the literal translation, but I can ask my father if that’s correct or not hehehehhe. Because sometimes there are words or sentences in Norwegian that cannot be literally translated into English and vice versa.
I thought it meant “here we are swinging on the side of the bottle again”. ??
Have a bra! (Isn’t that how the expression goes? Have a good one?
Ah now I got it, “here we are swinging on the side of the bottle again” goes like this in Norwegian “her står vi å sjangler med flasken igjen”. Because the one that you described that you heard before was completely different with the English translation that you gave me now.
If you meant “ha det bra” it means goodbye or directly, be okay.
Who knows, all I remember is how fun the Norwegians were, and how they had a song for everything. I used to joke that you guys have a song to sing when passing the salt. Yes, ha det bra is it. We used to say “have a bra!” when parting as a joke. Ah, to be young and silly.
I so agree!
Oooh, I like your sexy new website! And I loved the way you used T-Michael’s shopfront in the heading of your magazine layout. Nice!
Thank you dear Evol!
You did an AWESOME job there Charles
I super liked the mag cover. B&W and the touch of yellow worked perfectly! I like the shade of yellow that you used because it doesn’t strain your eyes.
Thanks dear. I always love the combination of black and white plus that shade of yellow. It somewhat spices the whole thing like curry for example. LOL
I enjoyed the whole package here. Good work!
Thank you Colleen!
Congratulations, I love the design. Very professional-looking design.
Thank you Kelvin!
Wow, looks great. Love the layout!
Thank you Scott and I am happy that you like it!
Not only are you a great designer (the front page with Odd looks very nice!), but you are a great reporter too – very good article!
Thanks for keep on promoting the Oslo Blog Gathering!
Btw: Thanks for installing the feedback form on my blog too!
Thank you Renny!
I will keep on promoting the Oslo Blog Gathering on every post to gather more participants. And yes, you’re welcome!
Love the cover you did for Odd! Especially with the Black/White effect!
COOL!
Thank you Astro! He looks quite dashing isn’t he? heheheheh
Hi Charles….
Wow dear… this is really fabulous…congrats dear….
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Thanks dear…. mwah!
Hello dear Jase! Thank you and yes I did vote for you! Goodluck and I really hope you win because you deserve it!
Great looking design. Charles. If something like that can be transposed in my blog I’d be extremely happy. Great work!
I can help you out designing your blog if you want, but I am still swamped with projects left and right.
Thank you for the lovely compliment!
I like the cover a lot Chas. Excellent work overall!