Series of hand drawn portraits during my jouney in south america last year.

Customised vintage ‘valises’ found in flea markets in south of France.

Back to my long term love collection project about happy and food for thoughts ‘formulas’ that I will spread all around the world! Indeed after this fantastic world trip in 2011, I am more than ready to give a wave of actions!

Work in progress. Series of posters and billboards installations I will display during the French new elections: April 2012.
To Bring poetry and to make people think finding these ‘hasard’ posters in unusual places in Paris.

Art direction / Visual identity for a new upcoming print designer Julie Kouamo.

Here is the atmosphere of my tropical studio in London, waiting for the Spring!

Series of new words to express my love for dancing.

Series of people I met on the road last year.

One of my creative fashion book this year.

Project made in Brazil this Spring. My Brazilian friends from Choque Culural helped me to find proper expressions about Brazilian rythms, sounds and dancing. Printed at Grafica Fidalga.
I plugged my laptop all day long to listen Samba music and I even had a dance with the old man ;) The project was displayed for a very busy night at Teatro Collectivo (Sao Paulo).
All organised by VOODOOHOP (Laurence Trille & Thomas Haferlach).

Art direction, visual identity and photo shoot of the brazilian dancer ‘Bilisco’.
One of the dancer of the Centro Cultural Carioca, where I’ve been dancing a lot of Samba de gafieira with other friends in Rio de Janeiro

Creation of patterns for brasilian textile studios.

He will curate the Art Video program for this year’s Art Fair (Art Basel Miami Beach). Screening 40 works from a submission of 300 from leading international contemporary art galleries selected for the Fair. This is the first time that the 7000 sq ft screening wall at Frank Gehry designed New World Symphony Centre will be used to show artists’ films and video. The screening will be open to the public over three evenings in December.

Extract of my travel sketchbook inspired by Polynesia and South America.

‘He was born in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, where he now lives. It has always been associated with music, he has done work in multidisciplinary projects ranging from graphic design of hard disks and posters – where he has set – to the achievement of videos and clips, and design scenarios and costumes for shows, as with the work done for the band Blitz that lasted five years or to complete work he does for Fernanda Abreu. This is one of the pioneers of chart pop, a milestone of 80 years in Brazil, showing a different path of those who came of rationalism, carrying a direct message, is to copy / paste, artificial colors, exposing a world of exaggerated idolatry of mass communication. The diversity of his work led him to recently scripts, costumes and assume the artistic direction of two feature films and the proposed mega-exhibitions and Football 100 Years of Cinema, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. (Transltation via Ricardo Ohtake).

Laughing a lot with a parrot (papagayo) in Bahia. It was one of my best memory ever!

Last fun project made in Sao Paulo! Thanks a lot to  Laurence Trille at VoodooHop

Currently working of limited edition of hand made tee-shirt and bags (contact me for order).

On the road since several long weeks and it is a great year to focus on my personal and future projects.

Series of illustrations from the photo shoot of Adriano Damas and stylist Haydee Serpa.

Work made of small letters for black board found in a second hand shop on Bricklane.

Screenings of artists’ films & videos
01 – 06 MARCH 2011

at the SVA THEATRE, NEW YORK
in association with
THE ARMORY SHOW & VOLTA NY

Curated by David Gryn

Road trip in Argentina and I felt in love with these colorful and cheap posters!

Family archive: Programme + Logo that designed my mother for her independant cinema ‘Le Breteuil’ (Marseille, France, 1981). My dad was the projectionist.

Series of vintage actresses I love.

Blossom illustrations inspired by my south american journey.
Model: Rebeca Fernandez Lopez (contemporary dancer, choreographer and co-artistic director of Bottlefed)

Editorial & identity development of Argentinian photographer Natasha Ygel for her printed portfolio.

Bright lights, big city and a bustling crowd marked the premiere of a new artistic collaboration within motion pictures. Central London itself became the backdrop as Delphine worked with gifted visual artist and technophile Dave Lynch, in projecting her visually arresting slogans in the capital city – using its buildings and landmarks as living screens. Harnessing the pedal power of a self fashioned mobile unit from which to project, this guerilla inspired artistic action remained in keeping with Delphine’s themes of engaging and inspiring an audience via thought provoking works and actions. By directing new possibilities within an urban filmscape, the team took art to the people, who by their very presence became cast members in this the first of no doubt many sequels.

Art direction and branding for a catwalk.

Work at Portland Design.

Shift Arts curates exhibitions and events and acts as a catalyst to spark creative collaborations between artists, organisations and businesses.

Inspiring dialogue through provocative cultural events we aim to investigate our contemporary condition, re-evaluate our values and beliefs, engage with new technology and scientific inquiries, and consider an ecological outlook in the interdependence of all natural organisms and all humans in the global society.

Curated by Chelsey Browne.

Set design & photoshoot art direction for Entre Casa Magazine

Client: Disco, Argentina
Photographer: Natasha Ygel
Hair dresser: Walter Pampin

Se7en Deadly Sins is a new one-off four hour improvisational performance work that brings together dancers and musicians from the North East. Experimenting with the narrative of the Seven Deadly Sins, the four hours will see a protagonist falling from grace, giving into the temptations of Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth and Wrath.

The performance is a collaboration between Stephanie Jong (Independent Curator), dancer Nicole Watson (Artistic Director, Surface Area Dance), and musician Brendan Murphy (World-percussionist).

Curator: Stephanie Jong

AUGUST 2010

acme – contemporary art exhibition curated and organised by the Royal College of Art Curating Contemporary Art (Inspire) master students at ACME Project Space.

ACME Project Space, Bethnal Green, London

Contemporary Illustrations of the famous Carmen Miranda, Brazilian samba singer, Broadway actress and Hollywood film star popular in the 1940′s and 1950′s.

Series of products: badges, cards, tee-shirts, bags, etc!

‘At very short notice, a very perfect design was formed for various materials for Artprojx Cinema NY that matched my vision and went happily far beyond it’

David Gryn · Artprojx London and NYC

‘I reacted very quickly to this event as I was in the Pacific and we got a red alert early in the morning.
When I got back home, I came up with the idea and drew this sign spontaneously.

Then I started to spread it to friends via internet and crossed my fingers this universal sign for love and support for Japan would find its way. It was like putting a bottle in the sea.

A big thank you to Claire Boyles, who played a key role by putting me in touch with Darren Leighfield.
I am very happy to have offered my picture to this emergency situation’.
(Delphine Perrot, 11.03.2011)

Make a donation to help support the people of Japan recover from the devastation of the Tsunami by making a donation here:
http://itsnotmuch.co.uk

‘Heart for Japan’
© Design by Delphine Perrot, 2011

I’m going to produce two pieces of work for the Evil Gallery and their event ’3′ at beginning of December.

We are currently editing the video of the event using the very cinematic sounds from Origamibiro/Tom Hill (new album coming soon: Myspace/Facebook)

Delphine produced 2 similar giant cards for a V&A Friday Late about Two’s a Pair. ‘In conjunction with Designersblock Two’s a Pair will celebrate famous design duos and explore collaborative working in contemporary design through installations, talks and workshops, and will culminate in great design giveaways. In the spirit of cooperation (and fun), meet a friend or introduce yourself to a stranger – you can’t go it alone!’

Delphine felt in love with old books in her grandma’s house and kept this interest while she was doing her MA about flea markets in Paris. She created a series of home made books displaying her research, people she met, curiosities and type research. That was the starting point of her vernacular research.

‘Delphine has acted in a pivotal role at several of the Design Museum’s recent experimental public events. Her diligence towards detail combined with creative flair and expansive imagination have been led to inspirational public interactions. The Design Museum continues to wish to work with her, and we are pleased that she has been able to commit to programming workshop activities within the David Adjaye Urban Africa exhibition on 23rd July 2009’.

Michael Czerwinski
Learning Manager Design Museum

During Dephine’s time Studio Myerscough she was involved with David Adjaye’s exhibition graphics. It was a fun challenge to make the large red room a workshop for a late night at the Design Museum and include large scale drawings. At the request of the Museum, Delphine subsequently ran an engaging workshop ‘Africa and sustainability,’ that lifted from the sentiment of the show. In order to capture the spirit of the strong design ethic from this rich culture, participants were encouraged to create their own unique patterns inspired by noted examples found in both textile and architectural form. Collaged posters and postcards were created to compliment the photo expose of David Adjaye’s work, which itself showcased the variety within key cities of the diverse and fascinating nation.

Handpainted walls in various cities.

At the request of AA Saloon’s founders, Delphine was invited to discuss and interpret her works to date in front of a new audience. In timely fashion with the event held on Bastille Day on July 14 2010, and inspired by this politically hot date, focus was given to previous shows Nothing Works and Affluenza where audiences wrote there own personal manifestos. Continuing these works, participants were encouraged to design their own revolutionary inspired t-shirts complete with slogans that had meaning to the wearer. This represented an evolution of media from poster to that of clothing, a more portable and personal billboard from which to communicate.

Click on the link to read an article about my artistic practice mixed with my design work.

Delphine invited people to participate with her various posters from her previous exhibitions. In October 2009 as a result of a longstanding working relationship with the Design Museum, a workshop was held to showcase the work of Delphine Perrot, in the vain of mini retrospective. Key works including elements from Affluenza and Nothing Works, some of her earlier larger group shows, were given ‘another opportunity to view’. A fusion of her past works that meditated on the commercial and transient nature of desire and need, was brought to life in the form of a workshop that engaged participants to create their own take on this provocative topic. Posters were the order of the day, and memories were set for longer.

Launching Design week in September 2008, ‘Nothing Works,’ inspired by the work of the same name by Gordon Matta-Clark, was held at Shoreditch Town Hall, where cross-discipline visual artists harnessed the architectural space of the building’s maze like basement as a blank canvas for their individual installations. The bleakness of the surroundings were enriched with pieces that where to respond to exactly that. In a playful and provocative approach, Delphine’s happy slogans were given new form and attached to striking red balloons that not only filled the space, but created a sense of hope and freedom from the obvious architectural confines. In contrast to the balloons, striking and memorable billboard posters greeted visitors at the entrance of the exhibition, where each were encouraged to divulge their own personal take on the origins of modern social decay in pen. ‘Nothing works because…’ (an extrapolation of Matta-Clark’s work to drive engagement on the topic), provided a forum to speak out, whist the twist on a childhood floating favourite, took the role of uplifting spirits perhaps brought down by the companion piece.

Curators: Michael Czerwinski, Amanprit Sandhu

Nothing works blog

Series of new illustrations.

‘Delphine Perrot has a fresh and exciting approach to design. She works on a wide range of engaging and interactive projects crossing over and pushing her design ideas into a variety of environments. I’m interested in her flexible and creative approach to public spaces and her use of new technology and new media. As a programmer I’m always on the lookout for artists with the ability to engage with different audiences, spaces and environments in new, creative and interesting ways. So I will be following Delphine with interest and looking for possible ways to collaborate in the future!’

Adrian Shaw
Late At Tate Britain Programmer

‘I have known Delphine within a professional capacity for over three years, having worked together on a number of projects and exhibitions in her capacity as both a graphic designer and artist. Delphine exercises the utmost professionalism and is a highly dynamic and creative individual. Delphine’s work continues to recontextualise the use of everyday advertising within a contemporary society of mass communication. More recently her practice has developed, incorporating live media and outdoor installations. This has been marked with a more collaborative approach, working with other artists, filmmakers and designers. This is both a critical and exciting turn within her practice.’

Amanprit Sandhu
Assistant Curator at Liverpool Biennale 2010

A selection of screenprints from the last few years.

Artist and designer Delphine Perrot hosted an interactive space using balloons, posters and written word slogans, allowing participants to interact with and contribute to this evolving work.

October 2009 saw The Bigger Picture Festival on Interdependence in the foreground. Launched at the thinking person’s destination The Hub, the festival was a free interactive series of events and workshops held at the Barge House on London’s Southbank, hosted by the new economic foundation (nef). The festival’s master stoke was to bring some of the more difficult socio-political and economics-led environmental issues to the forefront, whilst showcasing inspiring solutions from thought leaders and sparking further debate. Visitors were encouraged to engage with the various facets of show, which notably included an interactive space controlled by Delphine, that allowed participants to engage and contribute with the varying media of balloons, posters and written word slogans. Empowering the audience with knowledge and creative means to make a difference.

Title: ‘I want – I need’, art installation.
Inspired by writings of the same name by Oliver James, the exhibition of March 2009 proved a timely reminder as to the excesses and wants of a modern world. Capturing the commercial spirit of the audience, Delphine played with the social bug of needing and wanting more, achieved by asking a willing audience to participate in creating their own placards to demonstrate the message to others of their own self-awareness on the matter. ‘I need’ and ‘I want’ took on a playful tone, but in essence were based on the more sinister and captivating themes of social hedonism and desire. An excellent leveler, this interactive piece was the star in show at the multi-disciplined exhibition of artists’ works, where results truly speak for themselves as we enjoyed from the witty and factual to the pensive and extreme.

The Hub in London’s Kings Cross played host to the inaugural event launching The Bigger Picture Festival of Interdependence. In attendance were thinkers to inspire connections and formulate plans in answer to some of the bigger questions we face socially, economically and environmentally. In partnership with the new economic foundation (nef), the think and do tank that promotes people focused solutions for global well being, alongside others, the evening proved a hot bed of debate amongst the multi-faceted crowd of; politicians, economists, environmentalists, artists and social commentators. Big topics were tackled and everyone had equal opportunity to contribute. In support of this launch pad evening, Delphine displayed screen prints within the theatre of discussion, where attendees could interact with her tactile and thought provoking positive messages and slogans, so placed to encourage the room.

Fresh from the success of the Apollo Project, and by request from the respected Surface Gallery Nottingham, Delphine’s dramatic and engaging buzz words were once again presented on loop and on screen in this new more traditional setting. As part of a mixed media group show, her installation further subverted the leading role of television by communicating joy and ambition instead of trying to sell. Ratings were high for this engaging and self-affirming show.

The Apollo Project breathed hope and enthusiasm back into a commercially struggling community. An idea so simple yet inspired, occupying a former video store and filling it with mixed media art installations, to which the public could visit during the hours of trade, therefore reducing the impact of empty shops. In keeping with the small screen setting, Delphine displayed enthusiastic and graphically crafted buzz words ‘as live’ on retro televisions, for window shoppers to engage with. Commercials that were not commercial, but there to encourage and intrigue – a playful and arresting fusion of design and innovation that harnessed the raw materials of the environment in which they were found.