Happy Sunday from Designer Island...

Designer: Marlon Darbeau 'Jazz On The Beach'

Designer Marlon Darbeau gives us a behind the scene look at designing the set for Mt Irvine 'Jazz On the Beach' 2012.

See more here.

At the Callaloo Company in Trinidad. Making the set.

Jazz On The Beach Mt. Irvine Bay

Photos courtesy marlondarbeau.blogspot.com

Arc Magazine's 5th Issue is out!

Arc Magazine Issue 5 cover

Arc Magazine's 5th issue has been released and I anxiously await adding it to my collection!

Since the first issue that I had the pleasure of being featured in. Arc holds a special spot on my desk. (not even my book shelf. I keep them close)

With amazing artist and writers, the fifth issue also promises a limited edition run of Trinidadian artsit Rodell Warner's Riskzine, which was created in January as a part of a Commonwealth Connections Residency in South Africa.

Featured artist, Surinamese Charl Landvreugd interacts with Dutch scholar, cultural critic and writer Rob Perée to produce Don’t talk Black, Do Black.

And Jamaican jeweller and metal smith Jasmine Thomas-Girvan’s recent body of work, ‘Gardening in the Tropics’, who's exhibit I was fortunate enough to attend and was in awe of...

I'm completely in love with the cover artwork by Charl Landvreugd and I'm very excited to see what else is in there.

Get your copy of the new issue at Arc.

'Pictures From Paradise' - Book Launch

On Thursday I went to the launch of the book, ‘Pictures From Paradise’,
A Survey of Contemporary Caribbean Photography.

The launch was held at Medulla Art Gallery in Woodbrook, Trinidad.
The book comprised of the works of 18 Artist from 7 Caribbean Countries.

While the book is titled “Pictures From Paradise’, the images inside are anything but the stereotypical sun, sea, sand and coconut trees you’d be accustomed seeing as portraying the Caribbean.

They are real images of the true experience of the inhabitants of the islands. Of our realities, and our lives. They are contradictions of a diverse range. Beautiful, unique stories even where similarities exist.

We all live on an island and while our islands are not far from each other we often seem isolated when we in fact have so much in common and so much to share with each other and so much more to gain from being more connected.



‘Pictures From Paradise’
Published by Robert & Christopher Publishers in Trinidad and Tobago.
Editors: Melanie Archer and Mariel Brown
Essay by: O’Niel Lawerence
Designed by: Richard Rawlins

Interview in Progress with Creative Director and Designer Marlon Darbeau

Marlon Darbeau is a Designer and the Creative Director of Abovegroup Ogilvy
Brand Enginnering Agency.

He is a collaborator of the Alice Yard initiative. He is a 'Maker' and he is also my manager and friend for almost a decade now!

I wanted to talk to Marlon and get his view on the aesthetic learning curve and design...

You'll see his video soon and a new shooting location says Kibwe...

I hope you're all are doing great!

Designing Trinidad Lookbook

my desk at work

 Hi everyone! Check out my post and behind the scenes look at Designing Trinidad Lookbook's primer print magazine on my personal blog TanyaMarie and look out very soon for my new video post Caribbean Designers and what they're up to in our 'Designer Island' series.

Hope Everyone's New Year is going great so far!

'POTHOUND (2011)' - A Short Film

I am not at all the kind of person you'd call a 'dog lover' I've never owned a pet in my life other that a few fish which as far as I'm concerned don't count. But this short film about a 'Pot Hound' by Chris and Lizelle Guiness. Two Trini born creatives, was too cool and too well done not to share and they're right 'Dogs are Cool'.

Take a look, share and adopt an animal from your local animal shelter 'pet lovers'!