Design.
Tiffany Hope Porter has an overarching art and design philosophy. It is that of FUNCTIONAL ART – where form meets function.
Tiffany’s first interest in design came from discovering a book on Art Nouveau as a child. It has since inspired her in almost everything she does, in particular, her philosophy on the multi-and-inter-disciplinary world of design. She often adamantly states that beauty and practicality should go together, and you shouldn’t have one without the other. What use is a sculpture if it just collects dust, if it doesn’t also hold a light or a flower, or can’t be sat on or utilised in some way? Why bother making something practical to last, if it also looks ugly? If you can spend $100 million on making a building, you can afford $100 thousand on making it pretty. Public eyesores are a crime against humanity.
Tiffany also believes that art should be beautiful. Sometimes, in some circles, it is necessary for art to be gritty and real, to tell a story or teach a lesson or bring an awareness that wasn’t there. However, most of us know that the world can be ugly and life is usually hard. Art should uplift the senses not depress them; it should bring joy and beauty in a world that is increasingly barren and grey. Whether it is music or fine art or home décor or film or jewellery or etc, art can be used for the positive benefit and occasionally even escapism that can raise up the human soul and steady it with the same hand. You can still get important messages across and influence people for the better by focusing on the more edifying aspects of existence.
Tiffany started an online blind drop shipping home décor, art and accessories business as a late teenager. She sourced products directly from impoverished tribes and cultures around the world with the view to directly improve their communities. Unfortunately, the main supplier disappeared due to their country falling into civil war, and the credit card processor wanted a $5,000 fixed reserve to protect against charge-backs. In a world where PayPal existed but no one had it yet, Tiffany reluctantly shelved the project to get a job and got caught up in the rat race. When she has become more firmly established, Tiffany hopes to create a design company of her own, in addition to reinstating the good works she had begun to do around the world in years past.
Areas of design Tiffany has dabbled in include:
*Inventions of office and kitchen gadgets
*Textile design and production
*Fashion design and production
*Millinery design and production
*Furniture design
*Home décor design
*Sound design
*Jewellery design
*Architectural design
*Fashion accessories design and production including handbags, shoes, belts and miscellaneous items.
*Plans for miscellaneous practical inventions
Tiffany dreams of having laser cutters, 3D printers and a cutting-edge fabric printer in her design firm. One day, we are sure it will happen!
Tiffany’s first interest in design came from discovering a book on Art Nouveau as a child. It has since inspired her in almost everything she does, in particular, her philosophy on the multi-and-inter-disciplinary world of design. She often adamantly states that beauty and practicality should go together, and you shouldn’t have one without the other. What use is a sculpture if it just collects dust, if it doesn’t also hold a light or a flower, or can’t be sat on or utilised in some way? Why bother making something practical to last, if it also looks ugly? If you can spend $100 million on making a building, you can afford $100 thousand on making it pretty. Public eyesores are a crime against humanity.
Tiffany also believes that art should be beautiful. Sometimes, in some circles, it is necessary for art to be gritty and real, to tell a story or teach a lesson or bring an awareness that wasn’t there. However, most of us know that the world can be ugly and life is usually hard. Art should uplift the senses not depress them; it should bring joy and beauty in a world that is increasingly barren and grey. Whether it is music or fine art or home décor or film or jewellery or etc, art can be used for the positive benefit and occasionally even escapism that can raise up the human soul and steady it with the same hand. You can still get important messages across and influence people for the better by focusing on the more edifying aspects of existence.
Tiffany started an online blind drop shipping home décor, art and accessories business as a late teenager. She sourced products directly from impoverished tribes and cultures around the world with the view to directly improve their communities. Unfortunately, the main supplier disappeared due to their country falling into civil war, and the credit card processor wanted a $5,000 fixed reserve to protect against charge-backs. In a world where PayPal existed but no one had it yet, Tiffany reluctantly shelved the project to get a job and got caught up in the rat race. When she has become more firmly established, Tiffany hopes to create a design company of her own, in addition to reinstating the good works she had begun to do around the world in years past.
Areas of design Tiffany has dabbled in include:
*Inventions of office and kitchen gadgets
*Textile design and production
*Fashion design and production
*Millinery design and production
*Furniture design
*Home décor design
*Sound design
*Jewellery design
*Architectural design
*Fashion accessories design and production including handbags, shoes, belts and miscellaneous items.
*Plans for miscellaneous practical inventions
Tiffany dreams of having laser cutters, 3D printers and a cutting-edge fabric printer in her design firm. One day, we are sure it will happen!