Working under the name DREAMCATCHERSDREAMTIME I create a storytelling universe blending art, ideas, culture, and lifestyle in every aspect of my creative process.
My creative drive is to embody a unique soulful identity/process, empowering those around him to explore and emerge themselves within a dreamlike narrative, arriving individually and collectively at destinations of difference. With a strong emphasis on experimentation and collaboration, my collective vision translates through a fluid merging of reference, method and medium.
I believe a common thread in my work is a commitment to innovation, experimentation and unpredictability.
Work history
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Sydney, AustraliaFull Time
DREAMCATCHERSDREAMTIME aka George Barnes works as a multidisciplinary creative, blending art, ideas, culture, and lifestyle in every aspect of his creative process. My mission is to develop distinctive work, empowering those around me to explore and emerge themselves within my unique storytelling narrative, arriving individually and collectively at destinations of difference. With a strong emphasis on experimentation and collaboration, George’s collective vision translates through a fluid merging of reference, method and medium.
Clients and partnerships:
Bravado 2019
Art direction for Interior design of new Bravado showroom in LA.
Concept to create an interchangeable environment that can be altered to fit unique needs of clients. Showroom Environment designed to inspires creative dreams, mood and energy, at the same time communicating the unique voice of the Bravado creative lab.
Audible Australia 2019 (an Amazon company): Chromesthesia
Commissioned artworks and interior design for Australian Audible offices in Sydney.
Chromesthesia is a neurological phenomena where individuals experience heard sounds automatically and involuntarily as an experience of colour. In this series, George Barnes re-imagines the spoken word experience as rippling waves of colour, presented on multiple overlapping layers of printed fabrics.
Multimedia artworks: Layered digitally printed silk organza and hemp
Herringbone, with timber and acrylic frames.
Gradient decal artworks, interchangeable artwork frame design, branding and lighting features.
Miller Design-Lab AU, 2019
As part of a new global platform, Miller Genuine Draft is bringing to life a ‘space’ where cultural trends and creativity combine to create something exceptional. Five Australian designers from the fashion, technology, art, music and design worlds will come together to create one incredible creative hub in Melbourne this March 19.
Curated by world-renowned designer and creative enigma, Jeff Staple, ‘Miller Design Lab’ inspired by the theme, ‘gold is the new black’, each design partner contributed to create a unique experiential space, where attendees could enjoy art, culture, music and the refreshing taste of Miller Genuine Draft while they engage with the brand in a new and innovative way.
- Installation artist and design partner
Icebergs Dining Room and Bar
- NYD x Sneaky party 2018:
Creative direction and experiential interior design for the NYD event and
restaurant/ bar (for the month to follow)
- 10 Pieces MBFWA fashion show 2018:
Creative direction and set design for the runway show.
- IDRB resident DJ for the past 5 years.
Fratelli Paradiso (Sydney/ Tokyo) & 10 William St, 17 - Present
- Art director and music curator for restaurants Fratelli Paradiso,
Fratelli Paradiso Tokyo and 10 William St.
I also consult on event production and Art Direction for Italo dining and disco club. (Giovanni Paradiso and Maurice Terzini)
Sneaky Sound System, 2016 - Present
- Creative direction, costume design, film direction and production (I ain’t over you), single art and merchandise.
Desert Designs, 2018 - 2020
For over 30 years Desert Designs has communicated the work of Jimmy Pike and other indigenous artists from the oldest living culture on the planet, with vibrant energy and pinpoint accuracy. Today this collaboration between ancient and modern cultures continues, from the Great Sandy Desert to the desert homes of ancient peoples around the planet.
- Design consultancy and creative direction for multiple DD projects.
Art direction and print design, 2008 - 2020:
Bravado, Camilla and Marc, Converse (Jack Purcell), Desert Designs,
Insight51, Instead we smile (IWS), ksubi, KITX, Sass & bide, Something Else by Natalie Wood, Think Positive Prints, and Surrounded by Ghosts.
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Senior Textile Artistsass&bide
- Sydney, AustraliaFull Time
As Senior textile designer, I work directly with CD and design team with a mid-level textile designer and design room junior working under myself. Key responsibilities to deliver seasonal T-shirt art and embellishments, RTW yardage and placement prints, embellishments and jacquards. Managed mid-level textile designer and design room junior with artwork allocation and development. Research / develop key trends and
innovations seasonally, developed fabric embellishments offshore, work with local
printers, create unified print/drops seasonally.
Career hight-lights: Seasonally created 800k - 1 million in sales.
Created and developed sell out customized Converse All-Star series.
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Skills
- Fashion
- Visual Arts
- Print Design
- Drawing
- Printed
- Woven
- Design
- Textile Design
- Cushions
- Illustrator
- Indesign
- Photoshop
- Drawing Sketching
- Technical Print Design