FORM FOLLOWS FEELING
Wearing own design
content
PLY FLUID ANGLE COIL GROW SS14-FLORIBUNDA LUCID DECAY PRAY AMBER
The focus lies in sculptural shapes while banning cuts. Often an interdiction will translate into a more fluid design. We are surrounded by shapes, colors, numbers and we can distinguish patterns everywhere. Geometry is at the basis of everything surrounding us so for now we will stick to the simplicity of the sacred forms and let them guide us.
Ply
By using just origami technique of repetitive folding in guided directions, 3 plain pieces of fabric transform gradually into a structured dress. "The signs are everywhere. You just have to know how to see them" - Constantin Brâncuși, romanian sculptor.
Fluid
angle The aim is to purify the process, going back to the intrinsic design of things. Playing is, among other actions, essential to the nature of humans. As an intrinsically motivated activity it leads to pleasure but also development of the mind. When it is structured and goal-oriented, we use it to teach children and make them understand our adult ways. But play is the first action that guides our body for hand-eye coordination and thus paves the way towards drawing, painting, assembly - creativity. We start by playing with simple shapes and forms, tangle them around the body, mimic a garment. After a time, play comes up with a resolution, aesthetically appealing and different depending on the angle you wish to see it from.
The creative adult is t
the child who survived.
coil
grow
While we evolve as humans we gradually return to simplicity and therefore nature. To contemplate this reverse evolution we take a look into biomimicry to see how nature resolves and shapes itself. The focus is on one of nature’s most skilled practices: Growth — taking place everywhere it has a hospitable environment, in a chaotic yet structured way, waste-less.
The chosen plant is Hypnum moss, a primitive plant, one of the first to colonize the Earth, volatile and versatile. Our bodies become pristine again, hopeful, involved in a symbiotic process. As the moss begins to grow it starts to protect us from rain, wind and dust. Growing in tandem with nature is the absolute mutual empathy. We are now in sync again with evolution.
SS14 Floribunda
Floribunda The immortality of the bloom.
We've been ageing since day one of creation. Yet most of our existence we bloom. The designs from this collection are a reminder of nature's beauty and the resemblance between women and flowers: fragility, fertility, beauty and the crave for eternal youth.
Floribunda
SS14-L01
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LUCID As an observation to the clear, at ease mind. We seek pristine places in our thoughts, on our body, on Earth. The discovery is exhilarating, we believe to find lucidity there. As an attempt to translate clarity we transport it to the visual field and define it as see-through or transparent.
The chosen material is Polyethylene, the food wrapping plastic, to bring the body to its original condition, unspoiled, preserve it clean and fresh as if new.
DECAY
SEQUIN DETERIORATION BLOUSE
RUSTING DRESS
*Bleached and recolored fabric
pray
*hand painted
Amber
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