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ON THE COVER
Editor-in-Chief/ Creative Director
Jacqueline Carlisle
Design Production
Lindsay McWilliam
Fashion Editor
Jacqueline Carlisle
Contributing Fashion Editor
Vanessa Voltolina
Design Editor
Alexander Horne Madelaine Lutterworth
ContributingWearable Technology Editor Valerie Lamontagne Web Design
James Daniel
ON THE COVER Graphic Designer Alexander Horne
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This issue really is a labour of love on so many levels, as the magazine starts to change the question of editorial content is constantly being tested and talked about. When this issue was planned it started in one direction and ended in another but it’s the type of issue you’ve grown to know and love. I won’t talk about the designers here, the magazine speaks for itself. The future is our sustenance; design is our desire, design that gives you everything you want. I remember once being at a fashion show talking to a former colleague about the magazine, when I told him it was about sustainable design and wearable technology, he laughed. Now the topic of reducing waste or reusing is talked about frequently in many social circles and in the media. Reducing and reusing, has now become a political race to see which country will do it best. For us here at Think it has always been, and will always be a desire to curate the cleverest in sustainable design and service. Runaway with us in another resort issue Think Magazine style.
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TEXT: Vanessa Voltolina contributing fashion editor
I love visiting drugstores, grocery stores, stationary stores and hardware stores in every country i visit.
For Patmos, this is where the seeds of design are planted and eventually grow into her fashionable creations. This ability to find inspiration in everyday items is easier to understand when one learns that at a young age, she began repurposing items from her grandmother, who spent most of her time sewing, knitting and crocheting. Patmos enjoys different versions of everyday items, particularly if it’s something unique or useful that comes from another
collection of sweaters, separates and accessories called LUTZ & PATMOS, where they hoped to merge fashion with art and design. It was fall 2010 when, after 10 years in business, the brand’s founders decided to go in different directions. In Patmos’ namesake collection, M.PATMOS, she aspires to create easy, modern, understated and beautifully-crafted clothing that feels as comfortable as wearing jeans and a t-shirt and become wardrobe essentials.
country “or an interesting iteration of [something] we do have, like some kind of paperclip,” she says. With this as a baseline, Patmos honed her craft at at the Rhode Island School of Design, and soon thereafterbegan working in the New York fashion industry for several years. In 2000, Patmos and her friend Tina Lutz decided to start a luxury
Patmos says she’s constantly finding the balance of tweaked luxe wardrobe staples and very intricate, almost couture pieces. “There is a place for both in store orders and customers’ closets,” she says. Her favorite M.PATMOS piece? The nude-colored cashmere cardigan with a button off hood. Oh, and all of the scarves Patmos has created.
TEXT: Vanessa Voltolina contributing fashion editor
“I wear them all the time,” she says. “The featherweight cashmere ones are good year-round.” Patmos aims to use production techniques that are socially conscious and eco-friendly whenever possible. By mixing modern manufactured items with handmade ones, she has strengthened her participation with artisan communities all around the world. Of the mainstream and socially-conscious designers in the spotlight, those most interesting to Patmos appear to be the ones most like herself; those designers able to create intriguing items by reusing and repurposing existing materials. One of these designers is Emily Miranda, who makes these unique claw earrings. “Everything is found and re-purposed, including shells, claws and vintage costume jewelry,” comments Patmos about Miranda’s designs. Patmos also loves more mainstream designers such as Stella McCartney because she is really high end and fashion forward,” and, Patmos says, half joking, she’s “not hempy. As she’ll attest to, Patmos loves to collect art, photography and flea market finds, which has positively
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impacted her designs. “A piece I bought from New York artist Mary Judge launched the inspiration for my spring collection,” she says. “We ended up brainstorming together and I used elements of her work in my pattern and color development,” Patmos adds, specifically, graphic engineered lacy and openwork fabric (pointelle) designs and beading. For her resort wear spring/summer 2012 line, Patmos is all about superfine cotton layering tees with contrasting cuffs, in addition the zero-waste organic cotton poncho and cardigan with graphicengineered pointelle designs. In 2011, Patmos was the winner of the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation. She’s in good company, with past winners including the likes of Alexander Wang and Derek Lam. In the years to come, Patmos hopes her brand can keep producing “interesting, luxurious wardrobe staples and continuing to explore new techniques, fabrications and mixed materials,” which may mean new categories, continuing shoes, playing with some jewelry, as well as potentially home or menswear.
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Why re-use seat belts? I made the very first Seatbeltbag from scraps left over after restoring our 1950 Buick, so it makes sense that we would re-use seatbelt discarded by the automotive industry to make Treecycle Seatbeltbags. First introduced as an exclusive for the Laguna Art Museum as part of their OsCene art exhibit in 2006 Treecycle struck a cord with our customers who are socially responsible. They love that all our bags are “Built in the USA” but they also want to be more environmentally conscious which is why we decided to make Treecycle part of our Core Collection. It’s been one of our biggest sellers ever since.
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product on the First Friday of every month.
Who designs the bags and do you look at trends? Melanie and I head the design team but we can’t take full credit. We have a very diverse and talented team, and even do all of our prototyping inhouse. We like to stay very “handson” throughout the entire seasonal development process and even jump on the sewing machine from time to time.
Can you tell us about the Mercedes Benz collaboration?
We were approached by Mercedes Benz back in 2004 to develop a coHow durable are seatbelt bags? branded line of Seatbeltbags and We make the toughest bags in the accessories. It’s been an amazing industry. Seatbelt is rated to 5600 partnership that’s helped us reach a lbs, we use NASA grade thread and new customer base that appreciates quality. We’ve developed our we guarantee them for life. business with Mercedes Benz to reach new avenues of market How often do you add new distribution with catalogs and Car designs to your collection? We create new product for all 4 Dealerships in the US and abroad . seasons in sync with the rest of We recently developed a “HARVEYS the fashion world but we do it a for MERCEDES BENZ” Gift Box little differently by launching new Set as a give-away with every new car
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purchased, and is currently available at select dealerships.
Are you working with any charities in particular? We are honored to continue our 4 year relationship with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation this year. Each Fall we develop a specialty Breast Cancer Awareness Seatbeltbag called “Get Checked”, which we hope is a reminder to all women to get checked regularly.
Are there plans to expand the brand in the future? I’m sure there will come a time to expand into other product categories but right now we’re committed to building the best quality handbags and Accessories, and all right here in the USA.
What does luxury mean to you? When something is designed well and built to last, it can achieve iconic status and never goes out of style. I think sometimes people confuse Luxury with Status, but Luxury doesn’t have to be expensive. A Millionaire Rockstar wears the
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same pair of Chuck Taylor’s as a high school teenager. To me luxury is about iconic style not price tag.
Photographed byPaul Warchol
Photographed byPaul Warchol
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Pathway to Tranquility: Akkarvik Roadside Restroom
TEXT: Alexander Horne design editor
Towards the tip of the Lofoten islands in North West Norway, on one of the country’s eighteen National Tourist Routes, stands a sculptural steel structure formed thoughtfully by the Oslo based architects Manthey Kula. “The surrounding mountains are quite overwhelming so we wanted to create a space to take a rest from the views” state the architects of the Akkarvik Roadside Restroom. The weather literally overwhelmed the building’s predecessor – blowing it away during a powerful storm. The architects originally considered using concrete but, “having just completed a largeproject in the same material
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decided to look for another solution that would withstand the wind”. The final form incorporates 10-12mm sheets of corten steel, sourced and welded together on site by local ship builders, and two large glass openings that provide views to the sky and the reflected horizon. As if mirroring the wear and tear of the surrounding landscape, the steel shows age and the original steel workers’ notes can be found. To prevent rust staining as a result of touching the untreated material the architects added a lining of clear glass panels on contact areas, and made the doors in stainless steel.
Photographed byPaul Warchol
Photographed byPaul Warchol
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A hidden jewel on an elevated plateau, the Alila Villas Uluwatu is the ultimate in relaxation. Situated on the southern coastline of Bali on the Bukit peninsula, limestone cliffs meet the ocean to compliment the ultra modern villas.
Each villa is designed to take advantage of the sea air and natural light, energy consumption is automatically reduced. Local materials such as lava rock for the roof have a cooling affect and renewable bamboo and up-cycled
Luxury Every desire can be fulfilled before arrival by making requests online. Butler service is available if you wish to take advantage of privacy and have meals delivered, or enjoy fine dining in CIRE a contemporary restaurant available all day. Lounge by your own private pool or visit the ocean and the nearby Uluwatu Temple. You can choose to do activities or nothing at all. No need to bring toiletries a complete organic line will be waiting for him and her. Along with 300 thread count sheets, and thick towels, an indoor and outdoor rain shower and jet shower is standard with every villa. There is also a 24hr gym onsite and yoga classes daily if you want to keep active.
wood from telephone poles and railway sleepers are used in various areas of the resort. Reducing water waste by using indigenous plants that require no irrigation was taken into consideration as well as a reverse osmosis water system that reuses grey water throughout the property. The Bali Savannah ecosystem on the Bukit grows local plants to encourage natural wild life making it a paradise worth revisiting. ALILAHOTELS.COM
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TEXT: Valerie Lamontagne contributing wearable technology editor
Berlin is a city of aesthetic extremes. Lilliputian architecture confronts behemoth post-communist concrete blocks, abandoned lots adjoin skyscraper tall graffitis, vanguard architecture buttresses baroque heritage mansions, while the Ubahn, which serpentines the expansive geography of the city from urban density to even denser woods, shuttles dapper dressed academics and business magnates alongside bohemian street musicians and colorful beggars. In the mix of these intense visual and cultural dichotomies is the young label Moon Berlin specializing in classicalinspired garments that integrate state-of-the-art interactive light technology—again an incongruent yet delightful encounter! Moon Berlin, launched in 2010, is the outcome of a partnership between founders Brigitte Franken and Christian Bruns and the Berlin-based research institute Fraunhofer IZM, which has specialized in research into stretchable circuit integration for over half a decade. Capitalizing on local research in the integration of interactive LEDs (light emitting diodes) into garments for everyday use, Moon Berlin developed
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an illuminated-specific label. Utilizing technology developed by Stretchable Circuits, a spin-off company of IZM spearheaded by Christian Dils and Manuel Seckel, they set to task at integrating the soft and pliable circuits into tasteful fashion designs. The hightech circuits, featuring twinkling LEDs and motion sensors, havethe advantage of being directly attached to fabrics, even of the most delicate nature such as silk, via a heat fusion process. Powered by rechargeable credit-card size batteries (3 mm thick) the garments generate light for up to ten hours, which is certainly enough for a Berlin-style bacchanalian night out from sunset to sunrise. With the aid of integrated motion sensors incorporated into the circuits, the LEDs are modulated in real-time and correspond to the wearer’s movements, thus creating a “sparking” effect. What is more, the technology is so robust that it can be washed in water, just as with any conventional garment. The result of the integration of the Fraunhofer IZM technology into Moon Berlin’s designs heralds a unique groundbreaking techfashion pairing of brains and
Photographed by Patrick Jendrusch
Photographed by Patrick Jendrusch
Photographed by Patrick Jendrusch
beauty, which has been embraced by the fashion world as witnessed by their recent media success. Moon Berlin has since featured two collections, “I am not a robot” and “Sculpta,” both integrating Stretchable Circuit technology with interactive LEDs. The designs are focused on prêt-à-porter eveningwear, perfectly suited for special occasions such as balls, galas, festivals, red carpet appearances or media presentations. Moon Berlin’s collections are unique in their sophistication of technology coupled with simplicity of design. Inspired by the draping methods of
early Modernist fashion designers such as the French couturières Madeleine Vionnet and Madame Grès, they create fashion focused on sculpting the body as well as the experience of the wearer. The draped dresses (the predominant element of their collections) are fabricated in shimmering bronze, silver, white and black silks and cottons accented by the “twinkling” LEDs, which, when worn on the body, become expressive collaborators in the enjoyment of one’s sartorial display—a criteria germane to all fashion experiences. MOON-BERLIN.COM