Archive for the ‘Fashion’ Category
Tibetan Arms and Armor
February 3, 2011
From the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.
Armor and weapons are certainly not among the images usually called to mind when considering the art or culture of Tibet, which is closely identified with the pacifism and deep spirituality of the Dalai Lama and with the compassionate nature of Tibetan Buddhism.
Spacesuit Archives
December 22, 2010
Wearing the right stuff. The evolution of the Space Suit by the New York Times.
Raffaello Scardigli | Vacuum Identity
October 20, 2010
“I see the shoe as one block only. Its shape and its volume are directly molded in leather reducing sewing and cuts. Only a volume remains of the shoe, a relief on a flat surface… The identity of shoes is restricted only to a sensation. Its figure vanishes and takes geometric shape becoming like a memory in a photo frame” – Raffaello Scardigli. Graphic and shoe designer based in Florence, Italy.
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Phyllis Galembo
July 20, 2010
Egungun, Bohican, Benin, 2006
Phyllis Galembo is a photographer and professor of art at the University of Albany, State University of New York where she heads the printmaking department and teaches photography. She spends the rest of her time planning and carrying out her personal projects. She describes herself as project-oriented, but stresses that it is her passion for travelling and meeting people from different cultures that ultimately drives her. “What I want to do most of all is document how people can live a tolerable life under harsh conditions. As an artistic onlooker I am fascinated by all the beauty that survives in the very poorest slums on our planet.” Text by Kerstin Fiedler.+++ info
Akata Dance Masquerade, Cross River, Nigeria, 2004
Ngar Ball Traditional Masquerade Dance, Cross River, Nigeria, 2004
OtogheToghe, Aromgba Village, Nigeria, 2005
Phyllis Galembo
BioCouture
July 18, 2010
Suzanne Lee creates clothing out of yeast, a pinch of bacteria, and several cups of sweetened green tea. She is a senior research fellow at the School of Fashion & Textiles at Central Saint Martins in London, and the brains behind BioCouture, an experiment in growing garments from the same microbes that ferment the tasty caffeinated beverage.
The website says:
Imagine if we could grow clothing…
BioCouture aims to address ecological and sustainability issues around fashion.
The BioCouture research project is harnessing nature to propose a radical future fashion vision.
We are investigating the use of bacterial-cellulose, grown in a laboratory, to produce clothing.
Our ultimate goal is to literally grow a dress in a vat of liquid…
http://www.biocouture.co.uk/
http://biocouture.posterous.com/
NºB featuring Bernhard Willhelm
June 22, 2010
Welcome to Nºb featuring Bernhard Willhelm – the second installment of the original A story.
A MAGAZINE ONLINE
In 2009 to celebrate the fifth birthday of A MAGAZINE, a new website and the A BLOG CURATED BY is launched.
A BLOG will explore the archives of A MAGAZINE and the worlds of our curators, contributors and collaborators. Past issues of A MAGAZINE will be released to view on the website each month through 2009, coupled with parallel content on the A BLOG. We aim to release A MAGAZINE #10 simultaneously in print and online in early 2010.
Urban dolls
June 18, 2010
Urban Dolls is the project of designer Vilma Jaruseviciute presented as a critical stance on plastic surgery when at the DMY international design festival held at Berlin Tempelhof Airport. TUrban Dolls consists of a series of wearable to prosthetics (perhaps influenced by Dunne & Raby, Jaruseviciute’s teachers). In her own words, the designer says:
‘It is getting more and more difficult to define a concept of contemporary beauty. In urban society, where the hunt for perfection begins at an early age and modified ‘plastic beauties’ wave from the covers of glossy magazines, humanity’s struggle for perfection appears almost limitless. This project is an explorative journey in search of alternatives that could replace plastic or aesthetic surgery. Design becomes a mediator between humans and existing body modification processes; static, permanent procedures are transformed into flexible, temporary prosthetics.’
More info:
http://vilmajar.com/
More Images HERE.
Laser Suit
May 8, 2010
The Laser Suit, a nylon suit created by Wei-Chieh Shih is embedded with 200 laser diodes, transforming the ‘performer’ into a mobile light spectacle.
Nigerian Hair Rules
August 12, 2008
Photos by J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere
“There are hundreds of ethnic groups in Nigeria, each with its own language and traditions. Among other things which are part of these traditions are various hairstyles. These are determined by the social position of the family, and the artistic talent of the hair stylist. Among them there are special hairstyles for ceremonies such as circumcisions, a woman’s becoming an adult, or the celebration of a marriage. Today it is difficult to trace the background of certain hairstyles because various ethnic groups have mixed together, and adapted to modern culture. Many hairstyles have died out, taking their secrets to the grave with them. Since 1968 Ojeikere (b. Nigeria, 1930) has been making photographs of various hairstyles he sees on the street or at work, or at celebrations. He always asks his models where the hairstyle they are wearing comes from, what its meaning is, its name, and its history.” (source)
See some of the photos HERE
Fashion Dispatch
July 17, 2008
Always refreshing to see dysfunctional fashion.
Check Geoffrey Cottenceau and Romain Rousset
Animalistic Hairdos
July 2, 2008
Leah Buechley’s E-Fashion
June 24, 2008
Design by Leah Buechley who created the sewable version of the Arduino microcontroller.The Lilypad Arduino.
Interactive fashion needs technology. If we want our clothes to move, sense and light up, then we will need the materials to do this for us. There are a lot of very interesting materials out there, but their engineers may never have considered them as possible fashion fabrics. Mostly their purpose is more industrial- shielding, antibacterial or other such practical things. (by Mediamatic)
KNOW MORE HERE
Archi-Tech Fashion Prosthetics
May 17, 2008Lucy McRae and Bart Hess share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless way creating future human shapes, blindly discovering low – tech prosthetic ways for human enhancement.
In their website you will encounter a very subtle Morphing Effect that might keep you focused for a while.
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