Interior | Follow The Ribbon
Images | Craig & Karl
It’s unusual for someone to actually enjoy driving round and round a multi story car park in the search for a suitable spot, but for this one in Darling Point, Sydney it probably happens all the time.
Designed by illustrators Craig & Karl (they also did the Balmy Origami print for Basil Bangs), the vibrant geometric pattern works its way through the building, winding up and up using a series of twisted ribbons to point the way. Rather than the dank and often scary connotations most of us have with these Soviet style buildings, their installation creates a funhouse of light and colour that will have people queuing up just to walk around!
Print | Athena Procopiou
Athena Procopiou is an artist and designer based in London. The symmetrical and intricately printed scarves in her collections remind me of Hermes mixed with a bit of psychedelic edge. Her creative background seems to make you understand her art a bit more: studying Piano at Switzerland’s Conservatoire until the age of 18, then moving to Paris to study art history at Christie’s, and finally studying her love of graphic design and illustration at London’s Central St. Martins. Quite the artistic background to take and execute into beautiful art!
More of Athena’s work can be found at retailers worldwide and at athenaprocopiou.com
Sunny shades are here again…
Erdem x Cutler & Gross for Spring 12
It’s easy to assume winter has gone when blue skies and sun are deceptively seen out the window. So to keep us in a sunny mood, we’re donning sunglasses from Erdem’s second collaboration with Cutler & Gross. Choose between a tropical print or a lady-like lace and keep smiling as spring is right around the corner.
Art | Yuri Gorbachev for Stoli
Just discovered Yuri Gorbachev’s collaboration with Stoli, and subsequently had a look at his Byzantine-inspired art. Love these folksy colorful paintings.
-Claudia Brown
AW12 Mens | Dries Van Noten
Pieter Bruegel | Oscar Wilde | Isaac Abrams
AW12 Dries Van Noten
What do you get when you add one part Dutch painter, Pieter Bruegel, a touch of Oscar Wilde’s Victoriana and a dash of psychedelia a la Frank Zappa? The AW12 menswear collection from Dries Van Noten of course! Although these references seem miles apart, Van Noten successfully mixed them in tasteful combinations for an utterly delightful collection. The somewhat wild scenic prints appear right at home thanks to the classic tailoring and sophisticated cuts of the apparel. Start dusting off your tea set for next winter.
Interior | Richard Sweeny’s Paper Sculptures
Boucheron
Royal Commission | Sand Dune, Singing Bird, Mother & Child, Shell
Icosahedron II
Gerald Dazzle & White
Images | Richard Sweeney
Less than five years after graduating from university, Richard Sweeney has established quite a following with his distinctive paper sculptures. Although formally trained in wood, metal, glass and ceramics, Richard’s unusual paper creations have captured the public’s imagination with displays throughout Europe including Somerset House, The Design Museum and Selfridges in London. His work has an organic quality, using familiar shapes and forms to produce something beautifully delicate yet equally robust.
Fall 12 | Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week
Wood Wood
Rena Lange
La Berlin
Lena Hoschek
Alexandra Kiesel
Berlin’s Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2012 took place this past week from January 18th though the 21st. Youthful and energized looks walked the runway for the many up-and-comers that were showing, with outstanding collections from: Wood Wood, Rena Lange, Lala Berlin, Alexandra Kiesel, Lena Hoschek, and Kilian Kerner. It was also nice to see Escada Sport and Hugo by Hugo Boss, being more established labels, show among the new designers. Chunky knitwear, color-blocking, intelligent coloring, and innovative fabrics were all tied themes throughout the week.
Snake Charmer
Armani Privé, background: Pattern People
Snake skin continues to charm and weave a spell at Armani Privé, in retail and on the streets.
-Claudia
Dress by allsaints.com, photo from lookbook.nu, blouse by L'Agence on farfetch.com, purse by Lanvin
Digital | We Are Handsome
Since launching in the summer of 2009, We Are Handsome has been shaking up the fashion world in the swimwear department. The Austrialian duo, Indhra Chagoury and Jeremy Jules Somers, have backgrounds in swimwear, graphic design and photography. To find out more about them see their inspirational blog here.
- Gemma Land
Fall 12 | Thom Browne
Traditional prints like plaids, scotty dogs and stripes collide with a little shop of horrors at Thom Brown. From Tim Blanks of Style.com “Browne described a scenario where Punks face off against Jocks. It was almost high school in its commonplaceness. But what did he do with the inspiration? OK, here goes: Road Warrior, Rocky Horror, Blade Runner, The Longest Yard, Despicable Me, The Incredibles. Oh, and a jacket and skirt that, had they been paired with pearls, would have dragged The Iron Lady onto the men’s catwalks of Paris.” I love how plaid is laid out in spikes and anchors and scotty dogs adorn S & M masks. Fall 12 seems to be full of twists on traditional prints.
-Claudia
