With much speculation as to whether the explosion of digital print excess, pioneered by London fashion designers Mary Katrantzou and Peter Pilotto, will last, the pressure was on for the designers to prove their sustainability. Mary explained in an interview:”I knew I had to jettison the corsetry and the bustles I did last season, and… Read more »
We love to see the work of designers who are embracing the possibility of digital printing and coming up with new ways to explore the technology. In an interview with vogue.com Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler explained that they wanted to explore a mix of “technology and craft” – and that they… Read more »
As always spring is the season for prints, so the next few posts on our blog will be dedicated to the prints that caught our eye at the fashion week showings for Spring 2013. First up: Rodarte. With previous seasons inspired by the Australian outback, the paintings of Vincent van Gough and the Great Plains… Read more »
Ben Fiess is a ceramicist, a painter and an illustrator who lives in Philadelphia. His series of ceramic jars focus on colour and texture, repeating the same form, yet creating something simple and sweet, with a uniqueness to be admired in each one. Ben Fiess is stocked at Third Draw Down in Australia
Photography is a way an artist to frame their view of the world. For New York-based photographer Brea Souders the expenditure of her mind reveals a unique perspective, as her play with colour, composition, line, shadow and depth make for curious imagery. Simple, yet strangely hypnotising, the observer is left to wonder what is real… Read more »
Jazmin Berakha is an Argentinian embroidery artist. Her work is a modern take on traditional craft technique, creating pattern and pictures using bright coloured cotton thread. Some are neater and more considered, while others seem to be more organically evolved with patterns spread over the canvas in a collection of patches.
As textile designers and creators our eye is always on print and texture, in all our surroundings – fashion, art, interiors. For us, art brought to life in a tactile, functional form is what textiles are all about. Anntian, by Berlin design duo Anna Hilken and Christian Kurt, seem equally as enthralled and unable to… Read more »
Interiors are a beloved subject of online media. After years of perfectly manicured homes, shot for the pages of Vogue Living and the like, the Internet provided a space for new ideas of what makes a house a home and a more relaxed (and human) approach to home decoration. Unlike the clothes you wear, your… Read more »
Jennifer Abessira is a Paris-born photographer who now resides in Tel Aviv. Shooting with her mobile phone or a simple digital camera, her work captures an inherent spirit of spontaneity, inquisitiveness and youth. ‘Elastique’ is an ongoing project by the photographer, a visual diary of sorts, which couples her own work with found images. Her… Read more »