Originally from California, but now based in New York Brian Vu is a photographer set on exploring rainbow light, hallucinogenics, psychedelic spirituality and euphoria. He describes his photographers as the cure to a bad dream, something to propel you to the other side of the dreamscape. http://www.brian-vu.com/
In 1846, Dutch entrepreneur Pieter Fentener van Vlissingen introduced the production of Indonesian batik cloth on a mass scale. The Batik print fabric was a very popular trading good for ships stopping in West Africa and, after initially launching his product in Holland, Vlissingen started selling in Africa in response to high demand. Since then,… Read more »
Ellery seems to have been the talk of the week with her MBFWA show at Iceberg’s Bondi. The concept behind the collection was a play on light and shadow, with the striking feature print of black and white moon phases scattered throughout the collection from subtle details with small neckerchief to the boned strapless gown…. Read more »
Congratulations to Haryono Setiadi on his incredibly beautiful collection for S/S 2015! His structural shapes were Inspired by the Australian coast line, paired with a palette derived from the Spanish modernist architecture. Although the deep gradients and vibrant colourways only added to it’s Australian feel, reminding us of the warm oranges of sunsets, the hyper-colour… Read more »
A great day 1 of MBFWA! Desert Designs’ gorgeous show ‘Together, Towards the Water’ was a medley of amazing prints drawn from the archive of Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike. DD were inspired by three of Jimmy Pike’s stories, including ‘Japingka’ depicting how people and spirits work together, harnessing the forces of nature to create waterholes; ‘Mangkja’… Read more »
Canberra-based generative artist and designer Jonathan McCabe uses British mathematician Alan Turing’s cell theory of patterns in nature as the foundation of his art. Turing believed that the state of a cells, influenced its neighbour, which in turn influences its neighbour, which dictates patterns in nature – like patterns of animal fur for example. Instead of… Read more »