[iframe width=”660″ height=”415″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/yipU-6KtnJM” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe] Ethical Fashion Africa is a UN initiative run by the International Trade Centre. Taking a grassroots approach, the initiative is explained by the head of poor communities and trade programme, Simone Cipriani as “a programmme working with micro communities to produce in an international value chain.” Online magazine publication… Read more »
Nadine Peters is a recent menswear graduate from London’s Ravensbourne College. For her final collection, titled Princely-Prince of All Men, Nadine explored her Jamaican heritage, citing 70s Jamaican film ‘Rockers’ and her own grandfather as inspiration. We love her paint print flared-cuff shirts and pants. To see more…
Here is our selection of the best prints from the international resort 2013 collections: Christopher Kanes’s blooming roses, Peter Pilotto’s engineered placements (generated by art director Jonny Lu by a special digital kaleidoscope), the simple rose pattern and colour-block placements of Mother of Pearl and Jenny Kao’s 3D mountain abstractions…
Although slightly ambiguous the title of Kit Willow’s latest collection ‘Surface Elements’, is an exploration of tactile surfaces, namely crocodile skin. In creating her original textile art, Kit wanted to retain textured look of crocodile scales, choosing two crocodile skins from northern Australia for their tone and detail. The designs were created in three colour… Read more »
French artist Vincent Fournier is a futurist. His photography explores otherworldly environments, touched by the hand of man. Machinery, robots and the seemingly limitless development of science and technology are depicted in a sort of visual science fiction, framed in an idealised state of illusory, mechanical utopia. Robots and NASA space stations and goverment astronomic… Read more »
Last night Sydney homewares and furniture showroom Koskela opened the first solo exhibition of Rachel Castle – a collection of bold, colour-popping paintings on linen, framed in solid oak. A creative all-rounder, Castle has has worked in the design industry in both London and Sydney for the last 20 years. In 2008 she started her… Read more »
[iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/43870509″ width=”80%” height=”384″] Aussie DJ and vocalist Anna Lunoe has teamed up with rising producer Flume – FBI’s Northern Lights Competition discovery of 2011 – for her latest release ‘I Met You’. Filmed in the bushland of New South Wales’ Blue Mountains, the clip is directed by Melvin J. Montalban. In between mirrored and… Read more »
If there ever was a time for neoprene, this is it! Josh Goot’s resort collection for 2013 is an underwater paradise, inspired by Australia’s own Great Barrier Reef. Coral, aqua, soft green, ocean blue and pale purple were worked into amazing textured patterns and prints, morphed from the scales, spines and fins of the reef’s… Read more »
Tchmo is an Australian-born, Montreal-based digital artist. His work is created from multiple images. layered with a combustion of bright sprays of colour. Some depict landscapes or faces, while others let the colour do the talking with equal effect. tchmo.com
Therese Rawsthorne’s collection for Spring Summer 2012 was based on a photograph of a Japanese prostitute taken in Nagoya by Shomei Tomatshu in 1958. Centred on this theme of Japanese modernity and femininity Therese’s prints were inspired by fallen autumn leaves, known as koyo. In Japan, the fallen leaves of Autumn are what cherry blossoms… Read more »
Ekaterina Gerasimova is a recent recent graduate of the London College of Fashion. For her final collection the designer created an 8-piece range embellished with surface textile techniques including embroidery, appliqué and felting to create lavish tactile imagery. Exploring cultural expressions of identity, Ekaterina’s textile placements were inspired by Sailor Jerry tattoos, Latin American fables… Read more »
The Australian Tapestry Workshop has been working since the 1970s to preserve the ancient textile tradition of tapestry, in a contemporary Australian context. The workshop creates beautiful tapestry representations of the work of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, using woven techniques that date back to the 15th century. Each artwork is made from a selection… Read more »