Encounter with Emir Medic

Meet Emir Medic, an emerging designer based in Hamburg (Germany), originally from Doboj (Bosnia and Herzegovina). In addition to his self titled fashion brand he works as a costume designer for various theatre companies and productions. Recently he presented his latest collection during Sarajevo Fashion Week. While following his work online and after the release of the new collection I got curious to find out more about Emir and his aspirations. 

Have a look at Emir Medic's latest collection and read what he has to say about his work.

BP: Can you tell me something about the inspiration behind the collection?
 
EM: In a dialog with Caroline Hauff’s pictures the impulse arouse to work with boundlessness time and perception. We create collages from our own inspiration. The past and the future exist only as non-measurable time, more so as a spiritual abstraction. Wouldn’t it be fascinating to consciously experience things our mind hides from us? I discovered the answer to this question in my collection „Infinite AW17/18“. I’m experimenting in many ways and trying to grow with every collection. This collection is a collage inspired by materials and forms, by the feeling that it transports when carried and being looked at.  

Emir Medic

BP:What do you aspire with your 'fashion brand'? 
 
EM: I do not think that my goals are any different than those of other young designers. For now, I am looking to place my label in specific stores and online-shops. To start off, the collection will be available on my website. In the near future I would like to expand my studio and maybe even move it to Bosnia, but all in due time. The importance is never to lack new ideas and motivation.

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

Ever wondered what's on family dinner tables around the globe? 

I discover this amazing project at Łódź Design Festival 2013.

Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors — what we eat. Their project, “Hungry Planet,” depicts everything that an average family consumes in a given week–and what it costs — laid out in thought provoking detail.


Hungry Planet: What the World Eats 
30 Families, 24 Countries, 600 Meals

In Hungry Planet, Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio present a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week. Each family's profile includes a detailed description of their weekly food purchases; photographs of the family at home, at market, and in their community; and a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week's worth of groceries.
To assemble this remarkable comparison, Menzel and D'Aluisio traveled to twenty-four countries and visited thirty families from Bhutan and Bosnia to Mexico and Mongolia. Accompanied by an insightful foreword by Marion Nestle, and provocative essays from Alfred W. Crosby, Francine R. Kaufman, Corby Kummer, Charles C. Mann, Michael Pollan, and Carl Safina, the result of this journey is a 30-course documentary feast: captivating, infuriating, and altogether fascinating.

http://www.menzelphoto.com

19th Sarajevo Film Festival

The 19th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival was closed with award ceremony on Saturday 24th of August.  The SFF fever took over Sarajevo, one of my dearest cities, for nine days and was visited by various generations. Among many visitors were my correspondents (in this case my family), who have enjoyed the biggest festival in the Balkan region. It is truly lovely to stay in the charming capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina'.
The 19th edition was again marked with premieres and stars like Danny Glover, Armand Asante and Emile Hirsch. The big winner of the evening was Georgian film "In Bloom" by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Grob. The movie won the Heart of Sarajevo Award for the Best Feature Film.