Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation 2016

Aina Seerden

Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show during Dutch Design Week is each year one of my favorite places to discover design talents. In past years the projects have become even more relevant and engaging with societal issues.

In this post you can discover a selection of graduation projects.

For example 'Reborn' by Pleun van Dijk in which she provides a platform for ethical questions in relation to repairing of damaged body parts and desire to keep reconstructing ourselves until we are perfect.

Debora Dax's project 'A DRESS Transition' shows a
clothing collection designed for persons born in a male body who like to express their feminine side. "Finding and fitting woman's clothing can often end up as a disillusion for them: The shoulders are too tight, the sleeves too short and often the hips are too wide. Small adjustments in forms and measurements help them to minimize masculien body characteristics and to emphasize the feminine appearance without feeling restricted in their given figure."
'Safe Ground' by Snir Gedasi is a project that presents an aboveground modular shelter with an integrated playground for children in war zones. “All the elements come at a very low cost, allowing Non-governmental Organizations to easily invest in the mental and physical wellbeing of especially children in times of war.” 

Floriane Misslin impressed with the project 'Uni—Sex', which is a is a case study in which she distilled unisex fashion imagery to denote its visual language and cultural codes.
"Archived in a book the visual analysis observes how the male and female body is represented in an idealized context of gender neutrality. Considering the images connotations in paralell to sociology and fashion history, the study extracts elements of contradiction between the unisex statement and the visual language they use. Thus the project tempts to propose new codes for a unisex imagery fitting upcoming visions of gender" 

Another remarkable project is the 'Forest Wool' by Tamara Orjola's.In this project she presents stools and carpets made from processed pine needles left over from the timber industry. By crushing, soaking, steaming, binding and pressing the needles, Orjola extracts the pine needles' fibre and transforms it into textiles, composites and paper. The process also allows essential oils and dye to be extracted and used.

Olle Lundin presented the projects 'Body Behaviour' in which he explores the body performativity in high fashion advertising and 'Qwearing the Collection' in which he explores how a queer perspective can be used to change the experience of the museum and the art on display in it, therefore provoking further thought and analysis from the visitors.

www.designacademy.nl

Pleun van Dijk

Fabian Briels

Emma Wessel

Acreati x Forza Fashion House XMAS Pop-Up

Roche Rouge

Acreati x Forza Fashion House XMAS Pop-Up 
1-18 December
at Entre Deux Maastricht

Looking for unique Christmas presents with a story? From Thursday 1st December untill Sunday 18th December, fashion platform Acreati will present its XMAS Pop-up Shop & Exhibition at Entre Deux (Level 2) in collaboration with Forza Fashion House Maastricht. Centrummanagement Maastricht will provide an interesting cultural program as part of the Magic Cultural Festival in Maastricht.
The pop-up will feature an outspoken selection of independent fashion designers together with contemporary photography. With a special storytelling approach Acreati and Forza Fashion House will introduce you to a new shopping experience, where you get an insight on designers’ collections through photography and art. Visit us to shop hard-to-find designer items!

THE DESIGNERS: Bluedenîmes + Ebby Port + Roche Rouge + STRIKKS + ESP + Ling-Ling + LZL + marlich + MEES Verena Schepperheyn + Narrative Made + Ratna Ho + Studio Mulder + Tomcsanyi

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS: Berber Theunissen + Luca Pernini + Jeremy Audet + Ingeborg ten Hoopen (artist) + Paula Faraco + TJ Tambellini + Saskia Boer + Pauline van Beusekom + Cat Stevens + Nina Raasch + Naomi White + Peter Holliday + Ling Lin + Samuel Zeller.

MEET PHOTOGRAPHER VALENTINA VOS 18 DEC: 14:00-15:00
Fashion photographer Valentina Vos (30)will be giving a Fashion Photography Talk on Sunday 18th of December at the XMAS Pop Up & Exhibition. Valentina studied at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts & Design. She has worked with various leading fashion magazines such as Glamour NL, L'Officiel NL, Glamcult, JFK Magazine, Vice, news papers suchs as Volkskrant and Het Parool, and companies Tommy Hilfiger, CitizenM Hotels, Men at Work, Hema, Ace & Tate and many more. She is known for her elegant polished fashion snapshots, combined with humor and originality.

http://www.forzafashionhouse.nl/xmaspopup
https://acreati.com/

OHM by Jivika Biervliet

OHM collection by Jivika Biervliet

Credits:
Jewelery: Peter Hsieh (www.peterhsieh.com) Photography: (www.danielcroes.com)
Model: Passian George Smit Assistance: Pien Klein Douwel

www.jivikabiervliet.com

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Ljubljana

fashion performance by Gattinoni

Few weeks ago I visited the charming city of Ljubljana, the home of a rather new fashion event, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Ljubljana.

Set at the impressive Cankar Hall, the largest Slovenian congress and culture centre designed by Edvard Ravinkar, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Ljubljana kicked off its third edition with an awards show. Designer Kaja Julija Hrovat won the main prize that will provide her the opportunity to show her collection at the spring edition in 2017. Previous winner was the designer Sara Valenci.

Furthermore at the opening night was the fashion performance on the catwalk by Gattinoni.

For a relatively very small country Slovenia has an interesting and growing fashion scene that is mostly driven by the emerging generation of designers. This new wave of designers is supported by the fashion platform SQUAT and Young@SQUAT. One of the creative minds behind SQUAT is Nataša Peršuh, one of the most prominent designers in Slovenian fashion scene. She presented her latest collection on Sunday evening. 

room with a view from hotel Lev, overlooking the city of Ljubljana

Nataša Peršuh

Curated by the artistic director Sašo Radovič the three-day fashion week featured established names like Akultura runned by renowned Alenka Globočnik Fabjan and CLICHÉ by JelenaPikmajer. But what makes the event promising is are the emerging designers such as MÊHLÊ and Sofia Nogard.

On the programme where also several foreign designers such as the Berlin based IVANMAN, Serbian designer Vlada Savić and the Italian menswear brand D’Alpaos that stood out for many reasons.

"It was a great honor to be invited to show our SS17 collection at the mbfwlj. We found from the beginning a really beautiful atmosphere thank’s to the amazing staff able to create an international fashion event like this one was. It was very interesting to find such a different kind of brand selection, everyone with something different to tell, from the Slovenians to internationals brands, definitely the perfect fit for a great result." (Nicola D'Alpaos)

In addition to the shows the program contained the photography exhibition by Fulvio Grisoni, Sašo Hessa and Peter Giodani, titled Fashion Photography through the generations.
Although only on the international fashion calendar only since 2015, the MBFWLJ has potential to become a platform for not only Slovenian designers but function as bridge between western and eastern Europe.

http://www.mbfashionweeklj.si

If not mentioned otherwise images are by Branko Popovic

Uncovering Reiss’ Video Content at The Commissioners

The second session of The Commissioners - in Partnership with Studio Spaces - will dive into the video strategy of the global fashion brand.

On November 24, 2016, London will host the second session of The Commissioners, in partnership with Studio Spaces.
Starting at 18:30 at Studio Spaces, Reiss Global Head of HR Luke East, Reiss Online Marketing Manager Stephanie Villegas-Ross and director Nick Tree will join a panel to explore their approach to video content.

Hosted by fashion film consultant Niccolò Montanari, the event will explore what kind of video content is being produced and to what aim, while screening three examples commissioned by Reiss and directed by Nick Tree. Specifically, the panelists will discuss how film has helped guide the global fashion brand, how it has been used to showcase its strong heritage and how important video is in its overall communication.

The Commissioners, in partnership with Studio Spaces, is an opportunity for filmmakers, producers, designers and creatives working in the lifestyle-driven video industry to personally get to know Reiss as a brand in relation to their video strategy. Commenting on the event, founder Niccolò Montanari stated: “This second session aims to present how video has been and will be employed by an established brand such as Reiss, giving the audience the chance to network and give rise to potential new collaborations.”

The event is hosted in partnership with Studio Spaces, shots , Votd.tv and Arts Thread. Tickets to The Commissioners - in partnership with Studio Spaces, are available on https://commissioners2.eventbrite.co.uk

14th edition of Fashion Weekend Skopje

Filip Trencovski

The 14th edition of Fashion Weekend Skopje took place in Macedonia's capital from October 28 until November 1. This fashion event featured both established as emerging designers such as Filip Trencovski who displayed a promising collection 'Birds of Pray. Among the highlights there where also designers
Irina Tosheva, Evgenija Zafirovska, Papaz and Olgica Gjorgieva.

Being the only event of its kind in Skopje and held twice per year, FWSK gathers on one place established, as well as young and emerging fashion brands and designers, educational institutions, photographers, fashion agencies, journalists, buyers, consumers and other fashion contributors to present their work, exchange ideas and strengthen the fashion scene.
FWSK is organized by the fashion event management company 'Fashion Week Corporation'.

http://fashionweekendskopje.mk

Olgica Gjorgieva

In No Particular Order 2016

Collect: Karin Vlug & Lisa Konno

 In No Particular Order 2016, the exhibition curated by Agata Jaworska, took part during Dutch Design Week
.

In No Particular Order presented a selection of work by 32 designers active in the fields of design, architecture, and digital culture. The featured designers received year-long funding from the Creative Industries Fund NL from 2015 to 2016.
for the 2016 edition exhibition, curator Agata Jaworska provided insights into what it means to have a practice. How do designers strive to create the conditions in which they work? What can we learn from the emerging methods and ways of working? Through conversations and submitted sketches, the designers reflected upon these questions. In doing so, they afforded a personal introduction into how they develop their artistic practice.

Grant Programme for Talent Development Talent development is one of the Fund’s five key objectives. Every year about 30 highly promising designers/makers are selected to receive a stipend for a year. This is intended for new work, whether research, materials, equipment, or projects in the Netherlands or abroad. The Fund also provides a supporting programme to facilitate the transition to professional practice. There is coaching and support for the whole group as well as one-on-one, in order to foster entrepreneurship and professionalism.
http://talent.stimuleringsfonds.nl/2016/

Adidas x Parley for the Oceans

Adidas and Parley for the Oceans, an organization dedicated to reducing plastic waste in oceans, have collaborated on shoes made of recycled plastic from oceans. Around 7,000 pairs will be sold at stores and online, starting in mid-November.
Last year, they 3-D printed a prototype, with the goal of demonstrating how the industry could “rethink design and help stop ocean plastic pollution,” according to Adidas.

The shoe has an “upper” made of 95% ocean plastic (scooped up near the Maldives), and the rest of the shoe is made from largely recycled materials as well. It’s called “UltraBOOST Uncaged Parley.”

While only 7,000 are going on sale now, Adidas has big plans for these types of shoes. “We will make one million pairs of shoes using Parley Ocean Plastic in 2017 – and our ultimate ambition is to eliminate virgin plastic from our supply chain,” the company said, according to The Verge.

Here is what the Adidas and Parley for the Oceans’ shoes (and concept ones) look like:

Forza Fashion House Maastricht Market #1

Forza Fashion House Market #1

Stock up with original Christmas presents and unique fashion must-haves to celebrate the holidays at the rst Forza Fashion House Maastricht Designer Market on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of December 2016 at De Brandweer. Presenting one-of-a kind work of local designers and selling a special selection of (kids) fashion, jewellery, textiles, handbags, prints and more. A great chance to meet independent designermakers in person and pick up Christmas gifts that you won’t nd on the high street.

Location 
De Brandweer Capucijnenstraat 21 Maastricht

Opening hours
17 December 11.00 - 19.00
18 December 11.00 - 18.00

Cash Only. 
Free admission.


Designers: AÏCHA GERARDS, BIEN THERE, BLUEDENIMES, CORIEN VAN DER HEIJDEN DESIGN, DURENTINA’S DESIGN, DV JEWELRY, JOELLE BOERS STUDIO, KUKKA, LIES WAMBACQ, NINA FÜHRER,QUE ONDA VOS REBEL IN THE HOUSE, SOOLZTER, STUDIO MYR, SUZANNE STOHR, WANDER.FUL, RACHEL PRIJS

Forza Fashion House Maastricht (FFH) is a creative hub for fashion talent and creative minds. A place where knowledge, creativity and entrepreneurship are connected. FFH brings the practice of the industry directly to the designers, following a new vision for design, production, retail, and education.

http://fashionhousemaastricht.nl/

MOOI Festival Antwerp

Y/Project

MOOI Festival, a festival about the beautiful things in fashion of the future,  took place in Antwerp 29 and 30 October in de Studio in Antwerp.

Villanella art center opened up a dialogue with the fashion world. In collaboration with designer, innovator and curator Bruno Pieters, the festival showed the state of the mind of the 'sustainable'  fashion scene in Antwerp and provided a platform for debate aiming to stimulate the start of a new way of thinking that will activate both new as established players in the industry to think.

The two day festival contained exhibition, Labo, talks and a fabric fair.
Exhibition curated by Bruno Pieters displayed Antwerp fashion talent that approaches fashion from ethical, sustainable and responsible point of view. The exhibition featured work by
Y/Project, Rombaut, Jan Jan Van Essche, Daniel Andresen, Katrien Van Hecke, Ilke Cop and innovative projects such as The Post Couture Collective and Honest By.
Labo programme showed innovative techniques and initiatives by Martijn van Strien and Freitag.
Another innovative project that had its first presentation is 
TexUp that showed the results of Textiel Upcyclage Labo. This is a thinktank platform where fashion and costume designers, product developers and artists meet. The residual clothes and linen from the Radisson Blu Hotel are reused through innovative, circular and creative techniques.
Five selected fashion and costume designers, product developers and artists from the Lab took on the leftover hotel textiles and designed firsthand pieces. The designers were coached by Ilke Cop and Lisa Konno.

http://www.mooi-festival.com

All images by brankopopovicblog

Willa Stoutenbeek in conversation with Walter van Beirendonck

Adaptive Travelers - Modebelofte 2016

Joseph Standish

Modebelofte 2016 took place from October 22nd – 30th at de Bijenkorf warehouse in Eindhoven. Staged at the rooftop of de Bijenkorf in a cool exhibition scenography design by Harm Rensink and curated by Niek Pulles, Modebelofte 2016 featured around 30 progressive fashion talents recently graduated from the best international BA and MA fashion courses in an extraordinary exhibition.

 ‘Adaptive Travelers’ The theme of the 2016 edition sums up the work of the selected international top talents and can thus be viewed as an emerging global trend. Inspired as always by the unstoppable inventive nature of mankind, this year the Modebelofte - team noticed a focus on mobility and a longing for adventure.  
“Now that there is literally not a corner left in the world to discover, and mobility and migration are more often a matter of necessity rather than luxury, our autonomy is once again an important theme. This ‘up & go’ mindset turns designers into the true inventors that they are; they are designing the way we live tomorrow.”, say Niek Pulles ( Heyniek ) and Harm Rensink , who are, for the third year in a row , the curators and designers of the Modebelofte exhibition.

‘Modebelofte’ (Dutch for ‘fashion promise’), is an annual returning exhibition of innovative fashion talent during Dutch Design Week.

Designers:  Johannes Offerhaus, Timo Zündorf, Helen Kirkum, Johanna Bas Backer, Leonie van Balen, Eline Groendijk, Caoimhe Savage, Woody 's-Gravemade, Sarah Lauwaert, Nadie Borggreve, Vika Mozhaeva, Ralph W Dennis, Marianna Ladreyt, Tzu-Hsiang Hung, Yu-Jou Chung, Chun-Hsiang Tang,  Sunna Örlygsdóttir, Liam O’Sullivan, Pip Paz-Howlett, Katherine Mavridis, Joseph Standish, Liya Liu, Wendy Andreu, Max Zijun Luo, Edwin Mohney, Timothy Bouyez-Forge, Luke Stevens, Marie Maisonneuve, 

http://modebelofte.com

Fucking Young! A/W 2016-17 issue

Fucking Young! A/W 2016-17 issue includes 345 pages dedicated to a single theme: PANGEA

Everyone should cross a border at least once in their life, so that they can return as a richer person: someone who’s learnt, someone who’s taught. We hope that in the future, within the next few million years, when the continents go back to uniting and natural borders disappear, man won’t be erecting walls. Welcome to Pangea!

www.fuckingyoung.es/store

Also in this issue: Editorials by Emmanuel Giraud, Filip y Kito, Gorka Postigo, Ivo Sekulovski, Jo Duck, Laetitia Bica, Markus Jans, Michaël Smits, Michiel Meewis, Mikey Asanin, Pablo Sáez, Peggy Kuiper, René Fietzek, Saty + Pratha, Simon Lipman and Simon Thiselton.

Contributing Writers: Fabio Vittorini, Federico Alpi, Mara Festa, Marco Martello, Oriol Bruc, Valerio Coretti and Yari Fiocca.

COVER STORY CREDITS
Photography by Mariano Vivanco
Styled by Teddy Czopp
Hair stylist Franco Gobbi
Make up artist: Pablo Rodríguez
Casting director Paul Isaac
On-Set Producer Junietsy de Marcos
Digital: Robert Self
1st Assistant Tomas Hein
2nd Assistant Rob Low
Model: Jordan Barret

Nominees Announced for the 2nd Annual Fashion Net Awards

After an extraordinarily successful launch in 2015, the International Academy of Fashion Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the second annual FASHION NET Awards.

 "With great enthusiasm and support from the industry" said Stig Harder, Founder & CEO, "We're thrilled to announce our selection of those at the very forefront of fashion in 2016."

FASHION NET — a pioneer in online publishing — possesses the unique distinction of being the world's first fashion site. In partnership with the Academy of Art University, Le Book, Cosy Box, Gen Art and Enter, the annual FASHION NET Awards were established in 2015 to honor and celebrate excellence and vision across the industry as fashion and technology combine to redefine the visual landscape of our imminent future.
The nominees and winners for the annual FASHION NET Awards are selected by the executive members ( I have the honor to be part of) of the INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF FASHION ARTS AND SCIENCES. The Academy's membership is composed of prominent leaders and influencers in the fashion industry, including Donald Potard, Eddie Mullon, NoéMie Schwaller, Mariette Hoitink, Marlo Saalmink, Marcel Schlutt, Diane Pernet and many more.

 https://www.fashion.net/awards

NOMINEES:

Ricardo Andrez - ModaLisboa SS 2017 TOGETHER

Ricardo Andrez once again presented a strong collection at ModaLisboa. Playing with themes like gender and race the models where made anonymous by wearing a head-to-toe bodysuits which came in various colors. By doing so the focus was on the clothing which one of the most exciting seen during the 47th edition of Moda Lisboa - Lisboa Fashion Week.

http://www.ricardoandrez.com

Dino Alves - SS 2017 ModaLisboa

Dino Alves SS 2017
ModaLisboa - Together

Dino Alves presented his SS2017 collection 'Warning' during the 47th edition of ModaLisboa-Lisboa Fashion Week. The collection tells a romantic but yet realistic story about the nature and platent earth. The collection is a warning to take care of the sublime beauty of the nature (flowers, trees, plants) which are the purest forms of design.
The collection contains striking tule ruffles pieces that are inspired by flowers and leaves. Nature hues are mixed with industrial colours.
Materials used in the collection are cotton, linen, silk organza, tule, viscose and denim.

The collection is a prelude to a new project of Dino Alves Ateluer that will be announced soon.

http://www.dinoalves.eu