Jewels Design: *Luis Acosta*

Argentinian-born designer Luis Acosta  – now based in the Netherlands where he graduated at Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Amsterdam - explores forms and colors in his untiring research beyond paper and textiles, creating artistic jewellery drawing out layers of  different materials .

As a designer I am particulary interested in form - he says, though he also thinks that It’s important to work with both shapes and colour. The first gives dimension to the design while the second provides warmth.  

Based on the amazing impact of his creations, no doubt he’s totally right…

Look at the sculptural bracelets and necklaces in the slideshow below – just a selection of his full collection – and get a quick overview of his “intriguing hybridizations” :

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Fashion Design: *Claesson Koivisto Rune*

Here’s a piece of jewels design coming out directly from one of the most acclaimed Swedish architecture and design Studios: Claesson Koivisto Rune .

When tech materials mix up with fashion, a new generation of werables take gradually shape and this is exactly the case of Torus, a 3D manufacturing and selective laser sintering (SLS) bracelet that overcomes traditional jewellery.

Do you want to know more about the name? …The torus can be described as a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circle… And that’s to say: stop thinking that geometry is not fashionable and enjoy a selection of Torus collection in the slideshow below:

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Fashion Art: *Misha World*

Misha Milovanovich, better known as Misha World , is a contemporary London based artist, who graduated from St Martins School of Art  in the early nineties.  She works with painting, sculpture and video, taking inspiration from  the spheres of art, music, fashion, and travel – from Allen Ginsberg’s poetry to Jazz, 60s prints and Pop culture -

Her latest project is a collection of limited edition silk scarves realised in Italian silk twill. Each scarf is a true artwork and the 10 unique designs come in editions of 200. They will be launched as from March 15th at Other Criteria  - the publishing company started in 2005 by artist Damien Hirst and directed by Hugh Allan, with creative director Jason Beard – that since 2008 has gradually evolved into a shop in New Bond and Hinde St. in London to display (and produce)  limited editions of wearables, books, photos and prints, collaborating closely with established and emerging artists.

Enjoy a selection of the silk scarves in the slideshow below:

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Jewels Design: *The Opulent Project*

Bismuth, atomic number 83, is one billion years older than the universe. It is a metallic element with some interesting properties. When conditions are just right, impossibilities become realities. What better a metaphor for love? So for Valentines Day TOP – The Opulent Project - has made a limited edition of these love crystals. There is no way to replicate these pieces with any exactness and in fact getting one at all could at times seem miraculous (just like love right?). (…)  A diamond is forever, but bismuth is for way longer

TOP‘s creations – a Jewels design studio started by American designers  Meg Drinkwater and Erin Gardner in 2007 while finishing their BFA at the University of Oregon, USA –  are always stunning and amazingly fashionable. DOY thinks their new  design bismut=love is about to win your hearts just today…! By the way, Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Fashion Design: *Fabbrica di Giuggiole*

Fabbrica di Giuggiole – a handcraft wearables showroom in Rome, Italy – is not new on DOY…But today we want to focus just on their trendy, unconventional and easy-to-wear bags, you may add straight to your own fashion design wish list… So, ready to give a quick look to Portapollice (literally “Thumb-Carrying bag”)  and Lingua (“Tongue”) ?

The first one is an ergonomic, comfortable and clever designed bag on which you can easily hang also your thumb finger, while the other is a revamped edition of  a retro-inspired cult hand/shoulder bag, you’ll definitely love!

Enjoy both of them in the slideshow below, and stay tuned: we’ll get to know more about their new SS2012 Collection really soon…

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Fashion Design: *Chloë McCormick&Nicholas O’Donnell-Hoare*

Imagine a pair of  3D printed spectacles you can customize yourself with tapestry-style colorful whool threads…

Well, that’s exactly what designers Chloë McCormick and Nicholas O’Donnell-Hoare have realized for their new project, currently on show at The Aram Gallery in London as part of Send to Print/Print to Send exhibition…

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Fashion Design: *Les Queues de Sardines*

Looking for a new pair of over-the-edge decorative tights?  …Think you’ll find them at Les Queues de Sardines a fashion design brand launched few years ago by French designers Olivier Gonnet and Marion Dubois, after meeting at the College of Fine Arts.

Screen- printed by hand in a non-industrial context in rural France –  in Briquebec, Normandie – they definitely add humor and a graphic touch to everyday style or to special occasions outfits.

Enjoy part of 2011/12 Winter Collection in the slideshow below:

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Fashion Design: *Alexa Lixfeld*

Currently exhibiting at Maison&Objet fair in Paris, Alexa Lixfeld is a Hamburg-based German designer who sometimes loves mixing her design knowledge with fashion. Afterall, she used to be a model herself before graduating at Design Academy of Eindhoven in the Netherlands…

Now she runs a studio where all the production is non-industrial, non-standard, non-exploitative.

Her Spring 2012 collection includes the Cashmere blankets and shawls “manufactured from 100% finest Cashmere, hand woven and individually dyed. As a result, each piece has its own, unique pattern”.

Every single piece of the collection is  individually crafted  in Nepal and – last but not least- thanks to a cruelty free process:  no animals are  harmed  throughout the whole production.

Photo credits: Misha Vetter

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Fashion Design: *Michiel Cornelissen*

We’re all more and more concerned on how saving money, and a good tip comes straight from the Netherlands from Michiel Cornelissen design studio with his new project E 5.55 necklace.

It’s a 3d-printing and 111 five-eurocent coins necklace that thanks to intricate geometries and flexible material makes the best of each 5 cent coin turning all of them in little industrial gems.

You can leave all the coins set in the structure for months and enjoy them oxidize and get darker, or have fun washing them from time to time and let them shine around your neck…

I’m always intrigued by the beauty of some of the things we take for granted, says the designer.

Well, maybe it’s a good New Year’s intention that of giving things the right value…just starting from little coins and ending up to fashion design… By the way, Happy New Year!

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Fashion Design: *Mary Huang*

DOY wishes all you followers *Happy Holidays* sharing a project by California-based designer Mary Huang

Find out yourselves the shades of Rhyme & Reason, a collection of bright clothes, created by adding dozens of white LED lights through layers of fabrics and knits.

Season’s Greetings!

See you in you in 2012…

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