March 8, 2012

Jewels Design: *Charlotte Valkeniers*

Charlotte Valkeniers is a Belgian designer – recently graduate with an MA from the London College of Fashion – who, despite her young age, can already count on a well defined style and a strong passion for research.

Her De Fabrica Collection – partly presented in the slideshow below – is mainly centered on materials and shapes investigation. Knitted leather’s potential and the muscles of human body inspired her to develop such a line of sculptural jewelry, easily coiling neck and wrists and fitting like a loosely tailored dress.

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March 5, 2012

Jewels Design: *Markéta Richterová*

Some of her keywords are: perspex, carbon fibers, silver, stainless steel, epoxy and she loves shaping her jewelry mixing traditional with unconventional and futuristic shapes. Her collections include necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and even Seed, a jewel clutch in silk, carbon fiber and silver. She graduated from the Academy of Arts, Design and Architecture in Prague, and she is still based in Czech Republic.

…Getting curious? She is Markéta Richterová, and she is making a name in the creative scene quite internationally.

Look at the selection of her designs in the slideshow below, and get part of her world:

Photo credits: Jan Rambousek * Michal Šeba

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March 1, 2012

Wearable Art: *Martacarmela Sotelo*

Imagine an architect who loves creating colorful knitted, fiber and silver structures easily turning into wearable artworks to light up fashionable outfits…

This is Martacarmela Sotelo, a Mexican design-artist who  - after studying architecture at Iberoamericana University in México and graduating with an MA at Central Saint Martins Collage of Art and Design in London –  launched her collections of Knitted Gems - tricot style pearls – and Portable Lines, a series of textile jewellery made up with old t-shirts’s scraps then wrapped and ready to be worn again, but in a different form.

Her last line Geometries  explores the potential of geometrical shapes (..) The pieces are made of silver, blackened silver and/or gold guilded rex, as well as inox steel wire with nylon (…) hanging from cotton hand torched thread.

Enjoy a selection of her Knitted Gems in the slideshow below, and for the Spanish speaking followers Today there’s also a video:

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February 28, 2012

Fashion Design: *Rita Nazareno*

Is the bag of your dreams inspired to Donald Judd’s artworks? Or maybe you would feel more comfortable wearing a clutch recalling Frank Gehry’s architectures or Anish Kapoor’s  site -specific installations?

Luckily, creative world has no boundaries and a talented designer like Rita Nazareno - a graduate from London College of Fashion - has recently launched a collection of bags inspired to contemporary art, design and architecture. All following her long family tradition started  by her grandparents in the Philippines in 1925 through the needleworking of embroidery piña – pineapple fibre –  and then turned into S. C. Vizcarra luxury brand.

Local traditions mixed up with solid culture, skills and passion can shape a timeless style, and that’s the case of these fashionable  handbags, still proudly hand-woven by philippine artisans.

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February 23, 2012

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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February 22, 2012

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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February 17, 2012

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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