Philippe Malouin just graduated from the “living” department of the Design academy Eindhoven with his Grace table, the ballpoint stool and the dervish lamp. All designs are inspired by simple every day objects like balloons or pens.
behind the scenes look at the FIA generation 9 fashion show at Amsterdam international fashionweek 2008.
FIA presents Generation 9 at the Amsterdam International Fashion week (aifw 2008)
The Fashion Insitute Arnhem is famous for its desigers. Big stars like Viktor & Rolf and Spijkers en Spijkers all studied at the institute.
Lifu Hsiao’s collection was inspired by 1920’s lady look infused with inspiration from the streets of Amsterdam. With a lot of art nouveau and art deco influences in Amsterdam architecture. Sanne Schrijver, The shapes in her collection are big, round and voluminous. The fabrics are wrapped around and of the body versus close to the body. Julia Eichler’s collection was inspired by modern African art. The way people in Africa use materials is the main inspiration. They reclycle trash and make art out of it. Claes Iversen was inspired by randomness, accidents, miss-forms, misshapes and garbage.
‘Food chain’ is the title of the exhibit by French artist Genevieve Gauckler. Dutch gallery Mu has invited her to show us the many sides and stories of food. According to Genevieve, food is everybody’s concern, whether you like it or not. Food is ambiguous, it is good and bad at the same time. We have a talk with her and walk through 3 months of illustrations created especially for this space.
