On the way to watch purple at the Barbican by John Akomfrah, I noticed a phrase on the deck before boarding the train “SORRY, a hundred years old but still too daring today. #ToArtItsFreedom”. This is a perfect starting point in tackling any controversial topic today and climate change, is no exception. There is...
Continue readingunveiling the MUSÉE DES REFUSÉS – MA Design Expanded Practice
You are warmly invited to the opening of MUTAGEN – graduation projects from MA Interaction Design 2017 + MUSÉE DES REFUSÉS – MA Design Expanded Practice Thursday 14th December 4pm – 9pm St James’, New Cross, London, SE14 6AD Open Friday 15th and Saturday 16th 10am – 6pm Mutagen is a set of projects...
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An even higher level of respect for garment makers as I take apart my corset. Most females around the world have one and may use it to materialise a point of view, an emotion or fantasy. It is almost hard to believe that these were once tools of subjugation and domination. As an exercise...
Continue readingWhat would a garment say to a building?
The correlation between architecture and fashion has long since been a core interest of mine. In a shared session with the spaces and participation studio and ours for the masters in design I am currently perusing at goldsmiths, to develop our fashion system maps, we were tasked to create a mind...
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