Coop

"Grey Aviary is a new public relations and media agency. Concentrating on the fashion, film, art, and design industries the company is Melbourne-based with an international focus. Grey refers to the unexplored areas of fashion and aviary refers to house, a place of nurturing, freedom and flight.

A corporate identity comprising of a brand image, typography and irregular printed formats.
Aligning with new directions in contemporary culture, where the ugly becomes beautiful and the disgarded is reused, eight compressed metal radiators were used to construct an abstract aviary form.The brand image was combined with origami folds and anonymous typography. High and low finishes were juxtaposed to create a contrasting aesthetic."

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This image of compressed metal objects drew my attention due to its contrasting texture. I like the way this discarded materials are given life and beauty through unique construction methods and tesxtures such as origami folds and combination of roughness smoothness

Karl Lagerfeld, spring 2010 collection

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/S2010RTW-KLAGERFELD?page=2

While I was browsing through style.com Karl Lagerfeld's spring 2010 collection showed

similar resemblance to my collection.

In particular the metallic textiles embellished and digital print added further inspiration to my design idea in terms of textile placement and silhouette.

surface design

Fabric name: Tin man

Fabric content: coated cotton

Understructure: silk organza

I manually slashed and cut to drape on the mannequin as my surface textile manipulation.

Trying to replicate what I’ve done with paper experimentation.

The metallic surface of this fabric further enhances the illusive effect I’m trying to achieve in my design.

Colour Palette

Colour Palette for collection

I divided them into proportions to set the mood of my collection.
Hint of dull yellow, with shades of grey and dark aqua blue dominate my colour palette in my range

Give me a break

CUTE!

Laser Lagarfeld

I came across this while I was contemplating about laser cutting

Exposure

X-RAY, Delphine Tréanton & Eric Traoré

http://www.ablogcuratedby.com/tag/delphine-treanton/ (A BLOG curated by Delphine Treanton)


x-ray style images of Maison Martin Margiela garments by Dalphine Treanton

I was instantly drawn into these works. This ghostly mood evoked through the play of shadow and exposures creates an skeletal effect and the texture and lines created by the folds also captivates me. Moreover, the layers of folds and drapery of the garment enlivens the garment, as if the dress has a life of its own.

fabric texture

I'm looking at fabrics that are not only metallic but able to give off texture through the reflection of light, like Hussein Chalayan's 2010 summer collection.
Moreover, they need to be able to mold easily into shapes and silhouette that I'm hoping to achieve.

textile experimentation

For this manipulation I used double sided fusing I fused two fabrics together to achieve this.
glossy surface at the same time, giving off reflective texture that I want.

This manipulation shows different texture to the previous, I fused mesh with black fusing.



cropped segment of Heatherwick sculptural design to experiment with lines and curves that
create a sense of flow and optical illusion.







Printed the above design in acetate paper and projected these images on to the mannequin using lamp light to gain ideas about proportion and lines.

draping ideas

I've discovered that photoshop was an effective way in
experimenting with design ideas and placement of textiles without manually pinning them on the garment.
As you can see the right hand side image is my drape and the left is my laser cut textiles applied on the garment via photoshop.
This was an effective way in getting a sense of idea on how my collection will turn out.



I was browsing through a collection book and found this top from Jean Paul Gautier's 2010 spring collection and gave me ideas on how I could incorporate my sculptural pieces on to a garment without stitching on to it.