jil sander

form and silhouette inspirations








jill sander is one of my favourite designer.
The way he expresses form and shape through clever use of lines and space inspires me in my design of work.
His garments appear so effortless and simple yet complex in its construction. (less is more)
I'm looking at the way he creates space between the body and the garment constructing a whole new silhouette.

interior design students cut outs

At the beginning of this semester , I was encompassed by white paper cut sculptures on the wall at level 6 studio and madly took photos of them. They were works of interior design students and they correlated alot on my final collection ideas and inspirations.
Thus the next day I began slashing and cutting paper, draping on to the mannequin for design ideas.

textile board

draping with paper

These are some of the papercut drapes to gain ideas aboute textiles, and design ideas

experimentation

textiles by Tara Donovon
my papercut textiles were initially inspired by Tara Donvon's art work. Amazed by her intricate drawings and lines I used this as my starting point to cut and drape.








After draping on the body I manipulated the image through photoshop to gain ideas about the silhouette and form I was going to achieve in my collection
Then I came across Chanel's 2010 winter collection and found this image that greatly inspired me.
http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/F2010RTW-CHANEL

fragile future

Limited Edition of 200 Modules for around 8 installations.

Fragile Future tells the story about the amalgamation of nature and technology. In the distant future these two extremes have made a pact to survive. Fragile Future combines an electronical system with real dandelions in a lightsculpture that is predestined to overgrow a surface. Electronics are driven by the natural survival instincts.

The fragile installation protects itself by pretending to be out of order when someone comes too close (optional). This is the same mechanism as a poppy that drops its petal when you pick it, or a ladybird that acts as dead in your hand when caught.

Design by Lonneke Gordijn's for her cum laude Design Academy graduation project in 2005.

Both Fragile Future I and II are built by the designer Lonneke Gordijn for info and rates please send her a mail to lonneke@designdrift.nl.

count sheep

Count Sheep is a filmprojection made for a building in Eindhoven. This animation is about Lonneke's fantasy of what is happening behind the blind walls of this business premise. The film is projected on the building, but the only way to see it is within the boundaries of your own shadow.
You never see the whole animation at once. You have to walk up and down the wall. Together you'll see more.