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BERNHARD WILLHELM: World of Colour

Remember being a kid and making paintings where clouds were purple and the sun was blue? Some people don’t grow old, hence never stop being creative and chasing after what they have come to this world to do. And it is in fact Friedrich Nietzsche who said: “The overman…Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life’s terrors, he affirms life without resentment.” Bernhard Willhelm, born in the heat of 70s in Ulm.

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SOUL TRAPPINGS: BJORG

Jewelry designer Bjørg Nordli-Mathisenstated stated: “For me jewelry is a very intimate thing which reflects our passions and emotions. I believe we all need joy and some glitz in our lives, and l feel very privileged to have the opportunity to make a difference to other people by adding some sparkle to special occasions as well as those random days in between.”

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URBAN COUTURE: ANNA SMIT

Nicolas Ghesquière has gone back to the Mid-Century designs of Cristobal to find the way in between traditional haute couture and ways to make it daily. So here we are with another talent from the Netherlands with edge for a fashion understanding. Anna Smit has strong silhouettes yet simply enough a Jil Sander touch. For her simplicity is a fundamental element in fashion design and in patterning, cutting and detailing.

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Power Duo: Augustin Teboul

The designer-Duo presented its first womenswear collection within the official calendar of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin. Augustin Teboul lifted the curtain to display their personal, edgy and curious version of the classic Little Red Riding Hood tale. The press release explained the installation in Berlin as; “a cool atmosphere prevailed in the Boudoir-like setting enchanted only through the playfulness and complexity of the designs. Red Hair was lavishly piled up to eccentric art-pieces that beautifully framed pale faces with crimson lips.

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Aoi Kotsuhiroi: Unfamiliar Territory

Aoi Kotsuhiroi is a talent, an artist, a photographer and a story teller. What she does is hard to define without using the word “exquisite” every second on the way.
She doesn’t call her creations, designs because Aoi believes that the use of the word design has become a marketing label to replace the word ‘product’. Now based in France, she keeps on creating exquisite works through chapters. I had the chance to ask her a couple of questions about her Body objects.

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Out of the Darkness: ALBA PRAT

Alba Prat comes out of the darkness with pure perfection and a witty architectural style. After finishing her studies at Environmental Science she started working as a technician in Barcelona where she met the true passion of her life; fashion design. The white cubic pattern of her work comes from a cult film from 1982, Tron. She explains the film as taking place in multiple universes: the real and the virtual. Through a laser people are converted in to pixels and that is where Alba Pratt gets the three dimensional inspiration for her collection.

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Ladies, meet your new best friend… Liz Black

I have no doubt we will see a gorgeous actress gracing the pages of Vogue in a Liz Black design in the very near future. During the beginning of a fashion career, it is every girls dream to work for a high-end fashion designer. My dream became a reality when I had the chance to observe the creation of a new designer brand. Ladies, meet your new best friend…Liz Black.

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YOHJI YAMAMOTO at V&A

Victoria and Albert, one of the most beloved museums in London is holding yet again another legend. There will be an exhibition that explores the work of the ground breaking designer for whom fabric is everything and that is what intrigues him about design. This retrospective in V&A, with various installations throughout the V&A and beyond, includes Yamamoto’s menswear for the first time. The exhibition holds 60 pieces of work including multi media timeline of his work.

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Marimekko (HEART) Converse

We adore the creations of the brands we like. But we LOVE it when two of our favorite brands collaborate to make us even happier.
Marimekko, a Finnish textile and clothing design house, joined forces with the timeless legend, “All star” Converse. Marimekko used their aesthetic experience to create graphic new designs for Converse that will be on sale this month in stores and online.

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News from Quebec: Eve Gravel

You can follow this young designer from Montreal, Quebec, on her website: http://www.evegravel.com/
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La moda si mescola al product design… a Singapore

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