Monthly Archives: January 2014

It is common knowledge that creating works of art can be a solution to today's intolerance, violence and hatred. So there's almost nothing to be amazed about the current exchange between fashion and art: designers may be trying to find … Continue reading →

Judging from some of the inspirations seen on the menswear runways, the real protagonist of the Autumn/Winter 2014 season will be our planet. There have indeed been designers in Paris and Milan drawing inspirations for their creations from satellite views … Continue reading →

British designer Vivienne Westwood has recently been backing an online petition against "ecocide". The petition calls for a European law that may hold businesses and individuals responsible for environmental destruction, declaring the latter a crime. In recent years the fashion … Continue reading →

In a previous post we looked at aerial views employed in fashion as inspirations, moving from the "Manifesto of Aerial Architecture" penned by the Futurists who wished to see one day the birth of a genuinely aerial city characterised by … Continue reading →

An exhibition entitled "EXHM" (standing for "exhumation") celebrated last March in London Los Angeles-based visual artist Sterling Ruby, whose main works revolve around issues linked to modern life and society with a special focus on American domination and decadence. The … Continue reading →

The history of artists who employed stripes in their works goes a long way back and includes, among the others, contemporary painters such as Daniel Buren, Sean Scully, Cary Smith and David Diao. Each of them used vertical or horizontal … Continue reading →

The Bauhaus's abstract, angular and geometric patterns, Wim Crouwel's innovative grid-based layouts and typographic systems, the "Black Square" by Russian painter and art theoretician Kazimir Severinovich Malevich, avant-garde movements such as Cubo-Futurism, and the holographic texture of false-color images acquired … Continue reading →

It is difficult to look at an early photomontage by Hannah Höch and realise it wasn't produced yesterday, but in 1920s. Despite referencing or criticising precise historical events, political figures and gender roles, most works by Höch are indeed extremely … Continue reading →

For decades runway shows embodied the glamorous spectacle behind the fashion industry with lavish sets and choreographies that often ended up overshadowing the clothes. In the last few years, in between financial restrictions, changes in art direction and in general … Continue reading →

Why is it that Belgian fashion is never out of fashion and how come such a small country produces a high number of fashion, industrial and interior designers? These are two of the most frequently asked questions in interviews with … Continue reading →