July 1, 2010
Fashion Week!
During Berlin Fashion Week I will be showcasing outfits from my diploma collection "werGstuecke" and my pre-diploma piece "The Fine Art of Hanging Around".
ECO SHOWROOM, an initiative of CREATE BERLIN, will exhibit two outfits of "werGstücke", an artistic discourse of time and artisanal labour, and homage to linen and handcraft. The exhibition will be open from 9 July to 1 August and can thus be visited even after super-busy fashion week.
Another piece from "werGstuecke" can be seen at the atrium of Deutsche Bank Guggenheim Berlin thanks to an invitation of Gesamtverband textil + mode (German fashion & textile association). The presentation features textile and fashion projects promoting sustainability that have been submitted for the Innovationspreis textil + mode (innovation award for textiles and fashion). The projects are presented alongside "BerlinNordik - bright green design" an exhibition of eco-luxury fashion design and sustainable industrial design from the northern countries and Berlin.
For the FASHION WHAAT? exhibition hosted by Showroom Meile Berlin at Stattbad Wedding, Gesamtverband textil + mode invited me to present a conceptual work on "light weight travel". The pink cocktail dress can be carried around as a light bundle and when the right mood sets in it can be unfolded to an alluring party dress- this is how you enjoy The Fine Art of Hanging Around!
Highlights will be the ECO BRUNCH on 9 July (accredited press & professionals), the opening of "BerlinNordik- bright green design" and panel discussion on 8 July and the FASHION WHAAT? opening party- and this one's public!
See you there!
*** VENUES, TIMES & ACCREDITATION
werGstuecke
*** ECO SHOWROOM
9 July to 1 August
Monday - Friday
10 am - 7 pm
CREATE BERLIN Showroom
Almstadtstr. 35
10119 Berlin Mitte
ECO BRUNCH & OPENING
In cooperation with sieben&siebzig
9 July 2010
11am to 1 pm
Almstadtstr. 35
10119 Berlin Mitte
Accreditation for the brunch: office@create-berlin.de
(Professionals and press)
Featuring fashion collections of magdalena schaffrin, esther perbandt, fr. wagner, isabell de hillerin, format, ecocentric, anne wanders and mikenke.
*** BRIGHT GREEN DESIGN
8 - 11 July
daily 10 am -7 pm
11 July: 10 am - 2 pm
Deutsche Bank Foyer
Unter den Linden
Entrance Charlottenstraße
10117 Berlin
Please register
for the opening and panel discussion on 8 July 2010, 7 pm, before 6 July 2010:
Thank you.
Presented by Create Berlin, INPOLIS, IDZ and Deutsche Bank
Co- exhibitors and partners: muse_store - Museum Shop Deutsche Guggenheim, Internationale Modeschule Esmod, Gesamtverband textil + mode, Atelier Mohr
The Fine Art of Hanging Around
*** FASHION WHAAT?
7 - 10 July 2010
daily 2 - 8 pm
Tuesday July 6th
3pm Professional Preview (by invitation only)
4pm Cocktail reception on the Terrace (by invitation only)
6pm Public Vernissage
9pm Fashion week opening party
Sunday July 11th
2pm to 8pm Fashion Week Wined-down Bbq Brunch (by invitation only)
Stattbad Wedding
Gerichtstr 65
13347 Berlin
June 16, 2010
Slow Fashion @ Green Cycles Symposium Hamburg
On Friday 25 June 2010 I will present my book Slow Fashion at the Green Cycles Symposium at HAW Hamburg.
Fashion Campus Armgartstraße will host the discussion of sustainability within the textile cycle under the leitmotif of "Think global - inform local".
The department Design will have a focus on CSR (Corporate Social Responsability) in the textile business during the one-day Green Cycles symposium. The presentations and discussions will be covering design aspects as well as existing sustainable textile projects, evolving the concept of "textile cycle" to an advanced definition. The initiators of the symposium are convinced of the increasing importance of the textile cycle as the central topic for education within the textile branch.
Details of the program and practical information for application can be found here:
http://www.haw-hamburg.de/noj_newsdetails.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1641&cHash=1&no_cache=1
I'm looking forward to meeting you in Hamburg!
February 21, 2010
Lee Alexander McQueen
Last weeks news left me sad and thinking. Lee Alexander McQueen's suicide ironically gave me the chance to publish another piece of writing, and I'm quite sure he would have loved the irony. Once more, writing helped me think and say good-bye.If you'd like to read more, get a free copy of the Feb/Mar issue of Traffic News To-Go, coming Feb 22:
http://www.trafficnewstogo.de/
January 27, 2010
Sustainable Work
Berlin Fashion Week, I once again successfully survived. Thanks to all who came or where with me in spirit!Last week was full of interesting conversations, observations, and connections- all of which fostering my confidence in sustainable fashion as the future that cannot be evaded and leaving me with the enthusiasm of someone who sees a lot of challenging tasks ahead.
I am looking forward to working in this field as a designer now that I sucessfully passed my exams. Apart from actual designing I am also going to continue research on sustainable strategies and material. Speeches, workshops and more published writing are also on the list of objectives for the future.
If any of this sounds interesting to you, please send me an e-mail so that we can look into possibilities for collaboration.
January 17, 2010
Fashion Week Berlin January 2010
I would like to invite you to two events I am involved in during Fashion Week Berlin.On Friday, 22 January, 7.30 pm, I will be part of a panel discussion on the topic of "Utopia- ...how nice without you?". There will be a get-together with all the participants after the discourse. The discussion is part of the program accompanying the textile design exhibition "... how nice without utopia?" at Epicentro Art Space, a cooperation with the exhibition "Utopia Matters" at Deutsche Guggenheim.
On the weekend of 23/24 January the porcelain series "family portraits" will be on display at muse_store at Deutsche Guggenheim. This project was started in summer 2008 with designer and artist Björn Bernt and will be exhibited as a premiere. A selection of pieces of our new series "starbugs" will be for sale, as well as my book "Slow Fashion". It has been available since November 2009 as the third volume of "Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Sponsorship Award for Design Critical Texts" with Swiss publisher Niggli. Björn Bernt and I will be present on both days from 6 to 8 pm and are looking forward to an opportunity to talk and exchange ideas.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Times & venues:
"Utopia- ...how nice without you?"
Panel discussion, subsequently drinks & get-together
Friday, 22 Jan 2010
7.30- 9 pm
Address:
Buchhandlung Walther König
Burgstr. 27 (Museumsinsel)
D-10178 Berlin
RSVP and further information: info@showroom-meile.de
Exhibition of porcelain series "Family Portrait"
Book sale "Slow Fashion- Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Förderpreis. Designcritical Texts Vol. 3"
Saturday and Sunday, 23 & 24 Jan 2010
10am - 8 pm
Address:
Deutsche Guggenheim muse_store
Unter den Linden 13-15
D-10117 Berlin
Further information and contact:
http://www.showroom-meile.org
http://www.deutsche-guggenheim.de/d/ausstellungen-utopiamatters01.php
http://www.muse-store.de
http://www.bf-preis.de
http://www.bjoernbernt.blogspot.com
http://www.annewanders.com
Labels: bf-preis, family portrait, fashion week jan 10, slow fashion
December 20, 2009
werGstücke
For now I would like to thank all friends who supported me and all guests who took the time to see my presentation.
November 30, 2009
New Website & Book Launch
Welcome to my new website!I'm happy to present a current version of my portfolio. Thanks to Kurt Riedi for doing a great job! Please check back in early 2010 for pictures of my final collection.
I would like to invite you to the book launch of the Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg Sponsorship Award for Design Critical Texts at Akademie der Künste Berlin, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin, today at 7 pm.
The annual competition seeks to promote critical writing about design in memory of Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg (1908-1998), one of the pioneers of German industrial design. This year I was chosen for the Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg-Sponsorship Award which means my text "SLOW FASHION" will be published as a book by Swiss publishing house Niggli under ISBN 978-3-7212-0710-1. The book will consist of my original German text, an English translation, a foreword by Swiss designer and professor Ruedi Baur, and a documentation of the history of the competition.
Please find more detailed information in the "projects" section.
