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TRENDLETTER 27-April-2022
Interior Design, Blueprint, 3D Printing,...
Paris-based interior designer and architect India Mahdavi presents ceramics and home textiles in collaboration with H&M Home Paris-based India Mahdavi has already cooperated with brands like Nespresso or Louis Vuitton and is internationally known for her work such as for The Gallery at Sketch in London. The café, restaurant outfitted in Hollywood pink became an Instagram hit. Currently, the exhibition 'Le Design Pour Tous' (Design for All) at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in the scenography by India Mahdavi shows the impact of two French department stores on the democratization of design (high style for affordable prices)...
Crafts without borders: Blueprint dyeing techniques for clothing and home textiles are celebrated by crafts people at the Färbereimarkt (Dyer's Market) Gutau, Mühlviertel in Upper Austria Blueprint is a good example from the fields textiles, fashion to show how traditional crafts cross country borders in Europe. The blueprint dyeing tradition was put on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2018 as a result of the application of Austria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia. The countries are border on border and belonged in former times in various constellations together such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the former state Czechoslovakia. Also researches on early 20th century design and crafts from Vienna (keyword Wiener Werkstätte) follow these historical threads of interwoven cultural traditions concerning the reference of patterns to textiles of folk costumes. Europe and Austria have become increasingly more decentralized and many hubs for arts & crafts, design can be found in Central Europe nowadays. Gutau in Upper Austria is one of the crafts nodes. Every year on the first Sunday in May, the Färbermarkt Gutau (Dyer's Market Gutau) happens. This year, the 20th Färbermarkt Gutau will happen on 1st May with focus on blue-dyeing and crafts...
MAK event-series '(Con)temporary Fashion Showcase' at Geymüllerschlössel in Vienna starts with 3D printing specialist Julia Koerner The first dates of the upcoming event-series '(Con)temporary Fashion Showcase' at the MAK Museum of Applied Arts branch Geymüllerschlössel are already published. It's announced that the programme will be continuously updated. Already fixed are the start and end date of the series with 7th May and 4th December and the three main exhibitions starting with the Austrian in Salzburg, Vienna, Los Angeles working and living 3D-printing specialist Julia Koerner who studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Julia Koerner became internationally known for her work for fashion labels like for the Haute Couture by Iris Van Herpen or for Hollywood productions like Marvel's Pink Panther...
Preview of the stage outfits of the representatives of Austria LUM!X feat. Pia Maria at the Eurovision Song Contest (10, 12, 14 May) in Turin Austria will be represented at this year's Eurovision Song Contest from 10 to 14 May in Turin, Italy by the duo DJ LUM!X (aka Luca Michlmayr) and singer Pia Maria who have teamed up for the empowering song 'Halo'. The pop-song for the dance floor is an anthem for resilience, for finding power in oneself also in difficult situations. The first Eurovision stage performance of 'Halo' will happen on 10th May, when LUM!X feat. Pia Maria appear as the 13th band in Europe's largest music competition with Europe-wide TV broadcasts. Pia Maria will be dressed in customized pieces by 'Manufaktur Herzblut'. Her top with trompe l'oeil print shows a reptile skin and above pearl chains. Pia Maria wears it in combination with a feather-light jacket and fake-reptile skin trousers matching the song's story about an angel's hell ride...
Vienna Design Week calls for creative concepts in the field 'Urban Food and Design' with focus on sustainable retail and production (applications until 10 May 2022) The projects reach from sustainable ideas for food retail to responsible mass customization of snacks. The Ask Me Anything-Sessions where interested creators can ask representatives of companies are the supportive part of the call for concepts which ends on 10 May. At viennadesignweek.at, the company's tasks for inspiring creative concepts with focus on environmentally friendly retail and production are published. For example in the field of food retail, one of the questions is about...
Sustainable fashion stylings from pieces by charity second-hand retailer Humana for the Diversity Ball on 7 May 2022 at Kursalon Vienna Recently, an illustrious group from music, film, theater, sport and politics met at the store of the charity second-hand retailer Humana for the presentation of sustainable fashion styles for the upcoming Diversity Ball on 7 May at the Kursalon in Vienna. At least three good reasons brought the popular representatives of Austrian culture to the store of Humana for modeling in outfits from pre-worn clothing: The idea to propagate saving resources by the creation of new styles from second-hand pieces and promoting at the same time the charity organization Humana which supports with the proceeds of the sale of second-hand fashion projects against poverty and inequality. The third good reason was the Diversity Ball itself where the idea of a society without barriers is celebrated each year...
Playlist by fashion.at/music 2022 curated by Karin Sawetz
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27 Apr 2022 - Music video 'Libre' by Belgian pop star and (since 2020) Chanel ambassador Angèle, album 'Nonante-Cinq' For the 'Nonante-Cinq' tour (May, Jun, Jul in cities like London, Nice, Paris, Bruxelles, Barcelona,...), Chanel designed for the first time ever bespoke outfits for an artist's music tour. It's announced that Virginie Viard has specially designed in collaboration with Angèle all of the stage clothes for the Nonante-Cinq tour. Some of the items are inspired by the Chanel Spring/Summer 1995 Ready-to-Wear collection. The wardrobe features a dozen looks in a range of colours and materials, combining tweed with sequins, as well as accessories such as boots and sunglasses.
26 Apr 2022 - Video from the Pavilion of Poland, Biennale Arte 2022 by Vernissage TV: Tapisserie-like installation of twelve large-scale textiles telling of the history and culture of Roma, the largest European minority, by Polish-Roma artist Malgorzata Mirga-Tas The artwork by the first Roma artist representing a national pavilion in the over-120-years history of Biennale Arte Venice is one of the favorites of international press such as The Guardian.
26 Apr 2022 - Exhibiton 'Craft as Myth. Between Ideal and Real Life' at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main from 29 Apr until 11 Sept (in cooperation with Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany and vorarlberg museum Bregenz, Austria) explores crafts under various perspectives, especially concerning the values and meanings which are transported by crafts. "This approach brings clarity ... also to the social dimension of design," is stated in the introduction.
25 Apr 2022 - F1 driver Max Verstappen of the Austrian Red Bull Racing team won Laureus 'Sportsman of the Year 2022' award
24 Apr 2022 - Music 'Lounging' by Tora-i Tora-i about the track: "Lounging is an everyday conversation between partners, they're going back and forth but still there isn't any movement. A pretty common and unnecessary stage & it's ultimately about deciding what's more important ego or the betterment of you both."
24 Apr 2022 - Video from the British Pavilion in Venice: 'Feeling Her Way' by Sonia Boyce (first black woman to represent UK) won the Golden Lion at Biennale Arte 2022 The audio-video artwork goes over severeal rooms and shows the collaboration of five black musicians. The exhibition "explores the potential of collaborative play as a route to innovation."
22 Apr 2022 - Music 'Be Like Water' ft. Stevie Wonder and Nas by PJ Morton, album 'Watch the Sun' (29 Apr)
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