An architect by education, Sylvia Pichler has moved from designing buildings to transforming everyday materials into visionary bags, which she sells under the name Zilla. Combining cork, sponge and other unconventional objects with more traditional textiles, like leather, the bags recall her native northern Italian region’s (Alto Adige) artistic traditions and reveal a progressive view [...]
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Lessons to Last a Lifetime
March 29, 2011 – 5:50 am
OMEGA, the 163-year-old Swiss watch company, recently debuted an iPad version of its previously print-only customer magazine, OMEGA Lifetime. At this point in the iPad saga, it might not be a particularly vanguard move but it’s still a savvy one, given the attractive way in which they’ve translated the brand’s heritage image and “pioneering spirit” [...]
In Conversation with Risto Bimbiloski
October 21, 2010 – 6:39 am
Designer Risto Bimbiloski at his Spring 2011 show. Image by Shawn Brackbill. Risto Bimbiloski spins tales—artistic, futuristic, electric tales. They begin in his imagination, travel from his Parisian studio through galaxies and thunderstorms and turn up in Ohrid, Macedonia, the designer’s hometown. Here, local women use traditional textile techniques to weave, knit, embroider and sew [...]
Sweden’s Sex, Sin and Sustainability
May 7, 2010 – 6:40 am
Looks from DEM Collective S/S10 Sweden is renowned for design, progressive politics and according to Sweden & Swedes (the welcome brochure that I received upon arrival in Stockholm) sex, sin and suicide. The country also stands at the forefront of sustainable fashion innovation. Its two-year-old Sustainable Fashion Academy draws designers and companies from around the [...]
Stockholm Street Style
May 7, 2010 – 6:40 am
Images by Jenni Avins Skinny jeans, clogs and scarves: The essential elements of Swedish style.
