Wordless Statements

[Elegance.Is.Refusal.]

thats a great idea prince

*sneaks off to varnish pills*

 

[Tinuviel]

^ wouldn't they disintegrate after awhile? Love the pill bracelet, salt shakers and ring box necklace.

 

[PrinceOfCats]

^ wouldn't they disintegrate after awhile?

Varnish 'em with Araldite. You'll disintergrate before the bracelet does.

 

[Tinuviel]

good to know. thanks for the tip!

 

[The Baron]

Ooh, karma for Prince. I was quite disappointed when that bracelet proved to be already sold out. Now we can craft our own.

 

[snowqueen]

I made pill earings and bracelets ages ago, raf you stole my idea lol.
Thsi thread has actuallly been really usefull, its given me a brain wave of something to do for my fashion corse coursework. Thanks

 

[Kimkhuu]

i want to make my own pills necklace!!!!

 

[rozzetta]

Saw this T-shirt from undercover s/s 06 (style.com) and immediately thought of this thread. Strangely enough I made a similar one just a few months ago with a scanner and transfer papers... maybe this is becoming the D.I.Y department

 

[nr9dream]

Great thread ! the ring box necklace & Baron, your idea of using the ring pouch as jewelry...especially it being Tiffany

 

[nr9dream]

An example from Hussein Chalayan
from his a/w 2000 collection ‘Afterwords’

“[The collection] focused on having to flea one’s home in time of war...
Chalayan linked the refugee theme to the idea of hiding & camouflaging valuable possessions or carrying them along in flight.”

Furniture transforms into clothing & suitcases:

“with the result that eventually the room remained behind empty and lifeless”

Photos: firstview.com –
Text: Chalayan catalog--Groninger Museum

 

[Ceptuouse]

^ i love the brooch!!

 

[travolta]

nr9dream, that was one of my favorite collections ever. i think it actually made me think there was some hope in infusing products with some sort of social message. it's harder than it seems...

speaking of...check out Fabrica. they are run by the Benetton group and have a magazine called Colors. http://www.fabrica.it/

 

[The Baron]

Along similar lines as the Chalayan stuff is the signature coat by Final Home:

from metropolis.japantoday.com

from http://www.acic.kyoto-art.ac.jp/sensei/tsumura/tsumura_fh-coat.html

[SIZE=-1]If we lose our house because of a disaster, war, or unemployment, as a fashion designer, what kind of clothes would I propose - and how would they look in trouble-free times?

Nylon coat came about from me pondering this question. Its concept is "a cloth which can be adapted according to need". For example, to protect against the cold, you can put newspapers in the pockets, or if you equip it with survival rations and a medical kit, it becomes a valuable cloth when taking refuge. The name "FINAL HOME" was first given to this particular garment, and then it became their brand name - it equates to the idea of it being the "ultimate shelter"

The coat comes in three basic colors: "orange" to remind of one's existence; "khaki" to blend in with the forest and "black" to assimilate in the city. Directions for use are written on the bag in which the coat comes.

This coat is recyclable. After enjoying it as a fashion item, please wash it thoroughly and bring it to one of our outlets. We will donate it to organizations such as NGO for the benefit of refugees or disaster victims. For further details, please read the message card enclosed in the bag.

FINAL HOME welcomes suggestions from customers and ideas for new projects.

[/SIZE]

Kosuke TSUMURA
​

from www.finalhome.com
​

 

[Fashion Puss]

This has to be the most intelligent thing I have read all day.

 

[The Baron]

More Final Home projects...

M-16 cushion
"This is also a cushion to protect against the cold and is placed in FINAL HOME pockets. It has been produced with humor and a wish for peace."

Chocolate Candle
"A candle moulded from chocolate, inspired by the story of a person in distress who survived by eating chocolate. Can be used as survival goods or as party goods"

Final Home Bear
"A fluffy toy to protect against the cold, this is placed in the pockets of FINAL HOME. It's designed to heal one's heart in the case of disaster."

Images and text from www.finalhome.com

 

[The Baron]

D'oh! Forgot I'd already posted the Final Home coat, but at least now there are better pictures, and more information on the concept.

 

[travolta]

^ these are very witty pieces, but i'm not sure it transcends the medium. so many product designers these days are working from this point of view, and their only real success is amusing fellow designers and design followers.

 

[The Baron]

Hmm...you may well be right, travolta, but what I like about the Final Home stuff is that it seems entirely capable of performing the functions their descriptions say it is intended for (which is more than I can say for a lot of similar concepts), and the fact that they have so fully realized their concept by including things like the bear.

It's witty, but I think there's also something evocative at the core of it...like one of those moments in a Shakespearean comedy or a comic opera when you realize there's a kernel of real human insight underneath all that mirth.

And I think it makes a real point about living within the space around you. Most of us, if we lost our car or our house would say "My whole life was in there!" This coat asks the tough question, "How would you live if your whole life was in this coat?"

Ah well, like I said before, different people are going to read different things in items like these. We have a hard enough time communicating with each other using words. When you take words out of the discourse, it's only that much harder.

 

[Ella]

I think it makes a real point about living within the space around you. Most of us, if we lost our car or our house would say "My whole life was in there!" This coat asks the tough question, "How would you live if your whole life was in this coat?"

Very good point. I remember seeing something about the Final Home stuff on TV a while ago and it's a really good example for this thread. And so is the Hussein Chalayan A/W 2000 collection. Thanks for the thread!

 

[The Baron]

Here's a new one by Alessandro Gherardeschi, from Yoox.com:

Technically it has words, but the words are not really the point. It's covered in labels...not just Gherardeschi's own, but labels for everything from Givenchy to Kensington to Harvey Nichols to Sartoria J. Margutti.

The end result poses an interesting conundrum: Who actually made this shirt? And...Does it really matter?http://www.yoox.com/searchResult/ts...der/U/areaid/148/ALESSANDRO+GHERARDESCHI.html