DESIGN
Foraeva
Inspiration: Approached by Swarovski the fashion designer Lana Dumitru and the architect Vlad Tenu have teamed up to reimagine the tradition for the next space age. They have digitally re-constructed the folk pattern of a traditional Romanian rug and turned it into a new kind of artefact by using over 25.000 Swarovski crystals. Materials and techniques: Swarovski crystals, full 3D simulations, algorithmic design and digital prototyping. It is a process-based
Dora Abodi / Studio ABODI│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: A futuristic interstellar travel to Planet ABODI, a place where all our dreams become reality. Nancy, an Eastern European librarian, comes across Slim Aaron’s iconic photo ‘Poolside Gossip’ in a glossy magazine and she is shocked by the idyllic beauty and glamour of the privileged living in 1970s sunny California. The aesthetics of the place mixed with bold, royal elements is one of the main characteristics of ABODI
Marko Potkozarac Feher / MARKO FEHER│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: During my studies at Central Saint Martins we were given a project that was supposed to be based on our fears which we had to represent as a fashion project. Since my childhood I have had a huge fear of the sea and so far I have never ever entered the sea or river. My astrology sign is Scorpio and my biggest fear is sea and sinking. Scorpio
Borut Šulin│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Magical bees, honeycombs and old Slovenian beehive panels as well as the paintings made by the Slovenian artist Zmago Modic. The paintings have been transferred on silk organza by means of a felting technique by a group of local women from Bovec region. FILE Collection or creation: Queen bee Brand: Borut Šulin Designer and / or studio: Borut Šulin
Eco-couture apple-skin dress
Inspiration: She creates her designs by respecting the concept of sustainability throughout the creative process, using only organic materials that indicate a healthier, more socially responsible and environment – friendly world with respect to nature and all forms of creation. Materials and techniques: eco-couture apple-skin dress; first recycled leather made of food industry apple waste. Credits Brand Matea Benedetti
Georgi Florov / IVAN ASSEN 22 conceptual designers’ platform│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Georgi Florov’s work represents a significant part of IVAN ASEN 22 conceptual project "1,5 km of...", a visual story about our attempts to perceive and interpret distances, achieved by means of expression of conceptual fashion, video and space installation. An elastic band, with its pliability and variable dimensions, provokes the association of thoughts. Georgi Florov belongs to these outstanding artists who, while having studied abroad, bring their knowledge
Marjan Pejoski / KTZ / Lord of Flies
Inspiration: His signature looks are characterised by a mix of London’s ever changing but undying punk spirit and the naturally powerful traditional fashion style. The latest collection has some magical similarity to Megaloschema monk robes (the use of different and dark mysterious symbols, quotes, runic inscriptions...) mixed with the contemporary fashion reinterpretations of the classic-literature work Lord of the Flies. He is loved and worn by stars such as:
Ana Ljubinković│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Stranger’s letters to the loved ones intensified by distance and separation - the beloved woman seems ideal and almost ethereal. The embroidered picture itself represents a love letter. It depicts the Greek God of winds, Aeolos, who saved a struggling ship that got attacked by a raging creature. It tells a story about the never-ending hope and faith in the existence of true love. Ana
Fotini Lagaki / Fotini Lgk│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Space phenomena and traditional Japanese clothing. I used photos and videos of NASA illustrating the activity of the sun. By composing them I created images from which took out the color palette, the shapes of the clothes and the digital prints of fabrics. FILE Collection or creation: THE SUN Brand: Fotini Lgk Designer and / or studio: Fotini Lagaki /
Peter Movrin│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: “The collection was based on my own universe of elegance and glamour, because I think that this is something we really need at the moment. Its glamour with references to workwear. I made my own fabric from paper, foil and organza. I created interesting combinations of cheap and expensive materials.” The career of this fresh CSM MA Womenswear graduate is rapidly flourishing and showing no sign of
Cyber Geisha
Inspiration: Strong and avantgarde, futuristic, extraordinary and mystical, everything that impresses our imagination and turns our dreams into reality. Minerals, crystals and geometric shapes found in nature serve as the primary source of inspiration for the collection. And thus the black crystal Cyber Geisha has been born. Materials and techniques: silk, layering and sculpturing padded materials in almost origami style Credits
Lenka Sršňová│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: The bold print, reminiscent of brush strokes that was exclusively designed in house and digitally printed, is the key element of the POP LINE collection and the selected pieces. FILE Collection or creation: POP LINE Brand: Lenka Sršňová Designer and / or studio: Lenka Sršňová Photography: Petra Bošanská for Evita Magazine Materials and techniques: 100% cotton / digital print