Gitte Nygaard is an Amsterdam based maker of jewellery and other body/human related stuff. Gitte presents: Cherryup/Starking Hardy Giant.
1. What is your story behind your product? The installation Cherryup is made from bamboo and jewellery wax and it shows the stage before the pieces are being processed (cast) – they are potential jewellery, but offers a pause between actual production and consumption.
The jewellery installation Cherryup offers questions and reflections to the sustainable and social potential in jewellery. Like the cherry blossoms, most of these creations will return back to their original form, melted wax, that can be used again in a new phase. I have used the Cradle to Cradle example of the cherry tree, which at first glance may not seem effective, but decorative and wasteful. Only a single fruit has to meet the ground in order to reproduce, while thousands of flowers and fruits that might seem like waste –is actually food for a whole natural system.
2. What are your values of luxury? The slow process of making is visible as embedded time, Read the rest of this entry »
Designers David Luxembourg & Daniela Pais based in Eindhoven are presenting: F.O.F.F., La. Ga. Bag, Xisto games and Elementum.
1. What is your story behind your product?
F.O.F.F.
– F.O.F.F. in its current incarnation is a spin off from my 2006 masters project ‘the volution’, to which it also provided the initial design inspiration. Right now its more of a social project then a product – as owning / adopting a F.O.F.F. is the starting point for creating you own micro community. Wanting to give them the widest range of expression I chose to keep them faceless - giving a chance & freedom for their owners to determine their identity and not forcing any association which might be pre planed by companies out for brainwash and money.
La. Ga. Bag -
The La.Ga Bag was the first product designed together by Daniela Pais and Jorge Moita under the name Krv Kurva. It started as a white canvas and soon became dressed with artworks from different designers, artists, friends and lovers. Love is science is a special edition made for the Portuguese Museum of Knowledge and science. The idea of the artwork started from the concept of the designer Marisa Vinha about what happens when we fall in love. David Luxembourg developed the final artwork that carries this knowledge. Awarded with the National Prize for Design – Sena da Silva Trophy, of the Centro Português de Design, in the category of Product Design, in 2002. Made in Portugal, 100% Tyvek Graphics Quality, water, radioactive and biochemical resistant. It weighs 40g and loads up to 55Kg. Machine wash at 30ºC. HDPE 2 Recyclable.
Xisto games –
the story for the games starts in Portugal, in the region known as Aldeias do Xisto (known for its traditionally stone built houses) the local municipalities there run a project, a network of shops called ‘loja do xisto’ that promotes local & sustainable production, craftsmanship tourism and design. In one of them I saw a ‘made in china’ domino set with the logo of these shop and was moved both to protest against it and to offer an alternative by designing games that will match the agenda and intentions of the project in it originality.
Elementum - ELEMENTUM started as a research called Clothing Species and developed during my master thesis at the Man& Humanity department of Design Academy Eindhoven between 2005-2007. This research was prompt by the waste created with fashion and clothing production and consumption. I tried to find other ways of producing and consuming. The result is a collection of 6 different pieces in a tubular dimension, where minimum cuts provide maximum use. The story is about creating less waste and is also about giving the opportunity to use and enjoy our clothes much more.
Already a big hit in America and recently just launched in Organic Food for you (luxurious organic supermarket in Amsterdam) by Sprankelend. THE new Sophisticated Nonalcoholic glamorous tea is a perfect alternative for champagne!
It is made with three ingredients: Water, Tea, Sugar. The product was specifically designed to pair with food and to take the place of wine and champagne in celebration and gift giving. CHEERS!
Vienna based designer Sonja Bauemel presents (IN)VISIBLE MEMBRANE. As a designers she explores the boundaries between fashion design, art and science, to create multidisciplinary works.
My designs of the (IN)VISIBEL MEMBRANE consist of four projects and emerged from my process.
Presented project 2: InVisible membrane: Scientific data transfer and a visualisation of my individual skin bacteria attempt to make people aware of the fact that we are a hybrid, a super organism, which obviously is only able to exist if the different forms of life on the body cooperate.
I focused on skin bacteria and on my fascination for bacteria growth; the transformation of invisible skin bacteria on our living body to visible bacteria on a body-external medium. Something which used to be part of our body becomes autonomous and Read the rest of this entry »
Fashion Designer Eloise Grey(blog) based in Farnham, Surrey, UK (50km South West of London) presents: Vita Garden Coat in Hemp and Winkers
1. What is your story behind your product? I was inspired firstly by the fabric, a rough hemp canvas that is woven in Romania on traditional looms. I am also inspired by writers of the mid 20th century and was reading about Vita Sackville-West, writer and famous gardener who was at the centre of the famous Bloomsbury group of writers, artists and thinkers in the early 20th Century in London. She had a poise and glamour as she worked in her garden to produce one of the most famous gardens in England.
2. What are your values of luxury? I think luxury is where you have beautiful materials that incorporate true stewardship of the land and respect for those who craft them and the resources that go into them. Products are purchased in Read the rest of this entry »
Jesse Asjes is a Dutch Product Designer specialized in knits & textiles (Jsssjs Product Design).
1. What is your story behind your product? Innovation of textile and fashion is the starting point of this project. This collection is created out of the behaviors of certain techniques. We have chosen for man-made fibers. There is a strong development to sustainable artificial yarns. These products are an example of technical opportunities suitable for interior and fashion textile.
2. What are your values of luxury? Design itself is a luxury for me. The ability to questioning Read the rest of this entry »
Hiphonest.com invites you to the hotel room exhibition‘Sustainable Luxury’ during Inside Design Amsterdam 2010 (September 24, 25 and 26). This alluring yearly event is organized by Dutch glossy ELLE Wonen (ELLE Home) and will take place in the beautiful Lloyd Hotel. About 10.000 visitors and a big network of international press will visit this event where many designers and brands will showcase their products. ELLE asked Annouk Post to present her vision on sustainability in one of the enchanting hotel rooms.
Post invites visitors in her cupboardbed (with organic blankets by Yumeko) to tell you about new values of luxury in food, fashion, products and art. ‘Because I believe in telling the real story behind a product I decided to host the room like I am ‘living’ there (with an open suitcase, a closet with nice products and a table with some organic food for special guests). Surrounded by beautiful design and products I hope to inspire the visitors and press to become more aware about what the world has to offer us concerning ‘sustainable luxury’.’
Finally, back on the blog track again! Last weeks I have been traveling through the Netherlands to visit the graduations shows of Made at WDKA (Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam), Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in the Hague, The Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), The Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, Fashion Transit 10 by the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (Amfi) and ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. Aim was to spot some winning examples of product design, fashion, photography, art and much more.
In between I made a short dynamic tour towards Berlin and it was refreshing to visit green fashion events/exhibitions like TheKey, GREEN Showroom and Berlinordik. It always is a relief to meet other participants of this global fashion awareness network and to share/re-connect your passion and ambition.
Glossy the Elle Wonen (=Interior) organizes the design exhibition Inside Design Amsterdam 2010 in the weekend of 24, 25 and 26 September. Main programme will take place in the beautiful Lloyd Hotel where different designers and labels will decorate the rooms with their products. Hiphonest.com is invited to participate and currently I am working out my concept to create a enchanting room filled with conscious design…
So stay tuned to Hiphonest.com and be surprised by the fresh talents in art, design, fashion and photography The Netherlands has to offer and be indulged in the new trends in Hiphonest fashion. Via the webmagazine indemode.nu you can read some of my Dutch stories.
Just arrived in Berlin! Still a bit exhausted of a very short night after a successful Streetlab Business Case talk show. Last blog-posts I dropped some links and pictures of my own talk, and now some more of the other guests. EnYOI!
Amongst an informal setting with approximately 40 visitors, journalist Simone Weimans interviewed Ikenna Azuike from Strawberry Earth about their kool carrotmobs, Dutch Environmental Film Festival, upcoming fashion events and their vision and strategy on using social media and a creative network to paint the world stylish and green.
Otto von Bush, well known of his work and visions as an artist, activist and fashion theorist gave us a very inspiring talk by skype video conference call. He is a very enthusiastic entertaining speaker and we received some good responses of the audience. Check out his ideas and workshops about ‘hacking the system in fashion’ at his site Selfpassage.
Holly Syrett talked about the Green Fashion Competition which will be launched next week 16 July during Amsterdam International Fashion Week. The entrepreneurs behind the ‘co-designed sneaker’ label !SYOU, Jaap and Merijn, told their alluring story about their broad and international network of talented souls.
Visual via: THEKEY.TO ACCELERATION features New York artist, Jeremy Dean and his series “Back To The Futurama.”
By checking out the websites of the winning events that I will visit these next two days : TheKey, GREEN Showroom and Berlinordik, it makes me happy to get this MEGA boot of energy! Yeah guys, Berlin is HOT when we are talking about the Green Revolution! Keep you posted on my findings. (see as well the BERLIN tips on Ecofashionworld).
Love theKEY Theme: ‘THEKEY.TO celebrates its third edition with the motto ACCELERATION. This concept aims to provoke a new perspective on green products. No longer are they an economic side issue, but instead they are innovative, breaking the boundaries both technologically and aesthetically.’
During a special summer edition of Streetlab Businesscase presented 2night Hiphonest presented the new trends in Ecofashion. Here are the links and visuals.
Welcome to YOI: a blog about sustainable fashion and design. YOI: is an acronym for Your Own Identity and stresses that life can be enjoyed the most when you can be yourself. In other words: do what you enjoy doing and be true to yourself. Be YOI! Read more about the story of YOI:
On this blog you can find a lot of alluring examples of Hiphonest fashion labels. Hiphonest’ stands for stylish fashion that is made with respect for people and planet. It's about looking good, doing good and feeling good.
the story for the games starts in Portugal, in the region known as Aldeias do Xisto (known for its traditionally stone built houses) the local municipalities there run a project, a network of shops called ‘loja do xisto’ that promotes local & sustainable production, craftsmanship tourism and design. In one of them I saw a ‘made in china’ domino set with the logo of these shop and was moved both to protest against it and to offer an alternative by designing games that will match the agenda and intentions of the project in it originality.
