Interweaving Scherer’s ongoing study of plant root systems, this exhibition presents a layered examination of how biological material can be transformed into sustainable textile. From a root-bound maxi dress to a knotted radicle tapestry, the exhibition explores the human-nature relationship and our compulsion to control our natural environment. Diana Scherer developed an innovative material research in her quest for a...
Lin Lang — No More — Jiangsu, China
This series of works uses multiple earth expressions to warn readers with ironic language: there is only one earth, no more. In NO MORE1, with the fantasy universe space as the background, the fantasy earth can be planted, but in fact, the earth cannot be planted, there is only one earth. In NO MORE2, every earth is hurt, and the...
Chris Noelle (TOFA) — Nebula — Berlin, Germany
In times where soap has become such an essential part of our daily routine — it is often overseen what the liquid itself offers from a creative perspective. The Nebula project takes a look on the pure beauty of macro shots created with fluid soap and shows a new perspective of an ordinary everyday item....
Special Projects — COVID-19 APP Ideas — London, UK
The team at Special Projects have brainstormed a series of ideas for the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app which will soon be rolled out across UK. They focus on the user experience as you interact with the app at a time full of uncertainty, emotions and anxiety, trying to make the app more: Calm, Human, Empathetic, Delightful and Community focussed....
Buenaventura — Granada, Spain
How do you find designing for a restaurant different to other identity projects? “We approach all identity works in a similar way: the restaurants and all their peripheral activities have to provide a satisfactory experience, with the visual world playing an important role.”...
Yang Hua Yao — Love In Eyes/Fish Memory — Xiamen, China
”Love In Eyes“ experiments with coffee grains to form eye, human, coronal and heart-shaped eyelashes, in order to appeal to face the virus correctly, if there is love in the heart, everything in the eye is beautiful. The memory of the fish is only a few seconds, the scar and the pain are always forgotten. To describe the attitude of...
Dr. GoraParasit — Everything Will Be Ok — Trakai, Lithuania
A Distant Cinetheatrical Rehearsal/Discussion by Dr. GoraParasit Acting: Susana Abdulmajid, Ricardas Myka, Skaiste Simkeviciute, Milda Jonaityte, Milda Vysniauskaite, Marijus Mazunas Films: Understanding: Viruses (1994), The Andromeda Strain (1971), Outbreak (1995) Sound: Krzystof Komeda – Klatki, @C – Music For Empty Spaces...
Clim Studio — The Quarantine Loops — Barcelona, Spain
Being confined is something new for all of us and it is not easy. Lots of people worldwide are suffering, confused and scared. Studio Clim wants to help by spreading hope — through humor and love. Simple thoughts such as how to occupy your time wisely, trying to stay active, healthy or simply to learn how to slow down. Things...
KL&K Design — Hong Ko — Heal the World with Love and Faith — Shenzhen, China
A leading designer, Hong Ko is the partner and the Creative Director of KL&K Design. Ko was awarded the “People of the Year” by magazine “Art & Design” in 2011, “40 under 40” by Perspective magazine in 2014, “Ten outstanding Designers Awards 2014”, which has proved him as one of the leading young creative figures of China. With his acquired...
Frédérique Daubal — Vegan Mask — Paris, France
Coming from a graphic-design background, Frederique Daubal has been experimenting with textiles as a three-dimensional medium, and creating clothes under her own name, without following any trends but using lots of second-hand pieces, since the beginning of 2001....
VVORKROOM — Vicky González — Barcelona, Spain / Mexico City, Mexico
“Every project is different, even from the same industry. However, working with restaurants is a great experience, because apart from the smells, that can easily be applied in any retail project, in restaurants the sense of taste is also involved. So as a designer, you end up immersing yourself in developing the concept, naming, branding, interior design, defining the playlist...
CERCLE 8 — Ghost — Strasbourg, France
This issue of Cercle Magazine explores the unexplained, the intangible, the transparent. It wonders about our relationship to ghosts, let them haunt us, make us scream with fear or laugh, whether light spectrum or wandering in the dark worlds. Four interviews with enthusiasts professionals or amateurs, ten illustrators, photographers or visual artists, interviewed about their practice, and always varied selections,...