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one small seed #30: Iris van Herpen Hacks Infinity

giu — Fri, 15 May 2015 10:47:32 +0000

Iris van Herpen has an amazing way of expressing the character and emotions of a woman through fashion. At one small seed we strongly believe in the strength of femininity, so we needed you to see Hacking Infinity:

One Small Seed Magazine Issue #30 dig.05 in collaboration with PUMA

giu — Tue, 12 May 2015 09:10:46 +0000

Welcome to our 30th issue of one small seed magazine in collaboration with PUMA!!!

30 is a big number. Most of us actually feel grown up for the first time at 30. The age where you finally understand who you are and what you want in life. Hence the content choice for this issue titled “Originality Through Details”.

The world is turning fast and often we ask ourselves, ‘how much must we follow technology or how far must we remain true to our heart and our passion(s). In this edition, we made a great selection of highly talented people from Modena, New York and Berlin to Hong Kong and back who, in our view, are individuals mastering the balance of craftsmenship, detail, passion and an occasional touch of technology, in a perfect manner. ‘It’s not about the amount of tools you have, but how you use them […] how you create with your heart,’ says Riccardo Moretti from LegoLoop. Indeed. If we look at Paolo Nutini, who has millions of views on YouTube and played with the Rolling Stones, but does not even know his password for his Twitter account. In our interview, Nutini tells us: ‘It’s all about the music, man.’ And he is right.

Then we found you a little gem francais, who, and believe me on this one, will go places as a street artist. Levalet, who brings the streets of Paris alive, also strongly believes that people should be able to create with their hands. In 1962, a new literary art magazine was published by poet and activist Ed Sanders in the Lower East Side of New York. Andy Warhol (full pdf can be downloaded on the inside), and lots of other iconic names, was a guest contributor for this ‘zine called “Fuck You” / A Magazine of the Arts.

So yes, let’s say ‘Fuck you! ’Fuck you to too much technology taking over our lives… our freedom.

LET’S START TO CREATE AGAIN.

FOUNDER / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GIUSEPPE RUSSO

ONE SMALL SEED MAGAZINE ISSUE #30 DIG.05 IN COLLABORATION WITH PUMA

giu — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:25:24 +0000

Welcome to our 30th issue of one small seed magazine in collaboration with PUMA!!!

So yes, let’s say ‘Fuck you! ’Fuck you to too much technology taking over our lives… our freedom.

LET’S START TO CREATE AGAIN.

FOUNDER / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GIUSEPPE RUSSO

Nick Knight | Haute Death

one small seed — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:15:50 +0000

Since his first foray into fashion photography, Nick Knight has ignited the industry with his re-conceptualisation of beauty. His bold looks and daring techniques have shaped him as one of the pioneers of modern photography. Knight’s entrance into the photography world has seen him flash through the editorials of Vogue, Dazed & Confused, W Magazine, i-D, and Visionaire, and his works have been commissioned by some of design’s most extravagant names including Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Calvin Klein, Levi Strauss, and Yves Saint Laurent. Knight photographs fashion in theatrical displays of fantasy. Haute Death is a roll of imagery that combines high fashion with the nightmarish dream-scape of dark fairytales and the opulence of Parisian sophistication.

Image: © Nick Knight

Appearing in the pages of W Magazine, Haute Death is a whimsical homage to the shadowy, sinister illustrations of children’s literature. Using his trademark exploration into contrasts, Knight juxtaposes the delicate beauty of model Karlie Kloss into the eerie sketch of a Brothers Grimm fairytale. The result is an avante garde photo-shoot that mixes fashion and children’s fantasy. Kloss was styled by Edward Enninful into the couture designs of Dior, Givenchy, Chanel, and Iris Van Herpen to name a few. Haute Death is another example of Knight’s continuing challenge against the conventions of beauty and the re-imagining of fashion.

It is very tricky now to really, honestly call yourself a photographer because a lot of what I do doesn’t adhere to the rules of photography. For example, with the introduction of digital technology and the more frequent use of that in the creation of the image, you are really not following the rules of photography any more.

Image: © Nick Knight

Images: © Nick Knight

The Aesthetics of Science: Iris Van Herpen’s Voltage Haute Couture Collection

one small seed — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:50:24 +0000

For her fourth collection presented in Paris as a guest member of the Chambre syndicale de la Haute Couture, Iris van Herpen explores the electricity of the body in her ostentatious Voltage Haute Couture Collection.

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Iris Van Herpen’s Voltage Haute Couture Collection

Experimenting with its use in the field of creation, this collection seeks to portray its tangible movement and power.

This ability of light and electricity to change states and bodies is reproduced using the most innovative technologies. Described as an alchemist approach to fashion, Van Herpen’s designs perpetually embrace new collaborations with artists, architects and researchers. As part of the show she collaborated with new Zealand artist Carlos Van Camp, echoing his notion of controlling high voltage electricity and its interaction with the human body.

Van Camp experiments with three million volts running through bodies.

Iris Van Herpen’s Voltage Haute Couture Collection

Van Herpen shares Canadian architect Philip Beesley’s fascination with materials and structures.

They focus specifically on how the reaction of chemistry and electricity causes structures to respond to their environment and react as living beings.

Iris van Herpen is also know for being today’s leading fashion designer in the use of 3D printing. Drawing on the idea of movement, the flexible 3D printed dresses are a revolution, a result of collaborations with Neri Oxman of the MIT Media Lab as well as Keren Oxman and Prof. Craig Carter of MIT with Stratasys, and architect Julia Koerner with Materialise.

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Iris Van Herpen’s Voltage Haute Couture Collection

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Iris Van Herpen’s Voltage Haute Couture Collection

Voltage Haute Couture credits:

Frontstage Photographer – Michel Zoeter
Photographer – Ronald Stoops
Backstage Photographer – Boy Kortekaas and Philip Beesley

full credits for Voltage Haute Couture

source: irisvanherpen.com