Moire effect

In interior design and architecture, nowadays, we see that the moiré effect is being used increasingly.

Moire patterns are created whenever one semitransparent object with a repititive pattern is placed over antoher. A slight motion of one of the objects creates large – scale changes in the moiré pattern.

David Derksen is one of the designers who used this effect in his designs, and showed it at last years Salone del Mobile 2015  with his Moiré lights.  He calls it ‘a celebration of the intriguing moiré effect. These lamps invite to play and become fascinated by the moire principle. Squares, hexagons or rings seem to appear and to move, making this into an almost hypnotic effect.

David Derksen – Moire Lights

One of David’s projects that was launched on Salone del Mobile last April in Milan were his Lucid lights. De collection consists of light objects with a perforated casing, which are carved out of aluminium.

David Derksen – Lucid Lights

‘There’s a lot to love about a humble shape that’s cut out repeatedly, creating large patterns across big scales. So many variations are possible with perforations overlaying them creating a moorish effect. Cutting out thick boards will express the edge of the material which creates a completely differen look to when a thin sheet is punctured, etc. Scale, proportion and material selections play a huge role when choosing and designing these types of patterns’ (yellowtrace).

Let inspire you trough the variety of products, fashion, interior and architecture from the past years >>>

Lululemon / Murdock Young Architects   

Agata Bielen – Gold Line                     Architecture 00

 

Nina Mair – Mashrabeya       Arch Studio 

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec – Stampa Chair

Junpei Tamaki + Iori Tamaki – Snowscape cabinet

 

 

Álvaro Díaz Hernández – Wire Collection        Robert Morris – Sprüth Magers Berlin

 

MLZD – Janus Museum, Switzerland       Studio Gang

Tom Dixon                     Jesse Visser – Harold

Men’s Fashion is a trending topic

Coolhunt 3 – Men’s Fashion is a trending topic

It became clear that men’s fashion is a trending topic the past week.
The quantity of shows is growing, the shows are frequently visited, designers are also famous celebrities and the visitors are getting more trendy.
It won’t take long untill men’s fashion week in Paris will become just such a big happening as women’s fashion week.

The range and number of trends has grown, because the mentality of men’s fashion changed considerably in recent years.
Men who are young and fashion aware won’t take their father as an example anymore. They’re a lot more stubborn and have more courage.

At modefabriek.nl I saw this quote:
” From high – end to mass market, men are being serviced better and better when it comes to fashion- forward clothing. Brands like Burberry and Dolce & Gabbana have recently opened dedicated men- only stores, luxury web stores such as MR PORTER and Luisa Via Roma sell out showpieces in no time, and high street chains like H&M and Mango successfully operate dedicated men’s stores. It’s still a far cry from the fashion options our female counterparts have- especially in the Netherlands – but it definitely marks te beginning of a new era in menswear ”.

This was shown in a number of articles which I was reading.

In I-D magazine they talked about the trends from spring/summer ’14 shows.
They showed patterns, bright colors cloths, baggy trousers and prints.

”Both established and breakout talents are daring to re-appropriate the variables of modern men’s style, pushing it forward. In Milan there were Jil Sander’s boys silhouetted in drop-shouldered constructs and Calvin Klein tailoring was a graphic dream. In Paris, Walter van Beirendonck coloured in his men with trompe l’oeil suiting ” (I-D magazine).

” Print power, man power! A cocktail of shape, colour and print was served up for a sensory shake-up. Dries van Noten’s charming man was an implicit opulent entiry in hand- painted silks and dreamily dark florals, keeping things luxe and sexy ” (I-D magazine).

In the newspaper ‘Volkskrant’ they talked about the men who are more stubborn. According to the ‘Volkskrant’ the big trend of fashion for the coming winter is the casual mentality and playful way of combining.

The traditional suite didn’t not completely dissapear, but according to the designers in Paris, it seems that the fashion will be a bit fresher and younger next winter.

It is cool because men and women grow closely to each other.
Men don’t need their wifes to choose his cloths. Men can now show their own identity through the clothes they wear. They are not afraid to share this with the world.
And they get more attention from the women when they look good. That’s what men are hoping for, I guess.
Now not only gay, but also heterosexual men can follow trends and fashion.