FilaĪs an ode to its engineering foundations, Valextra worked with London-based design studio Isabel + Helen to create a kinetic installation showcasing its time-honed tools and techniques.
Developed at the brand’s own R&D hub in collaboration with the British design duo and textile specialists Sara + Sarah, Stone Island’s material experimentation is paving the way for a new perspective on how we engage with the materials that we wear and which surround us. As always, the collection of garments was made in an extremely limited edition of 100 pieces, which are more likely to be admired than worn – but that is also the point. Coined ‘Liquid Crystal Heat Reactive’, the material innovation has been tested between 15 and 21 degrees celsius which delivers a spectrum of shades that take a black base at room temperature, to yellow to green to (with a little more heat) blue.
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Series 7 of Stone Island’s Prototype Research Series unveiled a thermochromic technology that saw nylon-canvas coated with ‘helical-shaped cholesteric liquid crystals ink’ that reacts to an increase in temperature by becoming multiple variations of iridescent surface decoration. ‘It’s my homage to a company that embodies the same qualities.’ Jimmy Choo ‘The flexibility of the elements conveys a sense of elegance and beauty,’ says Bleiswijk. Presented with a buzzing cocktail in the brand’s Piazza della Scala flagship, the Dutch designer Joost van Bleiswijk recreated the Roman arches of Fendi’s Eternal City HQ for the window display. Joining them, the ‘PH’ floor light and ‘PH’ table lamp were Fendi-fied with a golden bronze finish and yellow diffuser. The legendary Dane’s ‘Artichoke ’pendant lamp was reimagined in metal featuring the Fendi logo and in yellow glass, evoking the shade so synonymous with the Roman fashion house. Alongside additions to its Toan Nguyen-designed ‘Totu’ collection, the new ‘Peekasit’ sofa and ‘Blow Up’ modular seating designed by Gabriele Chiave, the ‘Taiko’ sofa designed by Piero Lissoni, the ‘Icaro Table’ by Dimorestudio, the ‘Ottavia’ chairs by Cristina Celestino, and two new carpets, came the Louis Poulsen collaboration that got everyone talking. (Image credit: Courtesy of Fendi Casa and Louis Poulsen)įendi Casa pulled out the stops for Salone this year as it unveiled nearly a dozen new designs riffing off its distinctive DNA that fuses an intangible cosiness into its elegant compositions.
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