Fashion & Architecture.

LucyandBart

Although there are frequent crossovers between fashion and architecture and other disciplines, the collaboration between fashion designers and architects is still at an early stage. But recently, architecture is slowly making its presence in fashion. The pliable metals, membrane structures, lightweight glasses and plastics used in building construction are creeping onto the catwalk. At the same time, architects are borrowing the techniques of pleating, stapling, cutting and draping from traditional tailoring to design buildings that are flexible, interactive, inflatable and even portable. No wonder, because both disciplines have so much common ground: they are both concerned with creating volumes in order to protect people, and both involve principles of construction.

So ARCAM, Ontfront and V2A Architectuur & Stedenbouw thought it would be time to combine the skills of these two disciplines. They have challenged four duos - each comprising a fashion designer and an architect who have teamed up especially for the occasion - to enter into a design process. The results will be on display at ARCAM this summer. The teams consist of Iris van Herpen & Jan Benthem and Mels Crouwel, Mattijs van Bergen & Anouk Vogel, Farida Sedoc & Nicole and Marc Maurer and Kentroy Yearwood & Jeroen Bergsma.

Mutually inspired, the designers cut through the dogmas of their own discipline, make a design statement and allow the visitor an insight into the creative process.

Exhibition Fashion & Architecture
July 17th - September 11th 2010
ARCAM , Amsterdam

Written for BLEND.