Manuel Bozzi SS09
The Milanese designer Manuel Bozzi presents the Mambamondo amulet. It is a port-bonheur pendant wishing well future to the world. It is described to "infuse trust and sense of affiliation". Into this piece the designer packs the irony, that everybody has the same roots: the earth...

Ciclus SS09
Question: Is the half-moon bracelet made of film material like it is used for movies? Eco-designer Tati Guimarães: "The Half Moon Bracelet is made of films like those that used to be used in printers before digital replaced the need of film to print, for example, newspapers. We collect it with some few..."

Zoe Kendall SS09
Unisex art-jewellery designer Zoe Kendall invites to a 'Voyage To The ‘Dead Deep’, if you dare…' at the London Jewellery Week. In cooperation with illustrator Ted Pearce and the jewellery store Kabiri, Zoe is working on the presentation of an alternative vision for the future of jewellery, art and our globe!

ep_anoui FW9/10
Austrian designer Eva Poleschinski: "Woman was challenged to the last years / decades by the increased linking of family/job/everyday work.. to be also in the clothes 'multitasking'; from the office fast home (if generally) by an evening appointment with business partners… new challenges, also for fashion …."

Purisme SS09
In spring 2009 the Austrian design label Purisme presented its fourth product after the pipe, the letter opener and the Yoyo for adults: a bracelet which looks like a black diamond. Question: Isn't the carbon fibre a material normally used for cars or aeroplanes?

International Jewellery London 6-9 Sept 2009
...will be unveiling an impressive array of collections from acclaimed designers and brands worldwide; such as Mishca who is a great believer in the idea that one’s experiences figure in one’s work in all kinds of indefinable ways...

unika(r)t by Irene Wölfl
The Austrian designer Irene Wölfl presents her label unika(r)t (the word combines unique and art) during the 3rd edition of Designformat from 8 May until 25 July at the workshop kaRja in Vienna. How to give old material the appeal of luxury...

Carla Gallas SS09
Buenos Aires based designer Carla Gallas was inspired for her laptop bags by the idea of the Earth Day which is the celebration day for thinking 'green' each year in April. Her laptop bags are indeed funny and unusual such as the designer intended...

Kymare SS09
Designer Kim Wormgoor express with the Kymare SS09 swimwear the lightness and freedom of 'Butterflies & Birds'; the optical effect of the fabric used for the 'Blush Butterfly' line evokes the impression of a living cocoon - like the butterfly is just in the moment to be born...

GREENshowroom
For the travelling eco-couture exhibition (1-4 July 09 Berlin, 1-4 Oct 09 Paris) the designers Magdalena Schaffrin and Jana Keller have collected accessories, shoes, jewellery, beauty and gourmet products under the motto “Green is the only way, with a blush of luxury”...

Polly&me 'Gup Shup'
The Australian designer-sisters Cath Braid and Ange Braid are working with over 400 women across eight centers in and around Chitral town in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan to produce textiles for women’s accessories like handbags and textiles. The newest project, "Gup Shup" is about daily life in Chitral. "Gup Shup" means as much as "informal chit-chat and gossip"...

Anna Fuchs SS09
Anna Fuchs, tell us something about style and the summer trend 2009. "'Erotic is the secret and nothing is more boring than nakedness' once my idol Yves Saint Laurent said and he is absolutely right. This principle in combination with floating, exclusive fabrics..."

Academy of Art University School of Fashion
Textile design students have presented one-of-a-kind tote bags made of organic cotton with artful eco-friendly water-based ink illustrations. The students are trained by experts such as the journalist and illustrator...

Brian Wood FW9/10
New York based designer Brian Wood's men's wear collection 'Night Stalkers' is inspired by the depths of human nature where moral values are absent and darkness begins. The photos of the lookbook for the t-shirt collection "B Wood" are dramatically arranged. Question: Does the B Wood lookbook tells a story about three different gangs - and the 'good' ones with the masks wear...?

Bitten Stetter spring 2009
Every two months Bitten Stetter presents theme worlds in her Hamburg store; matching to her textile publication. Why are you numbering the textile stories? Because the idea is that people collect the subscription like a book or a magazine. I want to create the need that people want to collect it in chronological classification...