You know when you’re waiting for something or someone and can’t concentrate on anything? Eva Malschaert has created soft enclosures, ideal for occupying those times. Magnets mean that you can create your own composition from the coloured strips of elastic. Ideal for hotel lobbies and waiting rooms.
Alicia Tam has researched the effects of modern camouflage inspired by the dazzle designs of the early 20th Century.
She works on formations that the eye cannot see.
These glasses, when worn, protect the wearer even from attempts by PhotoShop to define what is underneath. Thanks to the wearer at the show for modelling them in true non-celebrity fashion; she’s far too happy having her photo taken!
Thorunn Arnadottir‘s show also touched on privacy and self promotion: her pop star’s dress for Kali from Steel Lord has QR codes readable by smartphones so you can link directly to promotional material online just from pointing your phone at the dress.
I loved the humour of her Devil’s Pet candle: a cat candle which, when burning reveals a skeleton with the flame blazing through the eye sockets.
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