Interiors and Fashion: Combining Influences

After being inspired by Kenziepoo (previous post), with a bit of research I found some links between fashion and interiors that I liked of my own:

Image Credits Below:

Interiors: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com 

                       Fashion: Shaun Samson SS12 Menswear http://www.totemfashion.com/

Kenziepoo

Kenziepoo (a really good blog for childrenswear) have a feature called 'Room Into an Outfit', a great concept for linking the ever prominent links between fashion and interiors:

(see the Kenziepoo website for details for where all the clothes are from, kenziepoo.com).

Ferm Living

A new discovery for any of my home accessories, I really like the loose but graphic handwriting in the prints

Design Down Under

Well after finishing the final project and it all being handed in, leaving only my final grade to be awaited... I wanted to start blogging again but broadening what I blog about and thinking about further design interests aside from my university work.

Australia is a huge passion of mine, and so I carried out an online search into Australian design. To my knowledge, Australia is not as well known for design as London, Milan, Paris, New York etc, and so I would like to research this further, putting Australia firmly on the map for notable design!

The above images show the interior of an Australian Butchers, 'Victor Churchill', which won the award for 2010 Retail Design in the Australian Interior Design Awards, designed by the company, 'Dreamtime Australia Design'.

Upon first glance, I thought that this was an interior of a luxury clothing shop and it surprised me to discover that it is in fact the interior of a Butcher!

In a recent TV series by Mary Portas, Portas discusses how we are losing interest in the traditional specialist stores including the butchers and bakers to supermarket competition.

I feel that this approach to designing luxurious and innovative interiors for these independant retailers, may re-launch these stores in our contemporary society, therefore attracting new and re-gaining previous consumers, through a concept where both 'chic' and 'unique' are fast becoming factors that todays consumer are buying into...!

Any views?!

Although I enjoyed thinking about the connotations that could surround this image, ultimately it is also a beautiful piece of clever and genius design that is fully deserving of the design award that it won.

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images from: http://www.interiordesignawards.com.au/gallery/2010/2/206

Missoni Home, Beverley Hills

www.missonihome.com

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/14/image/la-ig-0214-shopping-20100212

In the recent Missoni Home newsletter there are images of their new, first single-brand store in L.A. Designed by Patrick Kinmonth and Antonio Monfreda, it particularly interested me because the store exterior imitates a woven fabric composed of interwoven aluminium bands. This concept is reflective of the fabrics within the Missoni store and is taken even further though the lighting.

The store has small bands or slits for lighting, and as a result, further implying notions of a woven fabric ideally when the store is lit up at night but also providing more subtle suggestion to woven fabrics inside the store in the day.