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EVERGREEN — Julia Knüpfer
Monday February 20 2012
Welcome to the final instalment of the interview series with designers featured in EVERGREEN: fresh sustainable fashion, in the Project Space at Object Gallery until 24 March, 2012. Read the interview with Holly McQuillan by clicking here and with Georgia McCorkill by clicking here. To find out more about the exhibition, head to our Exhibitions & Events page here, or to continue reading about sustainable fashion, keep reading Object Eye here.
“Working sustainably is the necessary direction for the future… In the design phase we define 90 percent of the environmental profile of a product.”
Julia Knüpfer is a Berlin-based fashion designer, a graduate of Esmod Berlin and winner of the Designer for Tomorrow award at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. Her label icawatermelon combines sustainability with high fashion, using organic cotton and wool sourced from biologically controlled animal welfare.
EVERGREEN — Georgia McCorkill
Friday February 17 2012
Welcome to the second of three interviews with the designers featured in our Project Space exhibition EVERGREEN: fresh sustainable fashion. To catch up on the series and to find out more about sustainable fashion, click here, and for more information on the exhibition click here.
“I love observing the social interactions that occur around fashion… the enchantment that dresses hold is very powerful.”
Georgia McCorkill is a PhD candidate within the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University. She designs special occasion dresses whose physical durability matches their fleeting requirements for use. The Red Carpet Project is a design driven collaboration between designers, celebrities, stylists and publicists, using the red carpet as a forum to raise awareness of environmental problems faced by the fashion industry. McCorkill uses natural eucalyptus plant dyes and up-cycled fabric remnants to achieve stunning environmentally conscious gowns.
EVERGREEN — Holly McQuillan
Monday February 13 2012
Welcome to the first of three interviews conducted with the designers featured in our current Project Space exhibition EVERGREEN: fresh sustainable fashion. For the first entry, we talk to New Zealand designer Holly McQuillan.
“There are so many preconceptions about sustainable fashion… probably the biggest preconception is that there is one ‘right’ way to do it.”
Holly McQuillan is a lecturer in Fashion Design at Massey University’s College of Creative Arts in Wellington. Her research focuses on sustainable design practice by exploring the possibilities of zero-waste pattern cutting - a philosophy which challenges existing techniques and eliminates wastage. Her considered design approach results in garments that are timeless and adaptable, sustaining value over many years.
My Room Sheet Grows Me Tea?
Friday February 03 2012
SEE the exhibition.
PLANT your room sheet.
WATCH it flower.
DRINK the Chamomile tea it produces.
WIN a Peppermint Magazine subscription.
A major focus of sustainable fashion and a significant theme in EVERGREEN is the concept of life-cycle; where an object begins, where it will end up, and whether it will continue to serve a purpose or retain value.
In producing an exhibition about eco-fashion, it was vital to consider sustainability in all aspects of the production, communication and display. From recycled paper wall panels to natural branch displays sculpted by our neighbouring florist and carried by foot to the gallery, we have enjoyed making eco conscious selections.
An introduction to EVERGREEN
Monday January 23 2012
[and my introduction to the world of sustainable fashion]
I am thrilled to be co-producing an exhibition that combines two of my greatest passions: Sustainability and Fashion.
The collections of the chosen designers are equally beautiful and sustainable - they do not have a particular ‘eco’ aesthetic and are desirable well beyond their environmental and ethical responsibility. Just as an evergreen remains fresh, enduring and vital, Julia Knüpfer, Georgia McCorkill and Holly McQuillan design garments to retain significance and value.
I began my own research by asking, What exactly is sustainable fashion? ...How do these values influence the choices of the designer and the wearer?
Visiting Object
St. Margarets, 417 Bourke St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Tuesday-Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm
Free admission
+61 2 9361 4511
gallery@object.com.au
