SHOWstudio's Synaesthesia - London, UK

In 2006, SHOWstudio - a fashion website founded and directed by photographer Nick Knight - explored the new frontier of “fashion audio”.

The website invited digital artist Daniel Brown - in collaboration with sound designer (and synaesthete!) Nick Ryan - to orchestrate an interactive web-series in response to on a stunningly delicate S/S ’06 Balenciaga jacket (above)

To see the result, please click HERE

When I was recently in London I visited the SHOWstudio Shop, an art gallery-cum-dealership which displays and sells one-of-a-kind fashion creations. The lovely girl who worked there had a chat to me about the Balenciaga jacket project, and mentioned that SHOWstudio were looking to do more explorations on fashion’s relation to the senses this year ...if Nick Knight’s into it, I’ve gotta be on the right track right?!

She was also kind enough to explain all the works to me, even though I obviously would never be able to afford any in a millionbajillion years... I hear you ask: "Who does that scary shadow inside belong to?"

THIS GUY!

Nick Knight

Tiger

2009

Created for S/S 2010 Alexander McQueen PUMA campaign. He was a big fella...

Michael Howells

Squid

Bull

2007

Created for the set of the A/W 2007 Christian Dior haute couture show at the Chateau de Versailles. These papier-mache heads covered those of classic marble statues

Tacheles - Berlin, Germany

Today Michaela, Vanessa and I braved the snow to venture out to Tacheles - a dilapidated (read: bomb damaged) yet enthralling artist colony smack-bang in the old Jewish quarter of Berlin.

After a former life as a department store, Tacheles became an illegal squat for artists shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It has since flourished, sheltering up to 100 Berlin-based artists during the peak months.

After climbing the leaky and creaky stairs, we stumbled the work of Dutch photo-collagist Tim Roeloffs...

He gained recognition in the fashion industry when he collaborated with Versace to create some photo-montages to print on fabric for their A/W 2008 collection.

Tacheles is a must if you're visiting Berlin (but after Mic spotted some shady dealings going down in the hallways we decided to call it a night...)

Graduation fever!

Make way for another batch of QUT grad students...

Robyn’s collection is a fav - check the strong geometric blocks mixed with cyber-geisha silhouettes, co-ordinated with carefully chosen colours (selected using the Fibonacci Sequence... oooOOOooo fancy!)

Check out more graduating students @ frock paper scissors (QUT's Online Fashion Graduate Magazine)

l'orange

Marc Jacobs A/W 2009 campaign shot by Juergen Teller

How do you contemplate a mandarine?

Does the strong citrus SCENT awaken your memory? Or is it the natural juice you TASTE when you take the first bite? Do you SEE a spherical orange shape in your mind’s eye? Do you remember the gentle SOUND of peeling skin from flesh, piece from piece? Or is it the porous skin, moist and leathery to TOUCH?

...how do you contemplate a mandarine?

India Art Summit - Delhi, India

Was lucky to chance upon the India Art Summit in Delhi (thanks for the tip Harper’s Bazaar India!) The Summit showcased the very best of Indian art from a multitude of galleries joining through the beauty of collaboration.

I snapped a few snaps in the hope that I'd stumble upon a fantastic concept... and while I'm still not sure, at least now I have some amazing works to share with you

Sunil Gawde

Thukral & Tagra

Dominus Aeris - mirage 11

2009

Tanujaa Rane

Red Of My Being

2009

Laxma Gaud

Raghava K K

We paused the art-gazing momentarily to have a bit of a play in the public interactive section...

...where they asked gallery-goers to describe their dream museum.

They were some truly lovely responses

“A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension...”

When I was six years old I kept my innermost thoughts scribbled in my “Beauty and the Beast” diary (complete with lock and key). My deepest, darkest secrets weren’t terribly scandalous; boys I thought were less repulsive than others, mean things schoolyard bullies had said, a rough budget for a Sega Megadrive…

The time has come to – once again – get writing, but for this occasion novelty Disney paper just ain’t gonna cut it!

I’d like to welcome you to my blog. Here I’ll report the goings-on of a fashion student while she (warning: awful pun) fabricates her very first collection. I truly hope you enjoy reading about the inspirations, affairs and ponderings that happen along the way…

CURRENTLY: Sitting on my rooftop in Delhi, reading the Final Year Project brief... with the see-sawing feelings of excitement and FREAKOUT