Memories of beauty
Objects of a physical nature that may change or age over a period
of time are the inspiration for this trend that indicates ideas of
sentimentality and nostalgia. The stalk
was once a vivid, healthy green with smooth ridges running across its soft
curve. Over time, the stalk has
developed into a sharp, crusty and fragile form with lighter tones of oranges,
yellows and dark, wilted greens. The
emotions are of faded warmth and an attempt to cling on to the memory of an
object that was once beautiful and young.
Colours combine warm, earthy tones that meet with clashes of coldness and
ice due to the disruption in memory with the decayed object in sight. Materials should contrast in weight; solid
and constructed cloths such as natural cottons and linens against sheer, light
and loose fabrics of silks and organzas. Thinking of the natural aging process,
textures should be coarse in contrast with smooth surfaces. This trend sees patterns that are loose,
random and spontaneous like memories that cannot be controlled. Nature works in its own way, changing between
beauty and distaste.
Mechanical Domination
Imagining the future and a mechanical world, this trend is
influenced by tools, machines, engineering and technology. A place taken over by structures that have
been forced, applied or inflicted, there is a sense of a struggle between the
futuristic, illusory world as it opposes all
that is natural with lines, copies and repeated patterns. The new mechanisms and technology in the
world involve materials that are tight and bound, creating tension. Consider the use of shiny satins, metals,
elastic and wires. Behind this theme,
are the ideas of domination and a ‘dark period’ where the old world is being
replaced and overpowered by a cold, bleak darkness of blacks, greys and
midnight sky blues against pure whites.
However, amongst all this, the futuristic world also brings a new spark;
a flash of metallic brought on by the intelligence behind science, text and
codes. This is a manufactured world of
robust structures; surfaces hard, smooth, shiny and polished. It is complex yet clean and deliberately
ordered.
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