Toward Design Magazine

Toward Design Magazine

Toward Design Magazine featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Materializing the Digital

These designs explore how movement can be embodied in our urban garments through the use of programmable materials in response to the digital era. The aim is to analyze the relation between body and movement, through the connection with materials, and their adaptation and reaction to this. Materialization means to assume material form: the emphasis is on reality and perception. To materialize the movement is a path which has not only a conceptual and social goal, but also a functional one. The inspiration came doing a motion capture of our bodies in different sport activities.

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Fun Bamboos

The signature ornament was inspired by amazing festive mosaic lamps are the hallmark of the oriental bazaars and part of the eastern culture. The designer offers own interpretation of Arabic colorful patterns. The bright ornament was designed for fashion apparel, bags, and accessories and can be applied to different textile bases. The pattern is included in the branded collection ”Lovely Lines" by Anni Teriani.

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Oriedental

Oriedental is a square silk scarf with a digitally printed pattern. The scarf measures 70 by 70 centimetres. The pattern combines Asian and Czech cultural references in a single composition. The concept comes from the personal background of the designer, who is originally from Japan and studied textile design in Prague. The scarf was created within the Studio of Textile Design at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Digital printing on silk is used to produce the pattern.

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Flower Power

The explorations of shapes and colors where the contrast and harmony play an eye-catching rule by itself. The mix of organic natural forms accompanied by bright and sharp colors which gave the refreshment and pleasant look to the piece. The delicate line art which is juxtaposed on colored surfaces that creates the floral compositions, which flows with total freedom between each other and where each part has its space to breathe, grow and going forward.

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The Modern Women

A repetitive screen-print pattern design made for the modern and brave woman. The design is implemented with different color combinations and on different fabrics such as cotton, silk and satin. The prints are for winter collection. The pattern and garments were designed for the strong independent woman who also has a hidden feminine side that she wants to express. The collection was meant to treat the other side in every women. Combining both modern and classic style in one look.

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Formosa Sapphire

Formosa Sapphire is a silk scarf decorated with a pattern of Swinhoe's Pheasant, a bird species endemic to Taiwan. The design features hand-drawn brush strokes, fine line textures and bright colors. The bird was studied through photographs and reference books, then drawn in detail. The artwork was converted into a vector file to preserve the original strokes and colors, and is applied to silk by digital printing. The scarf measures 650 by 650 millimeters. The intent is to introduce endemic Taiwanese birds to a wider audience and to support awareness of bird conservation.

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