Deconstruction

I'm currently assistant designer for the avant-garde designer, Barbara í Gongini.
Last week I was assigned to deconstruction group. There have been restrictions when designing for Barbara and the deconstruction group is no different. I am not allowed to cut the garments I'm using, only pin and drape.
These restrictions allow me to design something I wouldn't of been able to without the restriction. As the piece wasn't imagined, or pre designed, I discover elements I didn't think possible.
I revel when deconstructing.

I think of my deconstruction work as organic because the designs are pure from the start, I don't determine how the piece will end. I have no preconception of what I'm creating until it's whole. The finished designs remind me of organic earthy shapes. When I look through the process of my deconstruction, its natural evolution is clear.

 

Life creates conditions conducive to life

I recently learnt about the antibacterial brilliance of shark skin at Hello Materials, and about the new uses inventors are creating from this genius.
Designers are creating changes to the surface of materials inspired by the pattern of shark's skin to mimic its natural antibacterial property. Shark skin is impervious to bacteria as microbes cannot cling to its surface. It's enough to make changes to the surfaces of materials as the shark's skin is antibacterial only from its pattern, not its chemistry. Danish Design Centre - Hello Materials

Here, in Bacteria and Biomimicry, Janine Benyus talks about the Galapagos shark, and why there's a greater value for us to learn from the evolution and brilliance of these creatures than to use them for their fins, which they are sadly, still devastated by.

Janine Benyus is a natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including her latest − Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. ~ JanineBenyus.com

Biomimicry 3.8 Vimeo Videos Link

Sculpting waves in wood and time

“What if every seemingly isolated object was actually just where the continuous wave of that object poked through into our world?”

The above statement is made by artist Reuben Margolin. I'm completely in awe of Margolin's kinetic sculptures that I discovered via TED.
Reuben Margolin creates sculptures inspired by the patterns of water. His wave-like art installations mimic the movements of water, from a raindrop to a wave; combining the logic of math and the sensuousness of nature, engineered with cogs, gears, string, wood and recyclable materials.

Nebula @Hilton Anatole - photo by Janice Rubin

'As a kid, Margolin was into math and physics; at college, he switched to liberal arts and ended up studying painting in Italy and Russia. Inspired by the movement of a little green caterpillar, he began trying to capture movements of nature in sculptural form. Now, at his studio in Emeryville, California, he makes large-scale undulating installations of wood and recycled stuff. He also makes pedal-powered rickshaws and has collaborated on several large-scale pedal-powered vehicles.' ~ TED.com/speakers
Some of the sculptures are currently on tour. Margolin has collaborated with the choreographer, Gideon Obarzanek. The sculptures are attached to dancers with string, connecting the movements of both. The fluidity of dancer and sculpture are coinciding, creating a natural motion almost to understand each other, together, navigating boundries between form and flow.  

"It's not like I'm trying to copy nature -- I'm trying to relate to it." ~ Reuben Margolin

Watch the video of Reuben speaking at Ted here: TED

You can find a video of the choreographed dance here: Connected
Find all videos of Reuben's work on his site: Waves