#greek design
A-part Bench by Loukas Chondros and Oxymoro Design
Challenging times can spark new ideas. Inspired by todays opposing needs for physical distance and social closeness, the Greek designer Loukas Chondros together with Oxymoro Design, created this A-part called bench. this wooden piece of seating furniture is designed to be modified for the apropriate seating distance while giving the user the opportunity to have sit on a ebnch with a friend and have a conversation.
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T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Klismos (chairs), pair, with Saridis of Athens
United Kingdom / Greece, designed 1961 /produced c. 1990
olive wood, leather
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This Milos Mini-Bag design is inspired by two things:
The lines “The kisses of your lips are honey, my love” from the Song of Solomon 4:11,
andthisElsa Schiaparelli evening coat at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Elsa Schiaparelli had a wonderful, quirky way of seeing the world. Her designs were often considered shocking, playing with contradictions and opposites, her first perfume was actually called Shocking.
An innovative designer, way ahead of her time…she’s credited with designing the first culottes and wrap-dress, and the first clothes with visible zippers. The New Yorker’s Paris correspondent at the time said, “A dress from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas” , having effectively turned her fashion creations into art. Have a look at this bug necklace , it’s quite amazing when you consider it was made, and worn, in 1938 as part of her Pagan Collection inspired by Botticelli’s lush paintings.
Schiaparellicollaborated with many artists of the day, such as Salvador Dali, believing that fashion and art share the same goals – to enrich and deepen an understanding of the world that surrounds us. In fact Coco Chanel, Schiaparelli’s greatest rival, referred to her as “The Italian artist who makes clothes.”
Here is an excerpt from a Vogue article about her early life: “Berated by her mother for her homely looks, she grew up thinking of whimsical ways to beautify herself. Her astronomer uncle tried to allay her concerns about a cluster of moles on her cheek by noting their resemblance to the Big Dipper; years later, she recreated the constellation on the chairs in her salon, in embroideries, and on a cherished brooch. Schiap once took flower seeds and sowed them in her ears, mouth, and nose, in the hopes that she would blossom into a beauty. “To have a face covered with flowers like a heavenly garden would indeed be a wonderful thing!”
Some links for further reading. Her Biography. The Met Museum Collection. A Vogue Biography
And so, inspired by the great artist/designer that is Schiaparelli, I’m working on this series of Milos Mini-Bags.
Inspiration Behind the Design – Milos Mini-Bag This Milos Mini-Bag design is inspired by two things: The lines “The kisses of your lips are honey, my love… 
Milos Mini Bags Stitching leather raindrops onto the front main-body piece of the “Behind the moon, beyond the rain…
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I’ve been wanting to do an “In Your Face Bag” for a while and decided this beautiful bronze nappa leather would make cool hair. It was fun making the pattern and it’s amazing how much the expression can change just by rearranging the eyes.
Pattern cutting and planning
Cutting the leather
Stitching the hair onto the main body
Stitching the lips
Stitching the lips onto the main body
Stitching the eyelashes onto the mainbody
