BOLD - AN EDIOM BOOK
“BOLD ” IS A COLLECTION OF PATTERNS AND FASHION GARMENT DESIGNS INSPIRED BY THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA OF THE 60S AND 70S AND IT INCLUDES REFERENCES FROM SEVERAL ARTISTS LIKE KEITH HARING AND ThIERRY NOIR.
DEVELOPPED BY MERGING SEVERAL COLOURFUL PICTURES OF MY CHILDHOOD AND POP CULTURE ART ICONS, MY GOAL WAS TO CREATE A MODERN 70S REVIVAL EDIOM BOOK IN A WAY THAT MATCHED THE MAXIMALIST MOVEMENT AND MY PERSONAL MOTIVATIONS/INTERESTS IN A HUGE SPLASH OF COLOUR.
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“BOLD - A CONSPICUOUS COLLECTION
THE LIFE OF AN IMMIGRANT STUDENT IS ANYTHING BUT MINIMALISTIC; THERE ARE ALWAYS MANY THINGS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AND NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO LET THEM NATURALLY UNVEIL.
THIS RESULTS IN AN IMMINENT MESS THAT MIXES SOCIAL LIFE, FAMILY, SCHOOL, HOBBIES, WORK, AMONG OTHERS, ALL TOGETHER INTO THIS BIG HETEROGENEOUS DOUGH WE CALL “FULFILLMENT”.
BUT IF WE CAN’T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM, RIGHT?
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SIMPLIFY EVERY LITTLE ASPECT I LIVE BY, I TRY TO FIT THEM ALL TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME BUT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYONE. SENSORIAL OVERLOAD IS SEEN AS A NEGATIVE ASPECT OF THE PSYCHE, SO I DECIDED TO SPLASH SOME COLOUR INTO IT AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING NEW, BENEFICIAL AND BOLD.
IN MY PATTERNS I TRIED TO INCORPORATE THESE ASPECTS BY TAKING SOME INSPIRATION FROM SOME OF MY FAVOURITE MOVEMENTS, SUCH AS 60S PSYCHEDELIC FASHION, CONTEMPORARY POP ART, CATHOLIC ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS AND ALSO PICTURES OF ITEMS/MEMORIES THAT ARE DEAR TO ME - TO CREATE THE STRUCTURED CONFUSION UNROLLING IN MY BRAIN 24/7 WITHOUT REST.
ENJOY THE MADNESS!”