Whatiftheworld / designstudio

Whatiftheworld / Design Studio is proud to present, Number Two, the second in a series of projects and events for emerging designers.

Friday 5 October, 19h00, 208 Albert Rd, Albert Hall, Wood Stock

The Number Events are an initiative started by Whatiftheworld in February 07. For an entire week, we held furniture and product design exhibitions, culminating in a group fashion show of emerging fashion designers (Union of the Dull). The event was a huge success with many of the designers receiving international orders for their work. Infact the creation of the Whatiftheworld / Design Studio was entirely due to the success of Number One.

This time we’ve taken things up a notch. Designers from Johannesburg have joined us, to create an event that is more representative of design talent from a larger part of the country.

Expect to see product design installations by emerging industrial designers:
Adriaan Hugo
Lyall Sprong
Liam Mooney
Xandre Kriel

I’m also excited to announce that emerging jewelery designer DONNE BULLIVANT, will be showing a selection of her newest work. All these installations will be on show on the first floor of the Albert Hall building on Albert Rd, Salt River.

The Nothing

is a group fashion show, that will feature:

Abraham + Louisa, by Suzaan Heyns,

Abraham Louisa is a ladieswear label that explores the relationship between masculinity and femininty. Strict and stern versus soft and pliable. Black meets white. Sheer versus covered up. It is both strong and soft, innocent and jaded.

Dandy Savant, by Cameron Foden & Kerry Chaloner,

Dandy Savant Spring Summer 2008
“This is a Summer of Violence”

Dandy Savant is a design collaboration between Cameron Foden and Kerry
Chaloner. The menswear brand was conceived in December 2005 and showed
for the first time at Whatiftheworld: Union of the Dull Autumn Winter
 2007/2008.

This, their second collection, draws inspiration from conflict. “This is
an amorphous conflict, not political or personal, not necessarily
definable. We are exploring isolated or fractured identities and the dual
natures of protection/exposure and strength/fragility in conflict
situations. We became obsessed by this theme, and how it draws negative
or destructive connotations, but is a natural state. Conflict can signify
or catalyse change and growth.”

White Noise, by Petro Steyn

White Noise will showcase a special neoprene project for Number Two, The Nothing. Its called something like Zonkey, a zebra and a Donkey its not street wear, avant-garde or Haute Couture, its nothing you cN WEAR something quite weird. Its abstract in shape and form.

Pwhoa, by Richard de Jager.

This summer season pwhoa continues its signature
organic tech feel in a ladies wear collection thats
totally devoid of colour. Using the most mundane cable
and rib knits the silhouette explodes in shapes that
grows all over the knits reminiscent of fungi, sea
anenome ,and local flora.Get ready for a new nightmare
in craft!

Cheers Liam

p.s. For everyone that can’t make it on the evening, I’ll be putting together a detailed write up on all the shows, that will be available later in the month.