Domenique Mora: Where Design Meets Vision

Rick Owens: Celebrating Two Decades of dark raw aesthetics. Rick Owens, hailed as the "Master of Elements," has reshaped fashion with his iconic play on proportion and volume. In honor of his 20-year legacy,  The World of Rick Owens  concept store launched at Selfridges, London, in 2014, featuring a curated selection of his favorite designs. Four prominent window displays, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s  Salomé , showcased Owens’ gender-defying, avant-garde aesthetics while paying tribute to his exclusive 20-piece capsule collection for Selfridges. A Multi-Creative Force Post-marriage to Michèle Lamy in 2006, Owens expanded his artistry into brutalist furniture design, drawing inspiration from WWII bunkers, Egyptian tombs, and Art Deco leather bars. This creative vision was monumentalized on September 7, 2014, with a towering 25-foot sculpture of Owens erected over Selfridges' entrance. The steel, polystyrene, and leather-haired sculpture, handcrafted by Doug Jennings and ...

ECAL and Erika: Pioneering Innovation in Design Ranked among the world’s top 10 art and design schools, ECAL (École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne) is a creative powerhouse led by Alexis Georgacopoulos. It offers six Bachelor’s programs, five Master’s degrees, and specialized advanced studies in luxury design and digital innovation in partnership with EPFL. Erika’s Journey and Vision Erika, a 25-year-old Swedish student, graduated with a Bachelor’s in Media & Interaction Design from ECAL. After moving from Stockholm to Lausanne in 2012 to learn French, Erika developed her passion for design and entrepreneurship, nurtured since the age of 16. ECAL honed her ambition and technical skills, fueling her creativity and innovation. Déguster l’augmenté: Where Technology Meets Culinary Art Erika’s project,  Déguster l’augmenté , redefines the relationship between food and technology. Exploring new dimensions of storytelling through desserts, the project integrates data to create immersive,...

Vetements: Redefining Fashion Through Rule-Breaking Designs Launched in 2014 by brothers Guram and Demna Gvasalia, Vetements has quickly become one of the most polarizing and talked-about brands in fashion. Guram serves as the business mastermind, while Demna, the creative visionary, has reshaped the industry with his sociological take on wardrobe essentials. Anti-Fashion Philosophy Vetements thrives on challenging conventional fashion norms, embracing anti-fashion aesthetics that resonate with individualistic, pragmatic younger generations. Its exaggerated silhouettes and streetwear-inspired designs command couture-level prices, sparking heated debates among both fashion insiders and casual observers. Controversy as a Strategy Vetements doesn’t strive for traditional beauty. Instead, it embraces a "liberal ugliness," rejecting symmetry and proportion in favor of exclusivity and avant-garde appeal. This deliberate departure from norms creates an illusion of elitism, positio...

Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida’s self-portraits transcend time, each image transporting viewers into a different era. Through a series of meticulously crafted characters, she shifts the focus away from herself, blending seamlessly with her surroundings. Her use of makeup is not for enhancement, but for disappearance—making her an almost invisible presence within the frame. The costumes and makeup serve as the core of her transformation, with no digital editing involved, only raw, unfiltered artistry. Kimiko’s approach to photography is a deliberate ritual, a journey of metamorphosis into a timeless space of infinite layers. The act of self-transformation becomes the subject itself, with the search for identity dissolving into nothingness. Through consistent lighting, framing, and the consistent use of herself as the subject, Yoshida redefines self-portraiture, highlighting the fluidity of identity and the art of becoming. ...