Saturday 20 July 2013

Under the Microscope; Artist Research; Iris Van Herpen

The first designers work I'm looking to for inspiration is Iris Van Herpen's- Micro Collection.
Alot of Iris's work could relate the under the microscope theme however this collection was designed exactly on this topic, the collection is described on her website as;

Inspired by the pictures that science photographer Steve Gschmeissner took using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) technology, Micro zooms in on the world of microorganisms that is completely hidden from our sight.The pictures show specimens that are dead, dried, and chemically fixated to preserve and stabilize their structures. Van Herpen remains interested in the living organism. Her designs allude to armature, tentacles, cell structures, and plasma. Some seem moist others glow and move while being worn, coming to live on the body. 

what stands out to me from the images that I could use in my personal designs;
- bold structure
- circular shapes
- pastel/neutral shades
-muted tones

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