The course assignment was to investigate our own design processes and develop new ways to work or experiment in creating concepts. We also had to make a prototype garment based on the concept.
I started to photograph modernist architecture in Finland, and my concept was to reflect the buildings as garments.
In the architecture that I was inspecting, I was interested in the form that followed function.
For my course work, I wanted to consider the garment as a space, with patterns following the desired functions of the garment, so that the aesthetic was more a product of function rather than my own visual preference or visual research.
The end result was a very simple-looking jacket with a modular pocket system built within the garment.
The modular pocket system contained 4 bodice pockets and 5 inside pockets which were constructed to be opened from the bottom of the pocket bags to access more pocket space. The outside pockets had an access to the inner pockets also.
The course assignment was to create a concept and a collection based on a music genre or a song. As the course was called denim, the idea was to explore denim as a material for the collection’s garments as much as possible and the details involved in traditional denim clothing.
My genre was Norwegian black metal, which gave me the atmosphere. I was interested in the vocals, so I studied the sound waves of the songs.
The collection was shaped by the dynamic form of the amplitude.
The assignment included making one garment from the collection. I made black denim pants with white contrast stitching to highlight the pattern, details and construction.
The garment was 3D-shaped in CLO3D and the idea was to have the garment to fit normally while creating a visual effect as the pants were twisted around the body.
That shape came from the dynamic form of the amplitude and the twisting form allowed me to play with the traditional 5 pocket denim’s details.