Levi van Veluw

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ARTSCAPE FASHION COMPETITION

Attention Talented Fashion designers
"sew your inner green"
For fashion at artscape!
Enter the second annual fashion design competition
"being green rocks"
Show off one of your rockin' garments in a fashion show at Artscape
Chance to win the grand prize of $1,000!

WERQ da POSition PLLLEEZ

http://gentiliapri.com/artists/xavi_hurtado/artwork/nawapa/

-Bryan

Ethical Consumerism

Sweatshop Workers Speak Out Tour is tonight at UMBC. We can't go, unfortunately, but this website is worth visiting if you are interested in the issues of ethics, comsumption and production.

JEAL PAUL GAULTIER N C.BROWN..

c.brown who assulted his gf rihanna posed for photo with jean paul gualtier at his fall 2010 collection...

thought i'd put it up here with this line from new york mag - "It's so strange — when a celebrity has a falling out with the world or an industry, fashion people scoop them up like they're going out of style."

stacie

Charm City Craft Mafia

Here is a link to the Charm City Craft Mafia internship posting.

Hi Everyone,

I hope to see you there, if you can make it, no pressure.

-Ke

Bryan's BAGS 4BMORE

Guerrilla Campaign against H&M

More images here!

jen

A must for this Summer

Check out the latest trend in beachwear.

FANTASTIC FACEPAINT

Check out James Kuhn's Fantastical Face Painting!

Illustrations

I have been researching some inspiration for my illustrations and I would like to share few favorites...

Petra

Yeji & Jen's B'more Bag Project

"Counter feit" 

by YEJI & JEN

Petra, MIchela, Natalie bag

collapsable bag

Individual research blog

here's my blog for this project:

bendingtherules.tumblr.com

A lot more to come.

Sarah K

Sarah, Stacie, Alex

Here is our photos for the new mother's or father's dream bag!

BAGGAGE photography and print designs

Here are some photos from last year's B-More Bags project. The group chose to keep faces out of these shots, in reflection and tribute to women who are in hiding the House Of Ruth's shelter.

Calvin Klein Ad and The Simpsons

This was in an episode from The Simpsons where Homer is trying to get some new blue pants.

This is hilarious......

and this is weird........

my other life

For those who saw me knitting my sweater puppet in class on Thursday - I'm done!!! (with the knitting part- there's still some polyfil to be added)

But I have some pictures of it on my personal bog blog :http://jenpooo.blogspot.com/2010/03/sweater-puppet-action.html

-jen

mcqueen's last collection

Creativity hiv ads: Pink Ribbon Whammy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbCbHiO5U8Y

Petra

Individual Project - Maya

For this project I'd like to focus on fashion and cross-cultural understanding. Last summer I went to Dubai with the MICA Summer Study Abroad, where a bunch of girls from MICA teamed up with some Emirate girls there to create a blog and then a project from the blog. From our mission statement on the blog, our group came up with a product that's purpose was to get rid of misunderstandings and misconceptions of other cultures and unite them instead. I would like to try and create garment(s) that accomplishes this same goal. The blog that we created is bonding09.wordpress.com. I'm also currently reading a book entitled "Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why" by Richard Nisbett which I'm hoping will help, and am looking at designers that think cross-culturally, such as Issey Miyake.
- Maya Graffagna

Penis Pants on Milan Runway

brought to you by Isabel Mastache

Malika Green

I met this artisan at the Museum of Art and Design, in their Open Studio space:

http://malikagreen.com/

Petra; Collapsible forms

In my independent research project I would like to focus on the different collapsible structures and systems, which are used for various purposes. Such as function units on furniture, roller blinds, folding lampions, umbrellas, etc. I want to investigate possibilities of those systems and their potential usage in garment both functional and aesthetic.

Sarah's Proposal

I am going to do research on how people individualize obligatory cultural garments and the affects this modification has on tradition.

Check out these Family Guy yamakas:

Guapo Magazine and Animalia

A former student was featured on the pages of this magazine, and I thought you might be interested in the site. (For Ashley Lloyd's work, scroll down to "Raised by Wolves".)

Company XIV

I visited this mini dance company and in house production company in NYC this weekend, and thought you might be interested in their work. Check out their costume design! Michela - you might be especially interested in their production Le Serpent Rouge. Baroque meets Rococo meets Edwardian Storybook Goth.

House Of Ruth..

Some links for your B-More Bags designing process!

More info about domestic violence/House Of Ruth Maryland here

Also, on Democracy Now on Friday Amy Goodman discussed domestic violence. Apparently, health insurance companies in 8 states plus DC consider domestic violence a pre-existing condition..! on You can hear more about that here

Hope this helps you better understand the client.. I will provide fabric on Thursday, but if you are in need of something specific please bring it with you.

Happy Weekend!

Ke's Proposal

It seems as if all matter has a dual meaning. Man and woman, good and evil, winner and loser are all examples of dualisms. Whether it is intended or not the two words are always compared causing one of the words to become inferior to the other. When one realizes that all words are created, you realize that dualisms are interconnected and thus inseparable because they define one another. Dualisms are maintained to sustain control and ignorance thus maintaining boundaries.

The reality of dualisms is directly reflected in the fictitious world of the superhero (crime fighter). In order for the superhero to exist there is a need for crime and villains. This is the same for villainy. Villains would not find pleasure in crime without sadistic intention.

This semester, I will explore the dichotomy of the superhero and villain in order to better understand the role dualisms plays in society, culture, and art.

Carolyn Murphy