Hans Appenzeller (1949) is een van de vernieuwende sieraadontwerpers van de twintigste eeuw. Vanaf de jaren zestig maakt hij sieraden van tot dan toe ongebruikelijke materialen als aluminium en rubber. De constructie en de sluiting zijn daarbij net zo belangrijk als het materiaal en de vorm. Direct na zijn opleiding aan de Rietveld Academie opent Appenzeller in 1969 in Amsterdam samen met Lous Martin de eerste Nederlandse sieradengalerie: Galerie Sieraad. Daarna heeft hij eigen winkels in Ams...

The growing need for a more sustainable fashion industry, in combination with technological developments in textiles and production, is causing radical alterations in contemporary fashion. Although change is just beginning, traditional processes and materials are already under enormous pressure. This book tackles relevant themes in the sustainability dialogue today. What possibilities lie within new technologies, and how do public initiatives like reuse and recycling impact progress? Finally,...

This book is a manual on draping or, as it is known in France, moulage. Draping is a three-dimensional design and production technique that generates a considerable degree of freedom. From time immemorial, draping has been a technique frequently used in couture. Specialists Annette Duburg and Rixt van der Tol used their extensive collection of practical manuscripts to provide this book with a clear set of instructions for draping. There are only a limited number of people who are still able t...

The growing need for a more sustainable fashion industry, in combination with technological developments in textiles and production, is causing radical alterations in contemporary fashion. Although change is just beginning, traditional processes and materials are already under enormous pressure. This book tackles relevant themes in the sustainability dialogue today. What possibilities lie within new technologies, and how do public initiatives like reuse and recycling impact progress? Finally,...

An esteemed Dutch fashion illustrator, Piet Paris has been active in the international fashion world for more than two decades. His impressive client list includes Saks Fifth Avenue, 'Vogue', 'ELLE' and many other magazines. His style of bright colours, minimal lines, silhouetted female forms and clear-cut divisions of surface is readily recognisable. In this intimate monograph, author Hanka van der Voet traces how his technique has evolved over the years and pinpoints his influences, followi...

This book offers a glimpse into all the rooms and reception areas in the Modez Hotel of fashion and design in Arnhem. By means of words and pictures it explores the ideas behind the creation of each room as well as the design process and the designing of Piet Paris's Gesamtkunstwerk as a whole. With rooms by the People of the Labyrinths, Bas Kosters, Gijs Frieling and others.