TOO CUTE!
the Kruger 2011
Autumn/Winter 2010
Borre Akkersdijk: Reappropriating Industrial Machines
Knitting 3D Patterns, a documentary on the work of Borre Akkersdijk. The way of the future for fashion is not simply through new designs but also in rethinking the industry including all aspects of how we use, wear, make, recycle, market and sell our clothes. One of the most fascinating areas of fashion design that requires hours of research and development is in the manufacture of garments, especially when a designer or production manager wants to try to use new manufacturing methods. The video above shows a unique example of how existing machines used for making the thick, wadded fabric designed for mattresses have been reappropriated by Borre Akkersdijk to put them into a garment context. Large round knitting machines are often used for creating tubes of jerseys, cotton ribs for singlet tops etc. In the context of mattresses they have more 3D capabilities and Akkersdijk has really seized on this ability to engineer garments in multiple directions.
Knitting 3D Patterns, a documentary on the work of Borre Akkersdijk.
The way of the future for fashion is not simply through new designs but also in rethinking the industry including all aspects of how we use, wear, make, recycle, market and sell our clothes. One of the most fascinating areas of fashion design that requires hours of research and development is in the manufacture of garments, especially when a designer or production manager wants to try to use new manufacturing methods.
The video above shows a unique example of how existing machines used for making the thick, wadded fabric designed for mattresses have been reappropriated by Borre Akkersdijk to put them into a garment context. Large round knitting machines are often used for creating tubes of jerseys, cotton ribs for singlet tops etc. In the context of mattresses they have more 3D capabilities and Akkersdijk has really seized on this ability to engineer garments in multiple directions.
