DZine Trip

Description:   ‘Kaffe Fassett – A Life in Colour’ is a celebration of the work of one of the great practitioners of contemporary craft. This exhibition, the first in London since Kaffe Fassett’s record-breaking show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1988, features over 100 works within a dramatic installation designed by Sue Timney. Exhibition [...]

Vancouver designer Treana Peake believes in giving back. As founder and creative director of Obakki Designs, the Vancouver philanthropist funnels all of her profits back into the country that inspires her creations. “I come up with the story and the palette,” she says of her penchant for marrying politics with fashion. “Then I surround myself [...]

Are you one of those nature lovers who misses the sounds and sights of beautiful birds during the crazy winter? Are you fedup of the depressing black & brown winter jackets? Take a look at this cute winter coat by Russian clothing brand EXTRA. The textile print has been designed by Russian designer Konstantin Shilyaev. [...]

One of the highlights of London’s Frieze Art Fair was it’s impressive & vibrant entrance featuring patterns based on German pop artist Thomas Bayrle’s. In Bayrle’s work, single units are replicated and stretched into a mass, describing a world suspended between positive collectivism and deadening uniformity. His varied practice has spanned painting, sculpture, fashion and [...]

African textile design is characterized by it’s vibrant colors and vivid patterns. But did you know that a lot of African fabrics are manufactured in Holland? Vlisco is one such Dutch textile manufacturing companies which has been designing and producing colorful fashion fabrics since 1846 and it forms an integral part of West and Central African culture. Vlisco’s [...]

The Shanghai Fashion Week started yesterday with a fantastic opening by the versatile fashion designer Dorian Ho who presented his Doll collection. The collection of classy dresses and evening gowns have been inspired by the French spirit. The beautiful collection consisted of colors like reds, corals and contrasting shades of black and lily white . [...]

Black Milk Clothing is an Australian fashion brand which designs and manufactures some of the most exciting, vibrant and uber cool women’s clothing including leggings, swimsuits, skirts, bodysuits, dresses etc. The story of how it all started is as interesting as their clothing range and a great inspiration for all you struggling fashion designers out [...]

Italian furniture company Driade in collaboration with German designer Linde Burkhardt presented the ‘Driade Rugs’ collection at the Salone del Mobile 2012 recently. The collection of these colorful tufted woolen carpets are a result of Burkhardt’s fascination with the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa and his alter egos:  Ålvaro de Campos, Alberto Caeiro, Ricard Reis, & [...]

Swedish textile designer, Liv Gisslandi created these amazing textile designs which have been mostly inspired from her travels to Taiwan in 2011 as part of an exchnage program while studying at the Swedish School of Textiles. She gathered most of the design elements from the hustle buslte of everyday life in Taiwan…..the congested narrow roads [...]

‘Peppered Baklava’ is a handmade and eco-friendly lampshade designed by Green Queen Eco Design. Not too sure what’s with the name,’ Peppered Baklava’, but this lampshade is definitely a magnificent lava of bright colors resulted from a intelligent design idea. The lampshade is created from fabrics picked up from dressmakers, cutters, vintage clothes suppliers and [...]