The result includes T-shirts, jackets, crewnecks, and a standout pair of popper button-equipped cargo pants. Served in black or “Natural Ivory,” the pairs are finished with Kim Jones branding on the tongue, Converse All Star roundels on the medial mid-panel, and an interesting take on a split (or perhaps indented) outsole finished in brown gum.Īs for the clothing capsule, Jones combines notions of classic Americana, streetwear, and sportswear before mashing together under a contemporary lens. At the heel, we see the classic Converse webbing stripe enlarged and presented in the same rubber that forms the sole unit, something that has also been beefed up by Jones.įor the midsole, you’ll see that the sidewalls have been extended to create a border around the shoe, elevating in the middle before working its way up the heel to create a heel cup at the rear. Indeed, the Chucks see their archetypal canvas upper’s encased in a translucent rubber housing, acting as a cage over a large portion of the mid-panel and towards the heel and eyestays. Speaking on this, Jones said, “The design approach for the shoe was very straightforward - taking a very classic shoe and then almost encasing it in something to protect it.” We worked every day to create our fourth Performative Drawing project, an experimental process that discusses the storytelling potential of spatiality by directly drawing the narrative onto it.First comes the Chuck 70, which reflects on Converse’s DNA and heritage while preserving it at the same time.
Reflecting on the time spent at Jerusalem Design Week, Piknik designer and curator Melodi Gülbaba observes: ‘We’ve had a wonderful and intellectually nutritious experience in the creative atmosphere of JDW. Over the course of the seven day festival, the table and its surroundings were gradually filled up with stories, statements, questions and drawings in free-structured representations of the intuitive conversations. They then invited visitors to join them at the table, and engage in both spontaneous and planned conversations centred around the topics of time and 21st-century culture, which were simultaneously inscribed on the surfaces in electric blue words and illustrations. Piknik Works initially designed and prepared the room as a blank canvas with white painted furniture. Among the participants was Istanbul-based design collective Piknik Works, whose works aim to experiment with the boundaries of art, architecture and graphic fields.įor their Salon Works performance, the Turkish designers experimented with a ‘Salon’ dining room setup to discuss the storytelling potential of design. The work centered around the theme ‘For Now’, exploring both the ephemerality of design and the design of ephemerality, examining ways in which time can be harnessed to bring about a positive effect in periods of uncertainty. On June 23 2022, the eleventh edition of Jerusalem Design Week welcomed over 40,000 visitors for the showcase of many eclectic exhibitions, installations and projects. Illustrating conversations in electric blue The exhibition was performed at Jerusalem Design Week 2022
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Performing in real-time for their exhibit, the group carried out a series of discussions alongside visitors via round table talks and illustrated these conversations on the blank canvas of the furniture in their signature electric blue style. Their new project, Piknik Salon, aims to discuss the storytelling potential of design and bring together the performative act of drawing and visual storytelling in order to animate a transformation in spatiality. Piknik works at jerusalem design week 2022ĭuring Jerusalem Design Week 2022, Istanbul-based design collective Piknik Works took over the Hansen House Center for Design to carry out a performative exhibition that plays with the boundaries of physical and mental experiences in relation to our homes.
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