Not a Toy: Fashioning Radical Characters - Pictoplasma 2011

Book on the growing influence of Character design in fashion and art. The vast, colourful compilation, edited by Greek cultural organisation for fashion research ATOPOS contemporary visual culture, highlights an international scene of established designers, such as Issey Miyake, Walter Van Beirendonck, Maison Martin Margiela, Iris Van Herpen, Junya Watanabe, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan or Bernhard Willhelm, and introduces surprising, upcoming talents – Gareth Pugh, Christophe Coppens, Cassette Playa, Charlie Le Mindu, Shin Murayama and many others.
The book features original essays by leading scholars in the field, including Valerie Steele, chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, and José Teunissen, professor at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem and curator of the exhibition ‘The Art of Fashion’ at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2009 and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg 2010.

352p - EN - 23x33.6cm - hardcover - perfect condition