Creating, Allowing, is an investigation of the question: as designers, to what extent should we insist upon our intent to “create”? Or, is it perhaps the deliberate will to leave things open and unfinished that “allows” inherent beauty to reveal itself?

A layer of fine silvery sand laid on the floor defines the center of the room, as if sourced from crushed ores; its stillness broken only when the first model stepped into it. The sandy surface became marked in the wake of the models, shimmering through its transformation.
This metamorphosis was an irreversible phenomenon triggered by a considered disruption, contingent on the progression of the show. This space, layered with finely shredded aluminum foil, serves as a device for the interaction between “material”, “people”, and “clothing”. A new relationship emerges, when an unfilled space—the beauty of a familiar material realized by the simple act of layering—starts to “relate” to another through intentional intervention.

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