Mankind has always had the desire to fly, a desire that led them to imagine, draw and design various innovative machines.
Following this dream ourself, we started to imagine different props to help to achieve this aspiration.
It is not easy to fly without feathers, but flying is a state of mind, there is no high or low and in this oxymoron our project is placed.
We focused on different ways to fly, taking inspiration from astronauts floating in space, airplanes soaring through the sky, and above all, animals, such as small flying squirrels gliding from tree to tree.
The result is a series of utopian apparels or suits, that are designed understanding the possibilities offered by knitted textile, and how it can be used to simulate an inflated body, or stretching cloak, that reacts to the tension of the body against the force of gravity.
We identified the right accessories and details to give each element its uniqueness, which makes them surprising, sometimes out of context, and possibly, why not, funny.
If I Had Wings is part of Knit! a project by Kvadrat and Febrik presented in Copenhagen.
COMMISSIONER: KVADRAT
CURATOR: ANNIINA KOIVU
CRAFTED BY: ANTHONY KNIGHT
PHOTO: LUKE EVANS
WEBSITE: KNIT.KVADRAT.DK
YEAR: 2020
Mankind has always had the desire to fly, a desire that led them to imagine, draw and design various innovative machines.
Following this dream ourself, we started to imagine different props to help to achieve this aspiration.
It is not easy to fly without feathers, but flying is a state of mind, there is no high or low and in this oxymoron our project is placed.
We focused on different ways to fly, taking inspiration from astronauts floating in space, airplanes soaring through the sky, and above all, animals, such as small flying squirrels gliding from tree to tree.
The result is a series of utopian apparels or suits, that are designed understanding the possibilities offered by knitted textile, and how it can be used to simulate an inflated body, or stretching cloak, that reacts to the tension of the body against the force of gravity.
We identified the right accessories and details to give each element its uniqueness, which makes them surprising, sometimes out of context, and possibly, why not, funny.
If I Had Wings is part of Knit! a project by Kvadrat and Febrik presented in Copenhagen.
COMMISSIONER: KVADRAT
CURATOR: ANNIINA KOIVU
CRAFTED BY: ANTHONY KNIGHT
PHOTO: LUKE EVANS
WEBSITE: KNIT.KVADRAT.DK
YEAR: 2020
