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A/H 2015 - VETEMENTS

Suutoo - Henna

While working in copper and cobalt mines in Katanga,in the south east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse would travel to Kolwezi, where he would learn about the legends of the Congolese wrestlers. It would open his eyes to a whole new world. Everyday people who would reinvent themselves on a daily basis. "Curious about the wrestlers I met one night, I decided one year later to look deeper in the wrestling world of the Congo," he tells us. "Since then I went back twice, and a real friendship has started between us." "Artistically, after showing the tough mining world of Katanga, I wanted to talk about a more vivid and cultural side of Congo. Wrestling is multi-folded. It gave me the opportunity to work on a Congolese specific feature without falling in the harsh and poor vision of what Africa can also be. "Being very popular all over Europe and US in the fifties, wrestling faded over times on the old continent. Meanwhile, this sport continues to be a popular form of entertainment despite the years of dictatorship (Zairian Wrestling). Nowadays, greater diffusion through Europe gives a boost to Congolese wrestling. However popular, every layer of the Congolese society does not adhere to these events. Due to their locations, poor neighborhood, and the use of vodoo, many are reluctant to take part in it. Nevertheless, a certain superstition remains linked to the great names of Congolese Wrestling."

Studio Feixen - Nike BYG - October 2015

Work with Nike is a highly professional “ping-pong” process. Nike provides us with an emotion to be expressed and leaves it to us to find out how this emotion manifests itself visually. This allows us to explore and focus at our own will, without worrying about a greater concept. For this reason we find working with Nike to be extremely refreshing and enjoyable. Over the last two years, we had the pleasure to work for Nike Basketball on a variety of projects. We designed t-shirts for world stars such as Lebron James or Kevin Durant and created posters and typography concepts for Hyperdunk as well as the Bring your Game campaign. Our aim for this campaign was to create design that conveyed the right feeling. We played and messed around, we collaged, we cut and glued. It wasn’t about big concepts – It was about uncovering a visual language that sported the same energy and excitement as a great basketball game.

http://www.studiofeixen.ch/nike-byg-no-1/

1.1 Space for Zeitgeist: Deborah Holman und Roberto Ronzani im Gespräch - Wie wär's mal mit - Schweizer Magazin für Alltagskultur

Von wegen die Jugend von heutzutage. Dass man im jungen Alter auch aktiv etwas zur Kultur beitragen kann, beweisen Deborah Holman und Roberto Ronzani mit ihrem Projekt 1.1 Space for Zeitgeist. Und dass die Medien einen dabei nicht verblöden lassen...

Thats us! article about 1.1 in the WWMM online magazine.

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