Monday, July 08, 2013

Treviso: Modesign - Palazzo Giacomelli - Back to the Future + Second Skin exhibitions




Treviso: Modesign - Palazzo Giacomelli - Back to the Future + Second Skin exhibitions.  At Palazzo Giacomelli the Back to the Future + Second Skin exhibitions, until July 12 is curated by Els Proost.  The exhibitions are a research project made by IUAV Bachelor of Science students funded by the Italian footwear company Lotto Sport and Stonefly, which for the second consecutive year have chosen to work with the in Fashion Design department. For the brand Stonefly the title of the research project is Stonefly Second Skin and students were invited to think of a new concept of footwear: light, soft and enveloping like a second skin.  For the Italian brand Lotto Sport, the research project involved the conception, design and development of a shoe Lifestyle, related to the theme Back to the Future. On display the results of the project coordinated by teachers Els Proost and Silvano Arnoldo with Martina Grasselli and Barbara Vitali. 
Above: the  Stonefly Second Skin installation. 

 
A Stonefly Second Skin project.


Curator of the exhibition Els Proost.

 
Lotto Sport’s Back to the Future installation and a shoe project.