With Ikebana, the f/w 2014-15 collection, the designer chose to play with the new contrasts created by juxtaposing natural and plastic elements. She has in fact used the following materials:
– expanded polyurethane in opaque PVC
– raw leather fabric
– natural cork components
Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. A true art form, in which the arrangement is a ‘living’ thing, in which Nature and man blend together.
As a principle, Ikebana does not only aim at introducing a limited part of Nature into a home, but rather at conveying Nature’s entirety, generating a connection between the inside and the outside, between the natural and the human worlds.
The collection, therefore, besides its name, also fully captures Ikebana’s philosophy. Like all other forms of art in Japan, Ikebana is a creative expression within precise construction rules. Its goal is to create beauty starting from color combinations, from natural shapes and their arrangement. This is exactly the development of the new collection was based on.
jewellery designer
Lodovica Fusco
photography
Nika Furlani
