Thursday 29 January 2009

Archeology of the Future

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Li Edelkoort is a 'trend guru'. During her illustrious career she has consulted with many of the top names across all disciplines in the design industries ( I also happen to have worked for her for most of the 90's!).  Last week I visited her 20 year retrospective at the Institut Neerlandais in Paris. An intriguing exhibition where she links the main themes she has worked on over the last 2 decades with the products of designers, in fashion, homes, cosmetics, advertising and art.

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The show is displayed in a style which I can only describe as
Edelkoortian, and is all in the best possible eclectic sophisticated taste. Li takes us on a journey through her personal and unusual world, using videos of her trend presentations with luscious provocative prints from her magazines, pieces of clothing, design objects, and clips from fashion shows.


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The fourteen trends are a selection of the key lifestyle movements of the last twenty years, bridging the two centuries from 1990 to 2010:
Body, Soul, Global, Local, Flora, Fauna, Urban, Rural, Armour, Amour, Abstraction, Narration, Nihilism, Hedonism

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On until the 8th March and it's well worth the €4 entrance if you happen to be hanging out anywhere near St Germain in the coming weeks
Insitut NĂ©erlandais
Centre
culturel des Pays-Bas, 121, rue de Lille, Paris

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