High fashion you can eat

If you’ve ever wondered what you’d get if you crossed Project Runway and Top Chef (and what reality-show freak hasn’t?), then look no further than Emily Crane’s Micro-Nutrient Couture: High fashion you can eat.

Crane, a recent fashion school grad in the UK, creates gorgeous, sculptural garments using ingredients you could find in any old kitchen from food coloring and lusters to agar agar sea vegetables and kappa carrageenan. Kappa wha? OK, so maybe not any old kitchen, but certainly that of a molecular gastronomist. What sets Crane's work apart is that it doesn't look like food at all. With its undulating forms and diaphanous texture, it could easily pass for fabric -- that is, if not for (we presume) the persistent smell of beef. Uh, yum?

Susanne Labarre, senior editor at Co.Design

lingerie versus jewellery

Welcome to the world of Nichole de Carle! Inspired by iconic architectural structures with bold curves and graceful arches Nichole de Carle lingerie is the embodiment of design and fine craftsmanship. With a rich cultural heritage as a Huguenot descendent Nichole de Carle explores high culture, literature, and architecture and sculptures it into contour design. The Huguenots were known as exceptional ar tisans, craftsmen, and professionals of high societal positions. The de Carle Huguenots were of Royal decent, gentlemen of heritage. Francois de Carle, the bloodline of Nichole de Carle, fled to England from persecution in France in 1572. Only using materials of the highest quality, like silk and the delicate signature guipure embroidery inspired by the fine parasols of the Victorian era. Nichole de Carle will continue to develop an artisan tradition into the next generation.


The Inspiration behind the current RTW collections Onyx and Opal are taken from the wondrous World of Dan Brown and the extraordinary architecture of iconic fashion capitals around the world.

ATELIER MERVEILLE FEATURED IN SCHMUCK MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER ISSUE

Atelier Merveille is featured in an article about findings and designers 'to watch' at  the September/October 2010 issue of Schmuck magazine.
We are glad to see that after the first year behind our design studio in Barcelona our work is starting to be recognized at an international level.
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Kenneth Anger x Missoni Fall/Winter 2010

Experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger , aged 83 years old, has done this intriguing short film for Missoni.
He shot the Missoni family in a series of italian courtyards following his very particular style of filming.
Anger  films  has shown decades ago an interesting personal aesthetic seen in films like  Scorpio Rising (1963) Fireworks (1953) or Lucifer Rising (1970-81) where he mixed different symbols , from surreal to queer or occult imagery. He is one of the most influential filmmakers in the early underground scene.
Missoni has decided to go more edgy and close to contemporary culture. They also worked with photographer Juergen Teller for their spring.summer campaign 2010.

Infra

At Atelier Merveille we are fans of contemporary dance choreographers like Michael Clark, William Forsythe, Trisha Brown,Stephen Petronio and Wayne McGregor.

Wayne McGregor is a leading figure in Britain. He is renowned for his physically testing choreography and challenging collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. He is the Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, Resident Company at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London and resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet (appointed 2006).

With the Royal Ballet and musician Max Richter he has created Infra, you can see in the clip above. Premiered in November 2008 at the Royal Opera House

Max Richter music is in our playlist since her brilliant album 'The Blue Notebooks' (2004) Without doubt one of our prefered musicians at work.

ANABELLE ROYO NOMINEË AT NTJ INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST

For the design contest and exhibition 2010 the technical jury of New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) has chosen the theme ‘True Colours’ because literally as well as figuratively this theme offers considerable scope for inspiration. 
Showing your true colours means that you show what your real attitudes and qualities are. You can approach True Colours from a social perspective; society is full of topical colour coding. Other examples may be found in heraldry, folklore and science.
True Colours refers to colours and pigments. Over the centuries the palette of art history has been determined by precious mineralogical and biological pigments that were obtained from ground semi-precious stones, processed metals, and earth, seeds and plants – materials that did not always bear the test of time; in the course of time white lead e.g. turned black.
The link between the theme ‘True Colours’ and contemporary jewellery design is obvious. From time immemorial the significance and appreciation of jewellery have pre-eminently been determined by colour.
From the use of gold or silver to enamels and mineralogical and biological stones: colour is a language. In the seventies and eighties it became manifest how rich this language is. The application of textiles and Perspex in jewellery led to a new form language and use of colour – an important stage in the emancipation of contemporary jewellery design.

True Colours is about the history, meaning, value, magic and power of the language of colour.

For every edition of New Traditional Jewellery an inspiring theme is chosen. Participants are challenged to reshape historical or traditional jewellery. They do not submit just their design - they must also submit pictures and information about the historical or traditional ornament on which their concept is based.
This is the characteristic added value of NTJ: past and present are bridged by artists in a very personal way. A technical jury selects fifty to seventy designs which are on show in an exhibition during the SIERAAD fair, where the winners of NTJ are also officially announced.

When taking part in this contest, jewellery designers from all over the world make use of a new platform where they give shape to their vision of a tradition and a theme. This design contest and the ensuing travelling, international exhibition have become a showcase for developments in contemporary jewellery in the new millennium.

We will soon inform you if Anabelle Royo is awarded for her piece ' Kaa' 2010 that you can see in the pictures above.

The serpent as a decorative motif has a profound mythological significance: in its symbolism connected with wisdom and eternity, in its ancestral power as a defender, and simply in its mysterious fascination. Among all decorative motifs,snakes seem to have been the most favoured in early Victorian England jewellery, reaching the pick of their popularity in the 1840s. The typical bracelet of the 1840s was designed as a serpent coiled around the wrist. The most expensive examples were made of hinged segments enamelled in royal blue and sprung so that they could be worn without a clasp. The head and the joints were usually set with diamonds, occasionally with Hungarians opals. In my piece, Anabelle said, I would like to show the mystery around the snake by the combination of materials and colours. I indeed celebrate the magic that comes when wearing a unique piece of jewellery.

ATELIER MERVEILLE LAUNCHS BLOG

This summer at Atelier Merveille we have decided to launch our blog page. It will be a space where we will share with you some of our news ,interests and inspirational materials.  Our studio ,lead by designer Anabelle Royo, will celebrate soon it's 1st year. 

In Autumn 2009 we developed our website and studio image in collaboration with celebrated graphic design studio Bis.  Since then lots of things has happened here in our Barcelona headquarters.  We are moving forward thanks to those who have trusted us to design their collections and found our expert advice

useful.  Currently Anabelle has started a collection under her own signature to continue with her vision and attitude towards contemporary jewellery design. More details about it will be posted soon.

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