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process, final piece

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Process of making. I decided to create my own inflatable structures using plastic that I fill with air and a glue thanks to the heat of an iron. In order to create my own shapes, own scale from scratch.

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photographic investigation

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Thunderbird 4

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podcasts that helps me to understand more about this disorder

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Ce matin, on s'intéresse à l'hyperactivité, et plus exactement au T-D-A-H, le trouble du déficit de l'attention avec hyperactivité... Un trouble trop souvent galvaudé, et souvent accolé de façon superficielle aux enfants turbulents ou aux adultes impatients.

Nous verrons ce matin quelles sont les principales idées reçues sur l'hyperactivité ?

Quels sont les symptômes repérables ?

Comment les spécialistes diagnostiquent ce trouble neurologique ?

Comment le soigner ?

Comment l'entourage ou l'école peuvent accompagner un hyperactif...

Élément de réponse ce matin avec nos invités, les pédopsychiatres Eric Acquaviva et Gabriel Wahl.
Si vous êtes hyperactif ou si votre enfant l'est, appelez-nous au 01 45 24 7000, n'hésitez pas à témoigner sur l'appli France Inter et la page Facebook de GBVF.
Site de l'association Hypersupers TDAH France : https://www.tdah-france.fr/

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On s'intéresse aux idées reçues sur l'hyperactivité des enfants et des adultes. Quels sont les symptômes ? Comment s'effectue le diagnostic ? Est-ce un trouble héréditaire ? Comment soigner l'hyperactivité, autrement appelé TDA/H ? Nous recevons les pédopsychiatres Eric Acquaviva et Gabriel Wahl.

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Une fois n'est pas coutume, je vais commencer par vous poser quelques questions que j'ai soigneusement sélectionnées :
-Avez vous des difficultés à vous souvenir de vos rendez-vous ?

-Ressentez-vous la bougeotte motrice de vos mains ou de vos pieds quand vous devez rester assis longtemps ?

-Avez-vous des difficultés à rester concentré sur ce que les gens vous disent même quand ils s'adressent directement à vous ?

-Egarez-vous vos effets personnels ?

-Dérangez-vous les autres quand ils sont occupés ?
Est-ce grave docteur?
Eh bien, si vous aviez la mauvaise idée d'aller consulter, après une interrogatoire serré, vous seriez diagnostiqué, selon votre interlocuteur, comme un adulte atteint de TDHA " trouble déficit de l'attention avec ou sans hyperactivité " ou comme le prototype de l'adulte normal postmoderne : un peu d'originalité, un peu de failles, un peu de créativité, un peu d'impulsivité, un peu de sens de l'initiative ! Vous vous reconnaissez ? et vous ne devez pas être le seul !

Si je vous ai gentiment mis sur le gril aujourd'hui, c'est parce que la Haute Autorité de Santé doit très prochainement publier ses recommandations sur ces fameux troubles qui font une irrésistible ascension chez les enfants mais aussi chez les adolescentes et les adultes, autrement dit nous tous. J'ose espérer que les experts adeptes du consensus auront eu le temps de lire " Tous hyperactifs " le livre que le psychiatre et psychanalyste Patrick Landman vient de publier aux éditions Albin Michel. J'ai bien conscience que nombre d'auditeurs pourraient trouver ce sujet trop spécialisé à moins de se sentir concerné. Mais en posant la question " le TDHA existe-t-il ? " l'auteur nous entraîne dans une réflexion beaucoup plus large et particulièrement accessible sur les enjeux actuels de la psychiatrie, ses liens avec les neurosciences et l'industrie pharmaceutique. Je précise que Patrick Landman ne défend aucune chapelle sinon l'intérêt des patients hyperactifs dont personne ne doute de l'existence, qu'il n'est hostile à aucune prise en charge y compris médicamenteuse à laquelle il lui arrive d'avoir recours et que les découvertes en neurosciences sont loin de lui être étrangères. Vous voyez, je prend des précautions car je ne voudrais en aucune cas semer le doute auprès des parents dont les enfants hyperactifs sont correctement pris en charge, ce qui est le plus souvent le cas en France.

Il n'empêche que nous ne sommes nullement à l'abri de l'épidémie qui sévit aux Etats-Unis, où les cas des enfants et des adolescents ont été multipliés par trois en vingt ans avec les prescriptions médicamenteuses qui vont avec. Cela traduit ET une prise de conscience ET un surdiagnostic dans un pays où les laboratoires pharmaceutiques s'adressent directement aux usagers par une publicité agressive vantant uniquement leurs mérites, jamais leurs échecs ni les conséquences à long terme en partie inconnues des prescriptions vantées surtout sur le cerveau des enfants.
Mais comment faire la part de ces deux composantes ?
C'est justement la démonstration de Patrick Landman, preuves à l'appui. D'abord en mettant en cause les critères du diagnostic qui repose sur un relevé de signes comportementaux non spécifiques qui ne cesse de s'élargir sans tenir aucun compte des facteurs psychiques et sociaux. Les facteurs de confusion sont donc très nombreux. Un exemple : plus un enfant est jeune, plus il a de chance d'entrer dans cette catégorie pour une immaturité banale qui évoluerait sans intervention. Autre exemple : les enfants dits " intellectuellement précoces ", dérangeants car peu adaptés au système scolaire, sont plus souvent que les autres diagnostiqués hyperactifs.

Par ailleurs, il y a un lien évident entre l'augmentation des diagnostics et la mise sur le marché, dans les années 90, de nouveaux psychostimulants pour traiter le déficit de l'attention avec des bénéfices estimés à 10 milliards de dollars. Or, ni les marqueurs biologiques, ni la génétique, ni la psychologie neurocognitive n'apportent à ce jour la moindre preuve indiscutable de l'existence de ce trouble. Patrick Landman soulève le paradoxe suivant : l'intérêt des firmes serait qu'on ne trouve pas de marqueurs biologiques des maladies mentales pour rester dans une " zone grise " suffisamment scientifique pour donner une impression de sérieux tout en restant en attente de confirmation afin de permettre une souplesse du marketing. Or, toutes les maladies mentales sont aujourd'hui dans cette " zone grise ".

Il n'empêche, et nous avons tous l'expérience de la prescription d'un psychostimulant lorsqu'elle est vraiment nécessaire, qu'elle apporte un soulagement et qu'elle est associée à d'autres mesures. Pendant combien de temps et à quel prix ? Il est difficile de répondre à cette question bien légitime.

Et si l'hyperactivité passait tout simplement de mode comme cela se voit en psychiatrie? La perspective organiciste américaine a construit le TDHA comme une maladie du cerveau, elle peut tout aussi bien le défaire mais ne doutons pas que ce soit pour le remplacer...

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Une fois n'est pas coutume, je vais commencer par vous poser quelques questions que j'ai soigneusement sélectionnées : -Avez vous des difficultés à vous souvenir de vos rendez-vous ? -Ressentez-vous la bougeotte motrice de vos mains ou de vos pieds quand vous devez rester assis longtemps ?

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Les troubles de l'attention -avec ou sans hyperactivité- ne touchent pas que les enfants. De nombreux adultes souffrent aussi de TDA. Entre sentiment d'impuissance et soutien indéfectible, pas facile pour leur entourage -à la maison ou au travail- de les aider au quotidien.

Cela fait longtemps que Sandra a renoncé. Depuis 30 minutes, Victoire, sa soeur, ne cesse de s'agiter. Elle se lève, se rassoit, court chercher un verre d'eau, un magazine, un cendrier. Avec une bienveillance un peu lasse, cette monitrice d'auto-école de 34 ans suit d'un oeil distrait ce manège. "Victoire est tout le temps comme ça. Je n'essaye même plus de la calmer", confie-t-elle, résignée. "Elle m'épuise. J'ai l'impression de regarder un film en accéléré. Je me sens vraiment démunie face à sa maladie", se désole-t-elle.

Des TDA qui apparaissent dans l'enfance

Il y a presque cinq ans, Victoire, vendeuse de 29 ans, a été diagnostiqué TDAH, pour " Troubles de Déficit de l'Attention avec ou sans Hyperactivité". "Il s'agit de troubles neuro-développementaux qui apparaissent dans l'enfance et se poursuivent à l'âge adulte", éclaire le Dr François Bange, psychiatre et co-auteur de Comprendre et soigner l'hyperactivité chez l'adulte, (éd. Dunod). "À des degrés divers, les personnes atteintes de TDAH sont toutes sujettes à des problèmes d'attention, témoignent d'une impulsivité difficile à canaliser et d'une forte tendance à la dispersion", complète le médecin.

Manon, étudiante et diagnostiquée TDAH alors qu'elle était enfant, se reconnaît bien dans cette définition. "Je rate régulièrement ma station de métro, je suis incapable de me concentrer pendant toute la durée d'un film ou d'un cours. Quand je ne fais rien, je ressens vite un malaise, je deviens nerveuse".

Une instabilité difficile pour l'entourage

"Selon moi, le maître mot du TDAH c'est l' instabilité", ajoute Victoire. "Nous pouvons être très calmes, très sereins et tout d'un coup vivre de terribles tempêtes intérieures. On ne maîtrise plus rien, on ne parvient plus à faire les gestes simples. C'est cette inconstance, cette versatilité qui peut être difficile à vivre pour notre entourage".

Un numéro d'équilibriste auquel Magali, traductrice de 40 ans, s'est habituée. Depuis près de dix ans, elle vit au rythme des humeurs et des lubies de Thomas, son mari, agent de voyage et TDAH. "Lorsque nous nous sommes rencontrés, je le trouvais fantasque, différent. Aujourd'hui, je suis fatiguée de devoir m'occuper de tout en permanence. Thomas manque complètement d'organisation", énumère Magali.

LIRE AUSSI >> TDAH: comment détecter un enfant hyperactif?

"Je n'hésite pas à le rappeler à l'ordre"

Une imprévisibilité qui rend également la vie au travail des plus sportives. Eric, collègue et ami de Thomas, doit bien souvent se calquer sur le rythme tantôt effréné tantôt atone, de ce dernier. "Au quotidien, nous avons un certain nombre de tâches répétitives à faire. Quand je vois que Thomas perd pied, qu'il n'y arrive plus, je n'hésite pas à lui remonter les bretelles, à le rappeler à l'ordre", lâche Marc. "Il joue en permanence contre la montre, à la maison comme à son travail", reprend Magali. "Il peut être en retard à un rendez-vous important car il aura jugé essentiel de réparer, au dernier moment, une chaise qui traîne depuis des mois. Résultat, je dois constamment garder un oeil sur lui, gérer son emploi du temps et ses papiers. Je suis une sorte de présence omnisciente qui l'oblige et le contraint. J'ai beaucoup de mal avec ce rôle de maîtresse d'école", avoue Magali.

"J'ai conscience que c'est difficile pour elle. Être à la fois ma compagne et devoir m'épauler au quotidien est une lourde tâche, souvent ingrate. J'aimerais réussir à ne plus être une charge. Sans succès. Je m'en veux et je fais peser le poids de cette culpabilité sur Magali", murmure Thomas.

Des proches dans une posture inconfortable

"Les proches des TDAH sont dans une posture inconfortable: ils doivent être là sans trop en faire, avoir du tact en toutes circonstances. C'est une double casquette difficile à assumer", déclare Christine Gétin, présidente de HyperSupers, la principale association d'aide aux personnes atteintes de TDAH.

"Entre l'envie de protéger Thomas de notre hiérarchie en camouflant ses erreurs et l'agacement profond que fait naître chez moi sa dispersion, mon coeur balance souvent. Même si je l'aime beaucoup, je ne peux pas m'empêcher d'être amer. À cause de lui, j'ai souvent une double charge de travail: le mien et la vérification du sien. Résultat, il arrive que j'explose", se désole Eric.

Quand le dialogue n'est pas suffisant, les relations se dégradent, sous tendues de reproches et de non-dits. "C'est terrible mais parfois je lui en veux, reconnaît Sandra. Je me dis que Victoire n'y met pas assez du sien, qu'elle pourrait faire plus d'effort."

Un ressentiment teinté de regret que partage Magali. "Thomas a beaucoup de mal à se concentrer sur une conversation. J'ai souvent l'impression qu'il ne m'écoute pas, que ce que je dis ne l'intéresse pas. Je peux alors me montrer très sèche, limite cassante. Je le critique et je m'en veux tout aussi vite", admet-t-elle, un peu gênée.

En parler pour faciliter les ajustements

Parvenir à normaliser ses relations avec les autres, à faire accepter son trouble devient alors le principal défi des personnes atteintes de TDAH. "J'ai immédiatement décidé d'en parler à ma hiérarchie", lance Victoire. "Je ne voyais pas d'autre solution pour expliquer mon comportement souvent lunaire. Lever ce tabou permet d'aplanir les difficultés et de trouver des solutions concrètes. Si je suis plutôt calme, mes chefs vont plutôt me mettre en caisse. Si j'ai besoin de canaliser mon énergie, je serais en rayon. Si je n'avais pas parlé de mon problème, ces ajustements n'auraient sûrement pas été faits".

"Dans le cadre scolaire, j'essaye le plus possible de me conformer aux règles, de me concentrer au maximum, sans toujours y arriver. Je surprends alors des regards qui dénotent une incompréhension, voire une réprobation", confirme Manon. "Pour des personnes particulièrement sensibles, ce jugement n'est pas évident à accepter. Elles peuvent vite se démoraliser, culpabiliser. Elles s'en veulent car elles ont l'impression de nuire à leur entourage", note le Dr Bange.

Les moindres soubresauts de l'humeur entraînent alors une détérioration de l' estime de soi. Un cercle vicieux difficile à enrayer selon Victoire: "J'ai parfois de sautes d'humeur, des colères aussi brèves que volcaniques. Cela peut partir d'un détail comme un plat mal lavé ou un retard dans les transports. A posteriori, je suis toujours mortifiée. J'ai honte de mon attitude. Ces crises me plongent ensuite dans un abattement profond. Pendant des jours je ressasse, je me dit que je suis nulle, incapable d'avancer, de changer".

Trouver des leviers de motivation

"La distorsion cognitive, ce phénomène qui nous pousse à nous dire 'je ne vaux rien', 'je n'y arriverais jamais' est particulièrement fort chez les personnes souffrant de TDAH", explique Christine Gétin. Pour freiner ce mécanisme néfaste, il est alors essentiel d'amorcer un réel travail d'accompagnement et de dialogue. L'entourage a un rôle capital à jouer en aidant les TDAH à trouver des leviers de motivation et des parades au quotidien.

"Chaque matin avec Eric, nous faisons le point sur mes tâches du jour. Je les note et les barre au fur et à mesure. Au cours de la journée, il jette un oeil à mon programme pour vérifier que je suis dans les temps. Ce regard distancié mais présent m'aide beaucoup", affirme Thomas. "Les to do list sont une véritable aide. Voir les choses écrites noir sur blanc permet à Thomas d'envisager ses tâches les unes après les autres, avec moins de pression", reprend Eric.

Des personnalités créatives, curieuses et multitâches

"Le quotidien n'est pas toujours facile à gérer pour les TDAH mais ils ont de vraies ressources à exploiter. Ils sont extrêmement créatifs, non-conformistes, curieux. Pour aller mieux, ils peuvent par exemple choisir une activité professionnelle épanouissante, à leur image", propose le Dr Bange.

"Mon travail ne me passionne pas. Parallèlement, j'ai découvert que j'adorais peindre. Je pratique cette activité à mon rythme, sans me soucier du regard ou de l'opinion des autres. Dévoiler cette sensibilité artistique m'aide à m'accepter. Je m'exprime vraiment, j'affirme ce que je suis, sans excuse ni compromis", sourit Victoire.

Une différence qui peut devenir une force

"Certes, ces troubles ne sont pas toujours faciles à gérer mais il ne faut pas mettre de côté les aptitudes qui en découlent. Nous avons souvent un sens aigu de l' analyse, une grande curiosité et une grande facilité à être multitâche. Ce n'est pas rien!", avance Manon.

En développant leurs qualités propres, en mettant à profit leurs compétences, les personnes atteintes de TDAH apprennent petit à petit à retrouver confiance en elles. Un long chemin vers l' acceptation où leurs proches ont un rôle fondamental à jouer. "J'ai trop longtemps vu Thomas se dévaluer, se rabaisser. Aujourd'hui, je veux qu'il prenne pleinement conscience de sa valeur. Il est victime de TDAH mais cela ne fait pas de lui quelqu'un d'à part, juste d'un peu différent. Cette différence, il faut la revendiquer, en faire une force. Pour lui et pour nous", conclut Magali.

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TDAH: comment vivre avec un adulte hyperactif?

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Les troubles de l'attention -avec ou sans hyperactivité- ne touchent pas que les enfants. De nombreux adultes souffrent aussi de TDA. Entre sentiment d'impuissance et soutien indéfectible, pas facile pour leur entourage -à la maison ou au travail- de les aider au quotidien.

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Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story | Jessica McCabe | TEDxBratislava

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Adult ADHD in Men Compared to ADHD in Women , ADHD in Adults

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https://glasgowschoolofart.padlet.org/rmccaffrey/3018vx3vbodyw6bn

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The shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho (1960).

The can-can scene in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001).

Darren Aronofsky, who used the technique in his films Pi and  Requiem for a Dream, to portray drug use.

I rewatch all those films, in order to prepare my video

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This fast, intense and stressful  athmosphere of that montage was a good way to represent the hyperactivity that I feel everyday.

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Fast cutting is a film editing technique which refers to several consecutive shots of a brief duration (e.g. 3 seconds or less).[1]It can be used to quickly convey much information, or to imply either energy or chaos. Fast cutting is also frequently used when shooting dialogue between two or more characters, changing the viewer's perspective to either focus on the reaction of another character's dialog, or to bring to attention the non-verbal actions of the speaking character. A hip hop montage is a subset of fast cutting used in film to portray a complex action through a rapid series of simple actions in fast motion, accompanied by sound effects. (Wikipedia)

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Photography studio made in the courtyard of Magareth Macdonald

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design&body by Roxanne ANDRES (translate by Sophie-Anne)

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design&body by Roxanne ANDRES (translate by Sophie-Anne)

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" The question of body reconstruction leads medicine to confront itself with the image of the body: with the external image, on the one hand, that which others perceive, and with the image of the self on the other hand, that which corresponds to the feeling of each person in the face of the introduction of a foreign body or to a body that is breaking up more and more. Grafts, prostheses, implants are heavy surgery operations that update the man-machine of Descartes (and La Mettrie). To counteract the deficiencies of the human-machine, medicine has long dreamed of manufacturing spare parts. Thus, the biological body couples with other bodies or its own body, with objects and even with the animal.

This change in the relationship between medicine and the body leads to a reflection on the status of artificial repair.
The same reality brings doctors and artists together around the issue of increasing the body. Can we invent new functions, and in this case increase the body of new capabilities? Could the medical device bring another experience of the senses or add to it? Would they allow the increase, not only physical but sensory?

The fact that the prostheses are discharged of any duty of symmetry implies that they no longer respond to an organic mimicry, in other words, they no longer respond to this need which, above all, saw itself linked to the external body, that is to say, visible. If the prosthesis could previously be subordinated to the body, it is no longer the case: it can therefore express something other than physiological functions. Moreover, their size, detached from any relationship related to the organic scale—studied according to the scale of the body—can take a magnitude that comes to exceed the body itself. The body thus joins imaginary dispositions that are part of a fictive or even legendary perspective.

What can these biotechnological evolutions do to the image and imagination of the body? "

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Le projet OrtaWater met l'accent sur la rareté de l'eau et les questions complexes entourant le contrôle des entreprises d'accès à l'eau potable. Les sculptures et les installations créées dans le cadre de ce projet sont à la fois ludiques et provocatrices : elles se composent de machines de purification à faible coût entièrement fonctionnelles, de stations d'embouteillage et de dispositifs de transport qui permettent de pomper et de filtrer l'eau non potable directement à partir de sources d'eau voisines polluées. L'objectif des artistes est d'élargir notre compréhension du problème d'accessibilité à l'eau potable, des effets de la pollution, et de démontrer que des solutions de purification et de distribution simples sont possibles.

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Le projet OrtaWater met l'accent sur la rareté de l'eau et les questions complexes entourant le contrôle des entreprises d'accès à l'eau potable. Les sculptures et les installations créées dans le cadre de ce projet sont à la fois ludiques et provocatrices : elles se composent de machines de purification à faible coût entièrement fonctionnelles, ...

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Investigation photographic at barras market

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A series of machines made of curtain rails and weights showcase this kinetic menswear collection shaped like tents and kites by British fashion designer Craig Green.

The capsule collection is the London-based designer's second instalment for Italian brand Moncler's ongoing Genius project. Pieces include jackets, blousons, fishtail parkas, work shirts and trousers in blocks of colour.

Green's brightly-coloured, utilitarian collection features an array of architectural volumes that resemble the shape of sports kites, which he describes as "wearable habitats".

"Green's visionary way of dealing with items of clothing is architectural just as much as it is pragmatic. The extreme shape in fact responds to a need, and as such, it performs," said Moncler.

Inspired by the theme of protection and performance, an idea Green developed in his first collection for Moncler, the garments exhibit extreme forms, including stiff-hooded capes fastened with rope strings and sturdy, tent-like structures.

"I have always explored ideas of protection and functionality within my work, something that is also at the core of Moncler's heritage," said Green.

"I thought it would be interesting for these ideas to be pushed further, interpreting Moncler's performance-based history and developing designs with their years of technical knowledge and expertise," he explained.

Moncler teams up with eight designers to reinterpret its down jacket

Unlike his last collection for the brand, however, which explored the theme of protection using oversized, down-filled forms, the designer's second iteration focuses on protection from the rain and sun.

Loose-fitting cagoules, wide-legged cargo trousers and ponchos with oversized hoods are made from lightweight materials and coloured in primary shades.

"The wearable habitats he devised this season draw inspiration from tents and kites, offsetting volumes, lines and bright colours," said Moncler.

The Moncler Genius project launched in February 2018 with eight capsule collections made in collaboration with eight leading designers including Simone Rocha and Pierpaolo Piccioli. These were presented in Milan and rolled out on a monthly basis.

For the first Genius project, Moncler tasked designers with recreating its signature down jacket, while in this next iteration, the Italian brand wanted designers to create capsule collections with accompanying videos that will be displayed in an exhibition space in Milan later this year.

"Throughout each room, spectators will get inside a pure, undiluted vision of each Moncler Genius. A kaleidoscope of images for a chorus of different voices, speaking for one house," said Moncler.

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designboom | architecture & design magazine

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seattle design nerds inflate refractor, a mobile event space
(above) a nighttime pop-up of the 'refractor' on seattle's waterfront
all images by trevor dysktra

recognizing that lesser used public spaces can be highlighted using programming, the 'refractor' as conceived by the seattle design nerd's, is an installation that could quickly bring a variety of activation to the public spaces of seattle. because activities happen on a temporary basis and at a moments notice they require a structure that can be delivered by hand and installed quickly. the inflatable structure expands into a 315sf circular room with a 16-feet tall ceiling that is transported in a 3ft x 2ft cart. capitalizing on the ad-hoc nature of the space, the inflatable was constructed from scavenged cardboard, painter's plastic and space blankets cut into triangles to standardize the building blocks. each element serving a distinct programmatic purpose; cloudy plastic to diffuse light and provide glimpses of the interior, shiny mylar to reflect the exterior surroundings, and cardboard to provide a resilient walking surface that also served as a mural space for artist lina cholewinski. by using a malleable form and materials the refractor takes on the personality of each location or use thus integrating an otherwise foreign object.

the 'refractor' is a mobile event space, here it plays home to a performance from a dance troupe

the organic form and inflatable construction means the installation can pop-up virtually anywhere

translucent walls draw the public in

on this occasion, artist lina cholewinski created a lounge space with inflatable tubes and a cardboard floor mural

here the 'refractor' acts as an interactive lighting installation with color changing LED's

installed near seattle's famous 'hat & boots' public art

the 'refractor' installed near seattle's famous 'hat & boots' public art

the installation serves as a space activator, drawing a crowd and illustrating potential uses of public space

the roof of the inflatable used as a projected display

a nighttime pop-up of the 'refractor' on seattle's waterfront

closeup detail of the plastic and reflective mylar assembly

seattle design nerds team: trevor dykstra, letao tao, joy jin, michael fischer, chris wong, michelle gagnon-creeley, alaina hamel, michelle li, vicki ha, tegan firth, benjamin rishel, marta kapoyos floor mural: lina cholewinski
designboom has received this project from our 'edited by: juliana neira | designboom DIY submissions' feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers

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seattle design nerds inflate refractor, a mobile event space (above) a nighttime pop-up of the 'refractor' on seattle's waterfrontall images by trevor dysktra recognizing that lesser used public spaces can be highlighted using programming, the 'refractor' as conceived by the seattle design nerd's, is an installation that could quickly bring a variety of activation to the public spaces of seattle.

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designboom | architecture & design magazine

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we all have that family member or flat mate who hogs the shower every morning, using up all the precious hot water whilst you are trying desperately to get ready for work or school. well, fear no more, that is if you are an express shower user, as london-based artist elisabeth buecher has created the perfect shower solution, quite fittingly named 'spiky'. her sensor-equipped curtain features inflatable soft spikes that fill up as soon as the shower has been running for over four minutes. in a harmful yet still very annoying fashion, these colorful objects effectively push the bather - most probably when midway through singing a power ballad - out from under the water and forcing them to stop.

fed up with the people who sing in the shower whilst you are trying to get ready for work?
all images courtesy of elisabeth buecher

although seemingly the perfect solution to saving the world from shower hoggers, the 'spiky' curtain in turn also raises awareness of our water consumption and promotes minimal usage. through a playfully fun method, the inflatable spikes act as water conservation enforcers, compelling over-consumers, like your younger brother or flat mate, to be more considerate of their water use. as such, elisabeth buecher 's 'spiky' art installation is part of the 'my shower curtain is a green warrior', which aims to provoke a debate around water issues and making people more aware of their consumption.

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time-sensitive shower curtain spikes inflate to limit water consumption

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we all have that family member or flat mate who hogs the shower every morning, using up all the precious hot water whilst you are trying desperately to get ready for work or school. well, fear no more, that is if you are an express shower user, as london-based artist elisabeth buecher has created the perfect shower solution, quite fittingly named 'spiky'.

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'timeline' by victorine müller

swiss artist victorine müller has combined the disciplines of performance, sculpture, painting and sound for the last fourteen years - with an upcoming exhibition at the zone contemporaine oliver fahrni in bern, switzerland entitled 'wild at heart' showing her current work of a PVC squid entitled 'ballon stratosphérique'. müller's work can be considered palpably immersive experiences to her audience - each artwork characterized by the artist herself incased in a seemingly weightless PVC structure, often depicting that of an animal. her presentations are very much oriented around a spiritual or emotional dynamism where her presence inside the air-filled creature often emits a tangible aura - breathing animistic energy into the beast she inhabits. this unusual medium fosters a thorough and almost halcyon contemplation for her viewers, each piece created to impart abstract ideas and somewhat invisible forces.

one example of her compositions is 'timeline', a performance in lucerne from 2005, which gives clear definition for most of her work. the piece is best described by the deployment and occupancy of a monolithic transparent elephant, illuminated by natural and powered light. with the animal in the upright position for the beginning of the showing - müller sitting calmly cross-legged in its bowels - she manages to exude a certain spirit and alertness akin to the living beast itself. the remainder of the exhibition sees the artist lay the sculpture on its side to display it in a completely contrasting state - sleeping, or even perished, this she manages to embody just as acutely - 'an elephant in a quiet, dark space, motionless, awe inspiring yet also arousing our sympathy.'

müller says of her work:

'I'm interested in creating moments of sensitivity, moments when our defenses are down and we are open to new things. moments of powerful concentration. ... I create zones, put forward pictures, show processes that touch the viewer, that invoke associations on various levels, transport people into a different state, so that things hidden may become visible, accessible, opening up possibilities - to demonstrate something that is not said and cannot be said, but that is'.

müller manages to connect with her audience through a distinctive philosophical and metaphorical force, symbolically identifying with her audience and art. 'wild at heart' will open the 2nd of november at zone contemporaine oliver fahrni in bern in switzerland.

david aebi image courtesy victorine müller

jörg müller

stephan wyckoff image courtesy victorine müller

simon egli image courtesy victorine müller

michel bonvin images courtesy victorine müller

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performance art meets inflated sculptures by victorine müller

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'timeline' by victorine müller swiss artist victorine müller has combined the disciplines of performance, sculpture, painting and sound for the last fourteen years - with an upcoming exhibition at the zone contemporaine oliver fahrni in bern, switzerland entitled 'wild at heart' showing her current work of a PVC squid entitled 'ballon stratosphérique'.

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the ‘world’s safest’ bike helmet is an airbag inside a collar

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swedish brand hövding has released their third generation cycling helmet - a collar-like device containing an airbag that activates in the event of a crash.

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marble-carved inflatables by alex seton memorialize asylum seekers
'durable solutions I' 2014
wombeyan marble, polyester rope, spigots
145 x 90 x 15 cm
images courtesy of sullivan+strumpf / photos by mark pokorny
alex seton: refoulement
sullivan+strumpf, sydney
16 september through 11 october 2014
born from an innate interest in notions of the outsider, privilege, displacement and identity, sydney-based artist alex seton has reimagined these themes through his creative practice and mastery of marble as medium. sullivan+strumpf presents an exhibition of seton's most recent sculptures, based off the monumental adelaide biennial series ' someone died trying to have a life like mine '. this first exploration has seen 28 painstakingly rendered marble life jackets, carved to represent those that washed ashore the cocos islands last year, likely from a sunken boat carrying asylum seekers. 'refoulement' marks a further investigation on the ideas of human movement, featuring a series of related sculptures and installations.

alex seton: refoulementnon-refoulement is the international legal principle that protects asylum seekers and refugees from being sent to any place where they have a well-founded fear persecution, or where they face a real risk of other serious human rights abuses. it lies at the heart of the international regime to protect people from harm in their own countries. the principle of non-refoulement is not discretionary; it is a legal obligation. it is a reminder that all of us have the right to seek asylum, and the right not to be subjected to persecution, death, torture, or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. it is a means to finding safety, protection and dignity. in this exploratory and evocative series of work, seton expresses his conviction that we can not send those that claim asylum back to persecution and abuse
video courtesy of sullivan + strumpf
the exhibited marble works include a life-sized inflatable raft, carefully crafted from a cold-hued stone. deflated and reduced to its sunken shell, the piece stands as a memorial of the hopes and dreams of asylum seekers that have been turned away at sea; an installation comprising a palm tree island is situated at center of the gallery. the blow-up party props are rendered in a warm, sunset-toned marble and acts symbol not only of the tropical paradise imagined by these individuals, but conversely of their isolation from it; three life-jackets from the 'someone died trying to have a life like mine' series become a tragic reminder of the ways in which their function of assistance has failed those under their protection. the formal bust of the jackets prompts a physical reaction, as the viewer is able to imagine the weight of the stone on their shoulders; an icy oar made from pure white carrara marble is set alone against the gallery wall, a silent memorial in both materiality and metaphor.

'durable solutions I' (detail)

'life vest (emergency)(medium)', 2014
bianco carrara marble
51 x 35 x 40cm

installation view at sullivan + strumpf

'last resort 2' 2014
wombeyan marble and steel
180 x 102 x 102 cm and 135 x 80 x 80 cm (variable)

installation view at sullivan + strumpf

'a paddle...' 2014,
wood and bianco marble
100 x 18 x 4 cm

'a paddle...' 2014,
wood and bianco marble
100 x 18 x 4 cm

seton in studio

process

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marble-carved inflatables by alex seton memorialize asylum seekers 'durable solutions I' 2014wombeyan marble, polyester rope, spigots145 x 90 x 15 cmimages courtesy of sullivan+strumpf / photos by mark pokorny alex seton: refoulement sullivan+strumpf, sydney 16 september through 11 october 2014 born from an innate interest in notions of the outsider, privilege, displacement and identity, sydney-based artist alex seton has reimagined these themes through his creative practice and mastery of marble as medium.

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alex seton memorializes asylum seekers with 28 marble lifejackets
(above) installation view 2014 adelaide biennial of australian art: dark heart featuring alex seton, 2014
art gallery of south australia
march 1st through may 11, 2014

sydney based artist alex seton presents a monumental sculptural installation at the 2014 adelaide biennial 'dark heart', one which marries 21st-century ethics and ancient craftsmanship. he has carved 28 life jackets from white marble, composing 'somebody died trying to have a life like mine'. the work stands in memorial of those that washed ashore the cocos islands in may of 2013, seeking safety from the perils of sea, persecution and rescue from torture of death. empty of the asylum seeker bodies that once inhabited them, ' these jackets represent the lives of 28 unknown people who were simply looking for the chance to lead the lives that we enjoy everyday', seton says. ' the work asks, what is this darkness in our national character that means we do not readily extend good faith and protection to those who claim asylum? ' seton's work does not shy away from the tragedy of this event, nor does it force any particular experience on the viewer; rather it reminds us of the individual stories of those who undertook the fatal trip. the marble life vests, solemn and silent, are a testimonial to seton's empathy for those trapped within a failing social system.

installation view 2014 adelaide biennial of australian art: dark heart featuring alex seton, 2014
art gallery of south australia
march 1st through may 11, 2014

installation view 2014 adelaide biennial of australian art: dark heart featuring alex seton, 2014
art gallery of south australia
march 1st through may 11, 2014

'it is immediately obvious seton has invested significant attention-to-detail in the works, and in doing so has imbued them with an abject specificity. the jackets are undeniably beautiful objects, carved to the most minute details - the ripple of distressed lining and deceptive buoyancy, the sharpness of seams and crisp white nylon belts hanging limp through silver d-loops. in one exposed pocket, a few notes of iranian currency are wedged, encountered only as one comes almost full circle around the installation; until this point we have been denied any such explicit reference to the events on the cocos islands. through these details we are anchored in a specific time and place, while still retaining the eerie uncertainty with which we first experienced them.' - kate britton on alex seton's sculptural installation for the 2014 adelaide biennial of australian art

in the studio, intricately carving the 28 life jackets from marble
progress image by mark pokornoy

the sculptural forms aligned in the workplace
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seton works on one of the hyper-realistic pieces
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designer's own words:
The life jacket is unique life guarantees for people who falls into water. Its fresh color is easy to searching and rescuing, but in nighttime, the visibility of sea is very low, color for searching and rescuing seem to be not enough. This new design is combinative with life jacket and LED. If person fall into water in nighttime, he would be given more life guarantees. So this design be named after the Vital Life.

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designer's own words: The life jacket is unique life guarantees for people who falls into water. Its fresh color is easy to searching and rescuing, but in nighttime, the visibility of sea is very low, color for searching and rescuing seem to be not enough. This new design is combinative with life jacket and LED.

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the ploota is a sensor controlled swimming safety device that sits around your neck. both compact and reusable, unlike most life-jackets the ploota can be worn underwater. swimming, snorkeling or deep sea diving, the device can be triggered when you need to be brought back up to the surface.

images courtesy of ploota

1/50th the size of a regular foam-based life jacket, the ploota is compact, taking up 50 times less space than average life-jackets. another remarkable feature is that the device is extremely lightweight, weighing only 280gms and allowing users to engage in high-intensity water sports. when it inflates refillable-CO2 cartridges in the front are engaged, inflating two bags on the side and above the shoulder immediately, bringing you to the surface of the water.

rolls-royce collaborates with Hermès in bespoke phantom for japanese billionare
designed and handcrafted by a team of specialists from both houses, the car was envisioned as a land jet, bringing the exclusivity of private air travel to the streets.

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the world's tiniest life-jacket is 50 times smaller and sits around your neck

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the ploota is a sensor controlled swimming safety device that sits around your neck. both compact and reusable, unlike most life-jackets the ploota can be worn underwater. swimming, snorkeling or deep sea diving, the device can be triggered when you need to be brought back up to the surface.

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How not to sink while still staying nice-looking for all the squirrels and dolphins and mythical forrest animals. That's the alternate title to this post. This post is about a project just titled "The Lifejacket," designed by Fraser Reekie. Made for all those potential lifejacket wearers who for some reason or another don't take that crucial step: putting it on. To show improve, Reekie upped the hotness and lowered the amount of terrible, terrible straps flying everywhere.

Well heck, where are the straps then if you can't even see them? I mean, you gotta have a bunch of straps, right? Yes. All lifejackets seem to NEED to have a million straps, so Reekie decided to bury them down under. All the straps are accessible right in the front, no longer snaggable on the back: looking good so far.

Snags are a big reason lots of people find wearing a lifejacket to be LESS SAFE than not wearing one. Thus, the straps are under material, and the zips are concealed as well. Not only that, but Stomatext Stretch panels hold your lifejacket tighter to your body.

Zips can be revealed, however, as there are bits of clothing that potentially attach to each of the different model lifejackets. There's a full protection offshore style jacket, a lightweight spray top and a windproof gilet.

Tight. Good looking. Well done.

Designer: Fraser Reekie

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How not to sink while still staying nice-looking for all the squirrels and dolphins and mythical forrest animals. That's the alternate title to this post. This post is about a project just titled "The Lifejacket," designed by Fraser Reekie. Made for all those potential lifejacket wearers who for some reason or another don't take that crucial step: putting it on.

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Life jackets have seen major improvements with the modern introduction of things like water-activated LED lights and self-inflation systems, but in a vast ocean these do little to help locate lost individuals. To solve this problem, the Ahti X1 lifejacket includes a built-in locator designed specifically for "man-overboard" situations. Once the life jacket is inflated, it begins pinging the location on a mobile application that displays the victim in relation to the vessel to track their location over a period of time. When tracking the victim, relevant information such as time in water, distance to victim, vessel speed and direction, wind-data and water temperature is displayed. The smart app can also assist with maintenance of life jackets to avoid malfunctions, low batteries and more. Better yet, Ahti X1's low profile design and stylish look are not only comfortable but encouraging to wear - after all, life jackets can save lives, but only if you wear them!

Designer: Mats Lönngren

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Life jackets have seen major improvements with the modern introduction of things like water-activated LED lights and self-inflation systems, but in a vast ocean these do little to help locate lost individuals. To solve this problem, the Ahti X1 lifejacket includes a built-in locator designed specifically for "man-overboard" situations.

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Lifejackets can mean the difference between life or death but the cumbersome fit and general discomfort, especially in the water, discourage users from wearing them. Until now, that is. The IUW is one that won't cramp your bod or your style!

Diminutive compared to your average lifejacket, the barely-there design combines the features of a sport lifejacket (PFD type 3) and throwable device (PFD type 4). It fits the user just above the midsection, wrapping over just one shoulder, to promote comfort and movability in and out of the water without restriction the arms, neck or torso. IUW not only functions as a flotation device, but also aids in the process of pulling the user out of water onshore or aboard a boat using a durable belt made of polyester tape. It also enables a secure grip during rescue operations.

Inside, low density polyurethane foam shapes to the wearers body. Outside, nylon coated neoprene offers excellent insulation, water resistance, durability against abrasions, and UV protection. In vibrant, easy-to-see colors, it combines the best of safety and style!

Designer: Julia Grochal

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Lifejackets can mean the difference between life or death but the cumbersome fit and general discomfort, especially in the water, discourage users from wearing them. Until now, that is. The IUW is one that won't cramp your bod or your style!

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My scenario is about overactivity.
Children overactivity is well-known but not really adult overactivity. I think this project is also a way to highlight this disorder that also affects adults

Hyperactivity/Overactivity gives me impulsive behavior, talking too much and constant moving which really impact my well-being and makes me really tired.
My idea is create a product that impact directly the movement to reduce it, restrain it but not stop it in order to slow down myself. I tried to work on that in between state

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I really focused on my product use scenario. I took the time to observe my behaviours, in order to give context to my overactivity problem. I realized that this happened in the middle, late afternoon and was characterized by impulsive behavior, talking too much and constant moving which really impact my well-being and makes me really tired afterward.

As for the place, it varies, it can be in and out.

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Moncler 5 Craig Green News, Collections, Fashion Shows, Fashion Week Reviews, and More

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Your source for the latest Moncler 5 Craig Green news, updates, collections, fashion show reviews, photos, and videos from Vogue.

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"This infinity and this freedom is accompanied by the risk of the information of the chaotic

the informally is not formless; is not meaning radical loss of all formations,
it would like to stand between the complete formate and the absolute form; the formless it is at the same time a freer creation, more infinite in the opposition between formalist sclerosis and also threatens the art of definitive impotence.
It involves the problem of the nature of the work (should it be formal or informal)
Should the modality of the artist’s action be formalist or open to the informal

But this question is at stake the essence and power, even of art. that is, against the chaos of amorphy, how far should art attach itself to the formal?"

ERIC COMBET (philosopher)

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"At least the two-way shape that can be detected very quickly, a static sense: the shape is the defined outline of an object and for example a geometric shape. And it also has a dynamic meaning.
Forms of sensitivity to priority
These forms in Aristotle or Kant are dynamic forms that are not all wheat shapes but are the form of sensitivity
Are they all right?
In the static sense the virtues of the static form: precision, identity, a criterion of beauty (formusus in Latin) it means beautiful in the static sense.

Formalist and formatted form: inverse values, a becoming is in it unique it is energy
Transformation, metamorphosis = addition of the notion of freedom
Informal meetings; out of frame, free"

ERIC COMBET (philosopher)

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The Power of Fashion | Maria Raveendran | TEDxUTSC

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Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch | Keith Kirkland

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Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication

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How Clothes Impact Your Life: Re-examining Fashion | Jennifer Millspaugh | TEDxTexasStateUniversity

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comme des garçons - défilé 2017/2018

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By Jessica Michault

The artist, because calling Rei Kawakubo a fashion designer somehow sounds reductive, presented her latest Comme des Garçons collection in the Galerie de Minéralogie at the Natural History Museum, and she made the front row guest unwitting participants in her presentation.

She called the show "Ceremony of Separation" which conjured up thoughts of isolation, loss and strife. But when the first model came slowly down the catwalk dressed in white lace that had been sculpted into an assortment of round bundles resulting in a bulbous silhouette, which was followed by another that look like a thick duvet cover tied with a line up of bows down the front, the mind shifted gears. Maybe the separation is more about protecting oneself; burrowing into and under our clothes (or bedding) and being cocooned inside their comforting embrace.

Then things got a bit meta.

Kawakubo had intentionally made her catwalk slender. Pair this with the voluminous shapes of her creations and there was no way two ensembles could feasibly get by each other if they walked straight on. Even inside their cloth carapaces the models would be forced to touch, to be, even for a moment, connected while at the same time still detached.
And so it was that upon meeting along the runway each pair would stop, recognize the other and then in unison pivot to the side to acquiesce the rest of the catwalk to the other. It made for a poetic and poignant pas de deux.

A dance that had the ancillary touch of including the front rows who's who of fashion. Each time the models turned their oversized bows, globular shapes and large surfaces invaded the personal spaces of the guests; people who are used to, and like, that invisible bubble of insulation.

The way the designer pressed her guests into her physical universe was elegantly done, and made this capacious collection connect with the world in a personal and profound way.
After all, living a life of detachment is a life not truly lived at all.

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Comme des Garcons Ready To Wear Fall Winter 2015 Paris

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By Jessica Michault The artist, because calling Rei Kawakubo a fashion designer somehow sounds reductive, presented her latest Comme des Garçons collection in the Galerie de Minéralogie at the Natural History Museum, and she made the front row guest unwitting participants in her presentation.