Project Hiraeth

During the first half of the 19th century, Wales was gradually being absorbed into England and so the Welsh language began to die out. 

This inspired an adventurous group of 153 Welshmen and women to set sail for a new life in Argentinian Patagonia to save and hold onto what they believed in, their dying language and culture. 

There are over 50,000 Welsh descendants living in Patagonia today. 12,000 still speak Welsh as their first language. 

My friend Steph is diving deeper into this story by travelling to Patagonia and documenting her journey through an online diary and physical exhibition at the newly restored Cardigan castle, West Wales.

Check out the video below, and the Kickstarter page here

Kitsch Nitsch Digital Illustrations

David Kladnik and Jaka Neon, together known as Kitsch Nitsch, are the creators of these really fun pop art digital collages. 

Read more on Trend Land

Little Boots' Cyber Cinderella LED Dress

Popular singer Little Boots collaborated with designer Michelle Wu on making a LED dress for her tour that is programmed to react to the beats of her music. The Creators Project documented the concept and the making of this brilliant wearable tech creation. 

The Rise Of Global Fashion Weeks

'The Rise Of Global Fashion Weeks' is another interesting video from ID Magazine that explores the international fashion calendar in addition to New York, London, Paris and Milan. You may have also seen me blog about Vice Magazine who have also produced small documentaries about the un-known fashion weeks worldwide, along with the cultural and political issues that surround the local people in those areas. 

See Seoul Fashion Week Here

Harp String DJ Booth

London design studio NEON created an interactive DJ booth instillation for DJ Alessio as part of the House Of Peroni experience. The aim was to build a collaborative architecture where the guests of the event could interact with the florescent strings to create additional noises to be mixed in the DJ set.

Drum Pants

A few months back I blogged about shoes that played alternative sounds when the wearer is walking. Today I discovered a new Kick Starter project created by Tyler Freeman called DrumPants; a wearable sensor kit that allows the user to play music by tapping or drumming on their body. The simplicity of the equipment will work perfectly for performances in the future, with users being able to adjust their own sounds via a computer. 

Read more on PSFK

Instagram Marshmallows

Launching just in time for Christmas, 'Boomf' is a service that lets people put their favourite Instagram photos straight onto marshmallows. Great for a party or stocking filler!

Fine Art Made From Stickers

Ye Hongxing's 'East Of Eden' series exhibits incredible vibrant mosaics of Chinese imagery, Hello Kitty, smiley faces and even angry birds stickers. 

Read more on Never Underdressed

Image from Just Opened London

Form Fitting Wax Dresses

Dutch fashion designer Bart Hess exhibited an instillation at Architecture Triennale in Lisborn that explores the way people can change or alter their body shapes. The installation used participants who were dipped into pools of wax and water to set around their body shapes, making sculptural dresses for people to view.

Read more on PSFK

Merry GIFMAS!

Barty!

Electronically Charged Ink In Screen Printing

Artist and Professor Orkan Telhan has created a new kind of material using traditional printing techniques with electroluminescent and electrochromic inks to emit light and change transparency within screen printed designs. 

Read more on PSFK

Surrealist Fashion Editorials

Trend Land featured the work of photographer Nhu Xuan Hau, who has shot a conceptual editorial for REVS magazine that features surrealist, monochrome fashion. 

ID - Future Fashion

In this interesting opinion lead film by ID Magazine, The Future of Fashion explores the way technology trends are transforming the industry.

Stööki Jewellery

Stööki is a new menswear jewellery and apparel label run by a collective of artists in London. 

Founded by Quincey Cassell Williams, Nadia Abbas, and Luke Hippolyte, the label presents themed capsule collections through music, interactive art and immersive events. 

Stööki has just dropped a collection with Topman called Geodesic that features delicate, yet tough designs that create subtle statements and compliment a wide range of tastes. 

Check out the launch video below, or the website here

3D-Printed Lingerie On The Runway

More brands are now experimenting with different 3D printing techniques, and Victoria's Secret, along with Swarovski have done just that for their upcoming fashion show. Check out this 3D printed lingerie  made to measure the model perfectly with a 3D scanner, with a finishing of Swarovski crystals. 

Read more on PSFK

Fashion In Leaves

Malaysian illustrator Tang Chiew Ling uses various forms of leaves and flowers to make alternative fashion sketches and art pieces. 

Check out more on Colossal

Rude Little Black Book

I spotted this on the Another Loves site recently and just had to share! 

This little black book is rude as hell. 

Chunk - The 'It' Shoes

Stella McCartney designed these incredibly eye catching shoes inspired by her study of tyres for treated soles. Although tyres don't sound very interesting, these shoes are. 

Because magazine quite rightly stated that they looked like school shoes from the 90's, and a shoe style that has been flooding London's streets and style blogs for the last month or so. 

Classical Art Meets The Nike Swoosh

Trendland reported that the latest instalment in trend remixing is the traditional vs the commercial: Classical Art meets the Nike Swoosh logo. This is just another trending Tumblr profile that uses photoshop to create digital masterpieces, and I quite like the randomness of it.

Invisible Bike Helmet

With the heavy number of people choosing to cycle as their daily means of transport, it was only a matter of time before someone needed to create an innovative and 'trendy' way to stay safe on the road. Hovding have designed, and are now selling a wearable airbag for cyclists that is activated in the event of an accident. Practically invisible and easy to wear whilst on the go, this helmet will appeal to many people in the immediate future. 

Read more on Springwise

Interactive Video At Its Finest

If you haven't seen it yet then hurry up and have a look at Bob Dylan's interactive video for his release of "Like a Rolling Stone". I'm personally not a big fan of the song, however the video allows you to flick through different TV channels to see well known shows and stars singing along to the song. 

Check it out on Fast Company

Electronic Eyelashes

Beauty and technology designer Katia Vega has developed a line of cosmetics including electronic eyelashes and nails that can activate other electronic items using the body as an input device. 

Read more on PSFK, or watch the video below to see the eyelashes in action

Edible Textiles

Scandinavian artist Camilla Wordie experiments with everyday ingredients around the kitchen to create a collection of edible textiles. Her work is an addition to the rapid growth of the "Food Art" trend. 

Read more on PSFK

Krewella's Crystal Volcano

Dazzling. Sparkle. What more can I say about this amazing performance prop? Music duo Krewella had their dream visualised when they enlisted V Square Labs, Amon Tobin and Stefano Novelli to collaborate their amazing skills and create a giant glittering volcano for their latest tour. 

Check out the video below to see all of the work that went into the making. 

Read more via The Creators Project

Wearable Tech Barbie

So Barbie has had a 2013 wardrobe update with a touch sensitive dress that allows for customized designs. Pretty cool addition to some of the many statement pieces that have been designed for the doll. 

Read more on PSFK, or check out my post on Bleached Barbie here

Luggage Jacket For Travellers

Back in 2011 I posted about the Umbra Little Black Storage Dress, and now here comes the rest of the outfit. Jaktoto have designed some additional luggage storage items to help with the increasing problem of extra charges when people travel abroad with their belongings. 

Not the most stylish in design, however could come in very useful for some. 

Check it out on PSFK

Lady Gaga's Flying Dress 'Volantis'

Lady Ga Ga is the queen of wearing outrageous and unforgettable outfits, and 'Volantis' the flying dress is another to add to the list. Debuted in New York at an event called artRave, Ga Ga wore the flying dress that is powered by 50-volt batteries, giving the audience a display of the latest in wearable tech design. 

Read more on Mashable

Image from Extra Tv

Shoes Replace Footstep Sounds

The designer Yuri Suzuki has a long standing relationship with sound, and his latest project showcases fashionable footwear that emits a range of different sounds replacing the normal click-clopping we normally make when walking. Pretty cool I think. 

Read more on PSFK

Milan Fashion Week GIFS

A round up of Milan Fashion Week in GIFS for your digestible pleasure. 

See all of the GIFS and designers on Dazed Digital

And See some more from Paris Fashion Week here

Lego Brick Nail Art

The increasing use of Lego in fashion design has enabled the wacky creations of stiletto shoes and wedding dresses.  Here we have something even more unusual; Lego bricks used for nail art. Having the Lego parts secured to the nail allows the addition of mini-figures and accessories. 

Read more on PSFK

3D Printed Flexible Dress

This dress sparked interest at New York Fashion Week as it was 3d printed and made from a biodegradable plant-based fiber that remains pliable even after it's extruded from the machine. 

Another great example of how 3D printing is changing fashion

Read more at I New Idea

Paris Fashion Week GIFS

A round up of Paris Fashion Week in GIFS for your digestible pleasure. 

See all of the GIFS and designers on Dazed Digital

& See some more from London Fashion Week here

Full Body Umbrella

Spotted by Singapore-based Kiks Balayon, this full body umbrella is quirky and clever. 

Check it out here

Lego Inspired Fashions

I recently blogged about the Lego wedding dress, and it seems that a whole load of new fashion pieces are being created by the loveable building toys. New creations include a £5k Chanel clutch, sunglasses and a bowtie. 

Read more of Lost At E Minor

Or see more Lego inspired creations here

Printable, Foldable Shoes

There are 300 million people in the developing nations that do not own a pair of shoes and the team behind Unifold are hoping to change that in the near future. Unifold is a shoe that is made from one piece of recyclable material, taking shape by folding over the cut-out pattern. 

Affordable and easy to construct, Unifold could solve the world-wide shoe shortage crisis. 

Read more on Mashable

Vintage Oil Can Dresses

Artist Donna McCullough uses vintage gas oil cans to create sculpural dresses embellished with flourishes of wire mesh, screening, cut-outs and bits of found objects. In this series of works titled "The Drill Team" McCullough winkingly exploits cheerleader stereotypes creating pieces that are a whimsical take on our oil-driven culture and our passion to be members of a winning team. 

Read more on Junk Culture

London Fashion Week GIFS

A round up of London Fashion Week in GIFS for your digestible pleasure. 

See all of the GIFS and designers on Dazed Digital

and See some more from NYFW here