Five projects that use latex in weird and wonderful ways

After Harikrishnan's inflatable trousers blew up on the internet last week, we've rounded up five latex projects – spanning fashion, accessories and installations – that use the material in surprising ways.

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Memphis collection by Valeska Jasso Collado

For her graduate collection from the University of Westminster, designer Valeska Jasso Collado drew from the graphic forms and colourful, speckled palette of the Memphis Group.

To recreate its characteristic geometric style, she layered oversized foam sheets with latex that was folded into angular shapes and offset by contrasting panelling.

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Skinned by KNOL

Design studio KNOL Ontwerp cast latex sheets on top of architectural elements including walls and doors to create negatives of abandoned buildings for this installation in Amsterdam.

The material bears the marks of the space where it was cast, complete with any dirt or grime, to create a portable imprint that people can hold on to and carry with them as a reminder of a place's emotional significance.

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Operio collection by Dead Lotus Couture

In the eyes of Nange Magro, the founder of London label Dead Lotus Couture, natural latex belongs in the same category as leather or silk as a premium natural material.

She created the Operio collection with the mission of integrating it into people's everyday wardrobes, using it to fashion everything from trench coats and bustiers to capes and flared trousers.

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Range 1 – Early Sculptural Forms by Molly Younger

Australian designer Molly Younger used a mixture of paint and natural latex to create a collection of flesh-like bags, which are both waterproof and washable.

Younger created the items by applying sculptural production techniques to build up the material layer by layer within moulds made of plaster or, in one case, a piece of bubble wrap.

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Let's Put Him in a Vase by Harikrishnan

Latex fashion is known to fit like a second skin, but London College of Fashion graduate Harikrishnan wanted to create the exact opposite effect with his oversized, ballooning trousers, which are inflated using a valve at the bottom.

As the material can cost up to £20 a metre, he sourced waste offcuts from UK latex manufacturer Supatex to create the playful, colourful designs.

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Patternity to run a Mindful Marbling workshop at Beat Hotel Marrakech

The pattern design duo will be leading a session at the festival aimed at helping participants find a state of creative flow.

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Venice Architecture Biennale 2020 postponed due to coronavirus

Breaking news: the start of the Venice Architecture Biennale has been pushed back from May to August due to disruption caused by the coronavirus in Italy.

Organisers of the architecture exhibition announced today it will run only from 29 August to 29 November.

Coronavirus has "jeopardised" the exhibition opening on its planned schedule, they said.

Originally the biannual event was meant to run from the 23 May to 29 November, but it has been curtailed to just three months instead of the usual seven.

"The new dates of the Architecture Biennale have been established as a consequence of the recent precautionary measures on the subject of mobility taken by the governments of a growing number of countries in the world," La Biennale di Venezia said on its website.

"[This] will have a chain effect on the movement of people and works in the coming weeks."

Organisers said that a small delay, rather than this three month one, was not possible due to the "complexity of the organisational machine" and likely absence of some of the major exhibitors.

Outbreaks of a novel coronavirus, covid-19, have occurred around the world including a major cluster in northern Italy.

More to follow.

Main image by Moonik.

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Impasto-Style Brushstrokes Hover Mid-Air in Illustrative Murals by Sean Yoro

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Hawaii-born artist Sean Yoro (previously), aka Hula, pairs his illustrative murals of partial figures with bold brushstrokes that hover along building walls. Part of his Undertones series, the monochromatic pieces often feature singular hands and torsos as they reach toward or attempt to grasp the impasto-style strokes.

One especially illusory piece forgoes the bodily element and instead focuses on a singular blue stroke that seems to float through the air and cast a shadow on the brick wall behind it. “Each large scale brushstroke represents the unique passions we all hold within and what we can do with that energy once we tap into it,” said a statement on the artist’s site.

Yoro is one half of Kapu Collective, a collaborative art-and-design group concerned with environmental issues and sustainability, that he formed with his twin brother. Smaller versions of Yoro’s works are available in the collective’s shop. If you want to see the process behind some of his stylized projects, head to Instagram.

 

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