Photos via El Delgado Buil

The “el Botón”-MANGO Fashion Awards offer young designers throughout the world the opportunity to participate in an international Fashion Design competition. The competition, which takes place every 18 months, has the support of five of the most important Fashion Design Schools in Europe. The aim of this event is to give young fashion designers access to a new media platform, as well as the opportunity to market their collections.
Find all information HERE.

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I already wrote about potipoti design studio. Here we go with collection-matching canvas espandrillos by potipoti. Think, it´s a funny summer-piece.

Photo from: potipoti

potipoti is a collaboration between two designers, Silvia Salvador and Nando Cornejo, founded in 2005. Operating from Berlin potipoti creates fashion graphics and design, drawings, visual arts and product design.
Always open to team up with different artists, potipoti have collaborated with companies such as KTW (Jocomomola) and Mazda (Roaster MX5) as well as their latest project for General Optica. This explains, how the fantastic potipoti creatures do not only adorn clothing and accessories but also ramble around the world to enrich various products, publications and exhibitions with their fun-meets-creepy aesthetics.
The potipoti collection for Spring Summer 08, Lujo y Plastilina [Luxury and Plasticine], was conceived in a recent visit to NY where both designers created a collection that is all about cotton, colors and plasticine-made graphics.
Although i do not go for every collection piece i am honestly into the green cardigan for men and the green legging for woman. Besides, the photos are mentionable anyway - i really like the fresh attitude of the designer duo.

Photos by Rian Heller and Frank Kalero/ taken from: potipoti

Artwork by Madrid based artist Luz Angela Lizarazo.

Photo credits: Galería Magda Bellotti

In 2007, Designer Jaime Hayon teamed up with Camper to design the Barcelona Store, now, the cooperation became more product orientated and gives birth to a Hayon´s-Camper Model that is
“a sporty shoe with a touch of elegance, or vice versa, that hides some surprises that make it all the more special, like the feel of the laces or the linen interior“. The fusion of style, soft and organic forms and mix of materials as well as the manufacturing quality are the characteristic elements of the new shoe model that comes in as well in black and white as in bright colors like pink, green and blue.
“I wanted to find a form that stylized the foot, like the tap dancing shoes. I have always liked the character of dance shoes because they remind me of a music-hall. The women’s shoe is a constant inspiration, contrary to those for men that aren’t as exciting. I wanted to make a simple shoe but one that had character, in solid colors but that were special enough to give identity to a way of dressing. If for me, and also for many others, glasses are important in creating the personality of a person, I think that shoes should be so too“. Jaime Hayon

Here, you see some pictures of Hayon´s store design for Camper:

Spanish artist / designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid 1974. He trained as an industrial designer in Madrid and Paris. In 1997, he began working as a researcher in Fabrica, Benetton Group’s communication research center in Treviso, Italy. A year later, he was appointed, by Mr. Luciano Benetton and communication guru Oliviero Toscani, head of the design department, where he oversaw the development of interiors for shops, exhibitions and restaurants as well as books, magazines and logo designs. In 2004, he began his individual career and has kept his hands full with eclectic projects. From toys, to furniture and interior design as well as artistic installations, his boldness has been transcending the borders of the often separated worlds of art and design, merging his own style with ease between the two. Hayon bathroom collection, AQHayon, for Artquitect Launched in 2005, caused a tremor in the bathroom industry and design community and placed him on the forefront of the design tendencies. Being a multifaceted creator, Jaime’s work has developed in diverse areas: from curatorial roles, to those of an artist, to that of a designer. (From Jaime Hayon´s website).

Photo credits: Hayon Studio