By Philippe Salva, Camper PR Director
The 27th International Festival of Fashion and Photography opened on Friday 30th evening in the little city in the south of France on the French Riviera (between Toulon and St-Tropez). A vibrant event, with all the little planet of the Parisian fashion and some international also …
The place itself is amazing, a “private” house from the 1920 … not a normal house: the house of Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, who was living there in this period, welcome “young” artists, today Masters, like Man Ray, Buñuel, Dali, Cocteau …
The star this year is Mr Yohji Yamamoto, president of the Jury and the other members, will decide today Sunday 29th the winner between 10 Fashion Designers, and 10 photographers, all exhibited at the Villa Noailles. We’ll also know today the designer chosen by Camper to participate to the workshop next July in Son Fortesa, Mallorca.
Camper is partner of the Fashion Festival for the 3rd time. Together shoes and Twins Swash are sold in the little store at the Villa. Some product placement also: Villa’s staff and Fashion show (Veronique Branquinho).
On Sunday 29, the Festival “gave” a last show at the nice place “Salins des Pesquiers”, the old salt wharehouse near the beach. A last opportunity for the 10 candidates and young designers to show their work and their outfits.
At the end of the show, Jean-Pierre Blanc, director of the Festival and Villa Noailles introduced the award session, first with the members of Jury for the Photography then Fashion.
The 3 awarded in fashion seems to be a tribute to the “cold” and north design: 1st the Grand Prix L’Oréal Professionnel was given to the three girls from Finland. Siiri, Tiia and Elina gave a “vitamins” touch thanks to their multicolored neo-punk and anti-crisis men’s collection.
Ragne Kikas from Estonia show a black woman’s collection with an amazing stitching and knitting work, Estonia and Canada.
But the favorite for Camper, and the one who will have the chance to come to the workshop in Mallorca next July was the Canadian, Asiatic origins Steven Tai.
He received the Chloé award thanks to his work on comfort, pastels colors, and amazing details on volumes and folding like a cream slice
Camper opens its first Together store in Osaka, the first outside Japan’s capital. It has been designed by Nendo, the young studio founded by Oki Sato which has already gained international acclaim after barely ten years. The new space has a distinctly minimalist look and produces the delightful sensation of weightlessness.
“We appreciated the fact that the raison d’être of Camper shoes is not to help people run faster, or assign a recognisable status by wearing a prestigious brand, but simply to contribute to the pleasure of walking, which is why in our design for the interior of the store the shoes seem to float in the air and stroll about the place. The ones on display for sale float as well. They are placed on barely discernible stands―their own footprints—fixed to thin tubes rising out of the floor. The angles and positions of the footprints scattered around the walls and ceiling vary slightly, creating a specific route from one part of the store to another and producing the illusion that the shoes are actually walking in slow motion.” NENDO
Oki Sato (Toronto, 1977), the founder of Nendo, studied Architecture at the Waseda University in Tokyo and opened the studio in that city in 2002. Nendo is a multidisciplinary studio embracing architecture, interior design, events, furniture, products and graphic design. Despite the characteristic hallmark of oriental creativity, neither the studio nor its projects can be described as classical. Oki Sato’s preferred language is “ethereal”, which his team of collaborators interpret and reproduce with the same voice, enabling him to fulfil his numerous commissions. The studio has been warmly received in the west by leading companies such as Cappellini, Cartier, Driade, Fritz Hansen, Hermès, Kartell, Moroso, Puma and Thonet, among a long list of clients. So much so, that in 2005 the studio decided to open a branch in Milan. The work accomplished since then has led this year, 2012, to the Wallpaper* Designer of the Year award.
The design that Oki Sato has produced for Camper is his first project for a Together store but not Nendo’s first collaboration with the brand. A few years ago the studio designed the Camper stand at Bread & Butter, when this international tradeshow for selected brands was still held in Barcelona. For the store in Osaka, the team has designed an exquisitely subtle white, ethereal space to make the shoes feel comfortable.
The store hosts men’s and women’s collections. You can check the exact location at our store locator.
Camper presents, a limited collection in collaboration with the English brand, Swash.
This new line belongs to the Camper’s “Twins Artista” concept, a project that started in 1992 and shows the relationship between Camper and the worlds of art, design and fashion.
A new vision of Twins has been created now by Sarah Swash and Toshio Yamanaka, the founders of Swash. These two designers, who studied at the prestigious Central Saint Martins College in London, have as their hallmark hand-printed illustrations (hand-drawn by Toshio and hand-painted by Sarah) inspired by 19th century botanical drawings and the idea of creating a Swash’ Cabinet de Curiosités’ but translated into a world of surrealistic aesthetics that takes one back to childhood tales and stories.
The result of this new collaboration is a very feminine and romantic collection, with styles of different heights and full of classic details. Two different patterns have been developed for it. The first one presents nautical figures like traditional fisherman’s knots, anchors, compasses and diving helmets, that bring back, with nostalgia, a summer spirit from the past.
On the other hand, the second print recalls a dream and fantasy world through a kaleidoscope of multi-coloured balloons that come from studying depictions of early flying machines – “Dream Machines” – which were the ultimate sky ride and a utopian summer’s pastime in the early 19th century.
Like in all Twins, in this new collection each shoe has its own personality, but when part of a pair, they represent a scene which makes them indivisible.
A collection filled with creativity, imagination and fantasy that prove that there is a different way of walking.
You can find Twins by Swash at our online store.
Today Camper opens a new store in Montrel which is the first in Canada. The store is located in 928 Sainte-Catherine Street, the primary commercial artery of Downtown Montreal.
The design of the store was made by Gaetano Pesce as part of the Camper Together Project.
Born in La Spezia, Italy, in 1939, Gaetano Pesce, an architect-artist-designer based in New York City, has undertaken diverse commissions in architecture, urban planning, interior and exhibition design, industrial design and publishing. In more than forty years of practice, Pesce has conceived public and private projects in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia, from residences to gardens and corporate offices. Pesce’s extensive body of work – recognized for its emotive and tactile qualities, unrestrained use of color, and insistence upon innovative building materials developed through new technologies – has been described by prominent architecture critic Herbert Muschamp as “the architectural equivalent of a brainstorm”.
Gaetano Pesce shared with us some draws of his project for Camper, we hope you enjoy them.
If you want to know more about this incredible artist you can visit his web: www.gaetanopesce.com
The store was designed by Jurgen Bey. This is his first cooperation with Camper as part of the Together Project.
Born in Soest, the Netherlands in 1965, Jurgen Bey is one of the most renowned Dutch designers. He studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven and has since run studios independently or in collaboration with others, while teaching at the Design Academy Eindhoven in previous years, and currently, at the Royal College of Art in London. Bey’s work includes product, furniture, interior and public space design, and is produced by his studio, or by companies such as Droog, Royal Tichelaar Makkum, and Moooi. Bey is known as a critical designer, driven to understand the world and to question it in a unique manner. He has been awarded the 2005 Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds Award, the 2005 Harrie Tillie Award from Stedelijk Museum, Roermond and the Interior Award 2003 from Lensvelt/de Architect, for his meeting room for the Interpolis company.
The store hosts men’s, women’s and kids’ collections. It is located 58 Rue de la Republique, the main shopping street of the city. You can check the exact location at our store locator.
If you’re in the area we invite you to stop by and have a look!
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