May 5, 2008
Who are behind this: Marta
Marta Kisand born 1984 lives in Tallinn. Since 2004 she is studing Textile- Design in Estonian Academy of Arts. Since 2006 she is working as a product designer in a small design studio Taikonaut (www.taikonaut.ee)
At the 20den festival she is going to exhibit a interdisciplinary project called "Paperdolls".
Who are behind this: Virge
Virge Loo was born in 1984 in Tallinn, Estonia. In 2006, she graduated Textiledesign at The Estonian Academy of Arts. Now she is continuing her studies
at The University of Tartu. At the 20den festival she is participating in PaperDolls project which is a teamwork of 5 estonian designers.
Her collection for PaperDolls is taiteled "The Collector". It is about people who collect stamps, buttons, mushrooms, butterflies, notebooks, dolls, clothes, pictures, sounds,
feelings, thoughts, people...
The collection is made of things she has collected.
Who are behind this: Kadri
Who are behind this: Tuuli
Who are behind this: Hanna
About Project Paperdolls
Project “Paperdolls” is made by five textile and photography designers and artists from Estonia. It started in early spring 2008 and takes part in several fashion shows and exhibitions.
The aim of the project is to do fashion on a conseptual level without ready-made clothes or live models. This way the fashion is purely about the idea and don´t waste material nor produce more clothes than we need.
Collection “I´m a paperdoll, light my fire” consists 5 different collections. Every designer made a collection of 5 to 6 collection of clothes. These small collections are put together and used as one big collection called “I´m a paperdoll, light my fire”.
Group takes part in music and fashion festival Cabaret Derrida http://www.nihe.ee/ in Tallinn and Tartu. Paperdolls will also go to Leipzigh Fashion Festival http://www.feststoff-leipzig.de/ and ERKI Fashion Show http://www.artun.ee/index.php?main_id=865&lang=est.
More info: paperdolls.lightmyfire@gmail.com