renewable clothing by fernando brízio

by placing colored felt-tip pens in the pockets of the dress its appearance changes over time. within an hour – to one and a half hours the colored ink bleeds into the fabric and creates a one-off designfor each occasion. the owner can then clean the dress and color it in a different way for each time they wear it.

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Born in angola, 1968. he obtained his college degree in equipment design in 1996, at the fine arts faculty of lisbon where he is based. Since 1999 he has been developing several product design projects, as well as setting design and exhibition works for details, protodesign, m glass, droog design, the choreographer rui horta, modalisboa, ccb, intramuros, fabrica, lux/atalaia, experimenta design, cor unum and gallery kreo, among others. he is professor and head of design at esad.cr (caldas da rainha, school of art and design) and visiting lecturer at ecal (lausanne). in 2005, he was a curator for the s*cool ibérica project. he has participated in several conferences and juries, and his work has been exhibited and published internationally.

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Changa.Libre – July12.2008 @ Drom. 85 Avenue A. btw 5th & 6th. $5