Visiting architect Julie Grangé for FALKE footprints Antwerp
Julie Grangé knows Antwerp. She grew up here, went to school here, saw the city expand. She watched the new and the old competing neck and neck with each other before deciding to join in on the fun as an architect. Her city is like no other in Belgium; it brings both tradition and innovation together.
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Visiting Johanna Skoczylas and Eliane Diethelm in their studio showroom for Falke footprints Zurich
Zurichs neighborhood Kreis 5 right around the main train station attracted a new generation of entrepreneurs, who opened their cafés, restaurants, showrooms and studios. In the heartbeat of the area we met Johanna and Eliane who created the fashion brand "Little Black Dress"
At her graduate fashion show nine years ago, Joanna met Eliane, a professional seamstress who had realised that she wouldn’t be able to work the way she wanted to at one of the big fashion labels. The two hit it off immediately and became best friends. It’s easy to see why. Eliane’s face is an open book that seems to reflect her every thought. Her eyes fly about the room restlessly, looking for something to hold on to whilst her thoughts drift from one topic to the next. Like Joanna, Eliane is full of energy and entrepreneurial spirit, and driven by the desire to do things differently.
Visiting Swiss designer Alfredo Häberli for Falke footprints Zurich
With more than 37° C we experienced one of the hottest summer days in Zurich. Josef, Sabine and myself humped our equipment from Alfredo's design work 25h Hotel to his office at the other end of the city.
Häberli’s workshop overlooks Lake Zurich. It’s housed in a sober 1970s building: concrete, glass and little spurts of green peeking out between the cracks in the brittle asphalt. He answers the door himself. He’s only got an hour for us – that’s all he can spare, he says. Too much to do. Just like everyone else, designers have to make money – sometimes, for others. For years he has had six people working for him. He glances at his watch. There’s always time for an espresso though.
We follow him into his studio, where a breathtaking scene awaits. Steel shelves are cluttered with memorabilia and objects collected over the past twenty years: plastic spoons, comic figures, plenty of junk, and childrens’ toys everywhere. There’s an old scooter and tricycles, some of them over fifty years old. There’s fabric and plastic contorted into different shapes hung on the walls, none of which serves any discernable purpose. Lamps in all shapes and sizes, as well as an eclectic assortment of dishes, glasses, cutlery, eyeglasses, divers’ masks. A prop collection? What for? Who is this man?
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