13 - Punk Minimalism

punk + minimalism =

there might be a lot of people who likes punk culture but they don't dare to dress up like the punk style because they scared people might judge them negatively. there are also a little group of people that dress up like punk style nowadays. but, there is a solution for these kind of people that i came up with punk minimalism topic.

by combining punk and minimalism it will be suitable for people to use this kind of clothes everyday. the clothes will roughly look like some of the pictures below.

12 - Class activity (build an evidence map)

so a week before our presentation, we are doing an activity to built up our evidence map based on picture given. we divided into groups of 5 and above is my group work.

11 - Breaking the rules in Minimalism

As i did my research and ask some of people in online survey about minimalism, i am thinking about breaking the rules of minimalism as a new trend. as in like minimalism is well known as its clean cut, straight, simplicity, monochrome and not much prints and colors can play on.

instead of it, let's think about punk minimalism.
according to oxford dictionary, punk meaning are :

1. A loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s. ‘punk had turned pop music and its attendant culture on its head’
2. An admirer or player of punk rock, typically characterized by coloured spiked hair and clothing decorated with safety pins or zips.
3. A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse)

punk in fashion are shown below :

as we can see punk fashion feels like kind of bad person looks with those accessories, tattoos, hair, make up, piercing, etc.

how can we combine punk and minimalism?

by elimination some unnecessary part in punk fashion and add more minimalism. punk fashion well know as their studs leather jacket. might can eliminate the studs and put it in a minimalist way. not too much and not to less.

we can put some 'tattoo' kind of prints.

10 - minimalism in fashion

minimalism is not a new trend for fashion. a lot of retail store do their concept as minimalism for example in Indonesia Cloth Inc brand

in Vietnam there is Nosbyn

as i do my research why minimalism is still trending until now and will be more trending in the future and what is actually minimalism about?

there are two different types of minimalism :

1. An aesthetic – monochrome colors, lots of white and bare space
2. A lifestyle – owning less stuff, living with what’s necessary, giving less meaning to material possessions

Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up might be a major contributor to minimalism’s current popularity and trendiness, since it become a best-selling book.

source : https://www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/clothing/timeless-fashion-trends/minimalism-still-life-twiggy

9 - color, prints/pattern, textile/fabric

Main color

other color

prints/ pattern

emboss

marble print

textile / fabric

taffeta - because i want something that a bit shinny and stern so can make a shape.

Cotton

Suede

8 - minimalism in other point of view

Minimalism can be used not only in design area but as well as in economic, politic, social, environment and technology.

i think its a good example from becomingminimalist.com/minimalist-economy/ about minimalism in economic point of view.

in political, there is an exhibition in Berlin called 'Political/Minimal' in 2009

around 30 works which are formally minimalist and yet also have explicit political content.

These works are visually attractive and easily accessible, but a closer look at the material, the surface, the provenance, or the title of the work transforms an encounter with this art into a complex aesthetic, social, personal, and political experience.

Damien Hirst’s painting (2008) Har Megiddo appears as a massive monochrome black circle. Up close, the circle’s encrusted surface reveals a myriad of dead flies.

can minimalism help the environment?

simplify your life and become a minimalist and you will experience less stress, save some money (frugal living) and helping the environment too.

By eliminating unnecessary distractions, the minimalism lifestyle allows a person to slow down, become aware or mindful of their actions and impacts, acknowledge or appreciate things that matter, and remain connected to themselves.

A Minimalist Approach to Technology

for me minimalism in technology make it more in advance. everything become so simple and so easy to do. but then its not always be positive but also negative like for example human labor replaced by technology.

in china, there is a restaurant that starting to use robots ad a waitress. these robots capable of lifting up to 3kg, can deliver dishes, collect empty plates and communicate with customers in simple sentences.

7 - The Next Black - A film about the Future of Clothing

1. Will the mass consumption of clothing continue to escalate?

-  i think by the time pass by, mass consumption of clothing will be growing more and more, because as we can see now mass market retail stores are more popular than high end retail store. so a lot of people will buy a lot of clothing in mass market store which is produce a lot of same design for clothes. and people can buy a lots of garment to sell it again and become a mass consumption because when u buy 100 its cheaper than u buy 10 and u can sell it again with certain amount of profit.

2. Or will we return to creating quality and caring about what we wear?
- might some of brand will consider about it. or might be mass market with high quality garment?

3. Will the future be centered around smart clothing and new technologies?
- i think as technology more in advance, people will competitor more on technology clothes. as it growing slowly now and getting more popular.

4. Or will we find innovation within organic and traditional methods?
- i think traditional and organic kind of method and clothes is getting unpopular and will be leaving out of trend soon. because nowadays people are looking for instant things and they are leaving their traditional things to modern things. they will prefer modern things as it more trendy and fashionable more than traditional kind of clothing (as in fashion line)

6- Minimalism

what do you think about minimalism?

as i interview a few of my friends about the question above, here are their answers :

1. A typical modern stereotype in color scheming which is an effective way and is most probably effective in the design market.
2. I think minimalistic designs/things are very appeasing to the eye as there is not too much going on in the design, tho this can be subjective. I also find minimalism good because it's immaculate and has an element of symmetry which gives people a sense of contentment. it can be more towards ironically.
3. modern, simple, elegant
4. I view minimalism as a continuously-growing trend nowadays. It's very well-loved because it's modern, and how they can create remarkable impression with the play of minimum colors and ornaments.

for me, in my opinion, minimalism present a simple, clean, bright and not much color in a design. 

minimalism is a very wide topic. but in this case, i'll just focus in some element of minimalism which is clean, simple and elegant.

5 - Gillman Barracks (field trip)

on tutorial week, we have a replacement class which is field trip to Gillman Barracks. there are a lot of different galleries. i went to around 4 or 5 galleries there because a lot of galleries that close on that day also. from that place, i can learn something trends that all their galleries are minimalist, clean, simple and sophisticated looks. the place is very comfortable and wide. mostly, the galleries are all about painting. but the way that they put the paintings in a room is quite nice and every gallery has their own comfortable and feel. Gillman Barracks also has some kind of installation arts outside the gallery. so there are some variety that they use. not all they put into the gallery but some are displayed outside the gallery also like in the middle when u walk to one gallery to another gallery u must see some of these stuffs.

here are some of photos that i took when i was in Gillman Barracks.

 

4 - Baby Boomers vs Millennials

here are some of the difference in buying behaviors between baby boomers and millennials.

1. baby boomers :
• age more than 60
• want to see or touch before buying
• leading in disposable wealth
• not really shop online
• not really shop on their mobile phone
• prefer to shop in store
• use a shopping list
• named the product price as the most important feature
• they want convenience
• confident shoppers
2. millennials :
• age under 30
• want to use technology
• leading in progressive trends
• they shop online
• shop on their mobile phone
• not necessary to shop in store
• prefer to work in teams
• not influenced at all by advertising
• value authenticity as more important than content
• social media is number one for shopping information
• sensitive to price
• gift cards are believed to be safest for online shopping
• embrace loyalty program

3 - library

this week i have been reading some books about forecasting fashion.

the first book is 'Fashion Forecasting' by Evelyn B. Brannon. this books talk about :

• dimension of the color story
• sales time
• development stage
• introduction stage
• market development stage
• exploitation stage
• maturity stage
• saturation stage
• decline stage

the second book title is 'Fashion Forecasting' also by Rita Perna. this book talks about fashion forecasting process. fashion forecasting process starts with research. some of the research are :
1. primary sources
2. secondary sources
3. tertiary sources
4. tracking sales
5. competition
6. demographics
7. values and lifestyles
8. developing the eye
9. publications
10. forecast services
11. a plethora of influences
12. observation posts
13. the new technology
14. fashions and involvement
15. new uses of products
16. old neighborhoods
17. related industries
18. networking

2 - The Diffusion of Innovation Curve

Second week studying forecasting fashion we learnt about the diffusion of innovation curve. we present about this curve based on The Trend Forecasters Hand Book. this curve was first noted by a lawyer and judge, Jean Gabriel de Tarde in nineteenth century. this curve is actually explain how an idea or product gains momentum and diffuses through a specific population or social system. below is the curve.

Class activity :
in class we have some small activity which is guess a theme of these images below :

key characteristic of the trend are :

• Simple low key living
• Organic
• Living within one's mean
• Happy with lesser things
• Becoming carbon aware
• Becoming disenchanted about 'bling'