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Fashioning Value – Undressing Ornament

Writer
Femke de Vries
Price
$15.00
Date
2015
Publisher
Onomatopee
Format
Artists' Books
Size
12.5 × 17 cm
Length
86 pp
Genre
Fashion
Description

By looking at fashion through the paradigmatic changes of ornament this essay offers insights into today’s design realm and future scenarios. Focusing on contemporary fashion as a system of value production it reflects on the position of fashion within today’s experience economy, and its effect on products, makers and users.

Alongside the traditional literal form of ornament a contemporary form has emerged, which shares the characteristics ascribed to the literal ornament but has an even more pervasive effect on makers, users and products.This contemporary ornament, which takes the shape of commercially constructed values and relates to branding, storytelling and the experience economy, plays a key role in the understanding of fashion today. Interwoven with design practices this value-ornament has gained a dominant position in today’s consumer society.
By considering the evolution of ornament and its layered character, and by examining relevant reflections from various sources and contexts ranging from Adolf Loos to Michel de Certeau, this text describes the impact of the contemporary value-ornament on today’s makers and users, revealing potential for future alternatives.

Softcover, saddle stitch, b/w

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