Okay so it was fun for a mini mud fest at the weekend but this rain has got to stop sometime, surely. In the meantime, though we're going to take some sunny solace from Amsterdam-based creative agency Cloud Factory, which has launched its first ever collection of limited edition products.
Like the weather at the moment, this curiously eclectic range is nothing if not surprising. Take the Silhouette Collection, for example, a handmade series of perfume bottles made of black soap. The ephemeral sculptures are designed to melt away, releasing their unique scent as they go. Or the Wallpaper Creatures by photographer Marcel Christ and Jessica Kersten, created from photos of coloured powders shot onto a black background to make fantastical patterns. Then there's the Bow-tie Booklet by Marlies Neugebauer and Carla Ijff, a bow-tie that - really - doubles as an illustrated book.
Silhouette Collection by Liza Witte
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The Dirty Clothes Monsters' Children's book, tableware
by Jessica Kersten and Ricardo
Adolfo
Solanum by
Marcel Christ & Jessica Kersten
Wallpaper Creatures by photographer Marcel Christ and Jessica
Kersten
Bie Booklow-tet by Marlies Neugebauer and Carla Ijff
Vase Dame by
Marlies Neugebauer
Cloud Pillow by Carla Ijff
Cloudfactory was established by Jessica Kersten and
Olivier Teepe as a dual-purpose creative studio. An international
team now includes fashion designers, copywriters, product
designers, technologists, business strategists, art directors,
photographers, and stylists.
We didn't know we needed one but of course they've just the thing for us while we're waiting for summer to come back. The Other Wind Cape, an offering by Isabelle Vigier features a 3 dimensional body shape on its back that inflates, moves and dances in the wind. It adds a certain "je ne sais quoi" to a windy bike ride and lightweight protection all in one.
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