celebrating architecture and
fashion design
The Building Fashion installations commence September 2010.
Installation 1: 09.09 – 09.19 SIMON SPURR AND COLLECTIVE
Installation 2: 09.23 – 10.03 HEATHER HUEY AND URBAN A&O
Installation 3: 10.07 – 10.17 HOUSE OF WARIS AND TBD
Installation 4: 10.21 – 10.31 RICHARD CHAI AND TBD
Installation 5: 11.05 – 11.15 SIKI IM AND TBD
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Simon Spurr and Collective
Simon Spurr launched his eponymous menswear line in 2006 after serving as head Menswear Designer for cK Calvin Klein and Design Director for Ralph Lauren Purple Label and Ralph Lauren Black Label. Now a full American lifestyle brand highlighting modern British elegance, the line includes sportswear, suiting, denim and accessories. SIMON SPURR and SPURR are sold at retailers worldwide including Bergdorf Goodman, Jeffrey New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, Luisa Via Roma, The Webster, Confederacy, Harrods, Bloomingdales, Scoop and Nordstrom. GQ, in conjunction with the CFDA, heralded SPURR as one of the ‘Best New Menswear Designers in America' in 2008. The following year Simon Spurr received the prestigious nomination for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award. Recently, Simon Spurr was a nominee for the CFDA Swarovski Award for Menswear, 2010. www.spurr.tv
Collective embodies four individuals with diverse backgrounds in Architecture, Design, Construction, Fashion, Advertising and Art. The team exists as a co-lab for fresh ideas, methods, and processes in design. Team leaders include: Marc Dizon, George Alan, Zach Hines, and Dehlia Quellman.
Supima and Konyk
Supima provides the world's finest luxury cotton for fashion and home textiles and is proud to be a Headline Sponsor of Building Fashion. Supima has teamed up with Konyk to design over 4,000 square ft. of outdoor space under the High Line, which will serve as an event space throughout the duration of Building Fashion. www.supima.com
Konyk, a creative architectural design studio creates innovative approaches to architecture at multiple scales. Craig Konyk is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University and in the Graduate School of Architecture at Pratt Institute. Most recently, Konyk was honored with an New York Chapter AIA Design Merit Award for their Urban Design proposal “Urban Aeration”. www.konyk.com
Building Fashion is a project by BOFFO and Spilios Gianakopoulos.
BOFFO
A non-profit arts and culture organization based in New York City, aiming to provide exposure for artists and designers through exhibitions and events, create a community for artists and designers to network, and to explore a subject matter that educates and informs the public.
As an organization, BOFFO utilizes temporary locations for events and exhibitions, constantly moving, redefining both physical and theoretical parameters. With this structure our artists and designers are given the opportunity to explore many different opportunities. Additionally, every location invites a different audience to participate in activities associated with the organization, giving each event unique, location-specific, characteristics.
| Spilios Gianakopoulos Building Fashion Co-Founder and Co-Director Gianakopoulos balances a wide range of professional involvement in architecture, photography, performance, fashion and journalism. Collaborations include Herzog & de Meuron, Fischerspooner, MoMA, Pandiscio Co., Vogue Greece, PaperMagazine, Neil Denari, Piero Lissoni, Winka Dubbeldam, Jacques Grange, the Museum of the City of New York. |
| Faris Al-Shathir Building Fashion and BOFFO Co-Founder and Co-Director Al-Shathir has curated exhibitions for BOFFO, University of Pennsylvania, American Institute of Architects and has assisted with exhibitions at Slaught Foundation and Storefront for Art and Architecture. Faris has received a presidential commendation for work with the AIA, a traveling fellowship from UPenn, and awards and recognitions from Rhodes College and the University of New SouthWales. |
| Gregory Sparks BOFFO Co-Director An artist, designer, and curator working in New York City, Gregory’s working process is centered on meticulous and labor intensive installations and drawings. He received his bachelors and masters degrees in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania with additional studies in art and design at Parsons and New York University. |
| Building Fashion Branding and Design by DESIGNWATSON Established in 2008 by William Richmond-Watson, DesignWatson is a full-service creative studio in New York City. DesignWatson has worked with clients across the board, ranging from boutique firms, to non-profits, to Fortune 500 companies, among them: Luxembourg & Dayan, Target, Anthropologie, and the Paul Newman-founded Safe Water Network. DesignWatson provides art direction, logo design, print, packaging, product, web design and promotional marketing. |
Designed by Spilios Gianakopoulos with Pandiscio Co., the HL23 Tin is adjacent to HL23, nested beneath the High Line on 5,000 square feet of outdoor space. The HL23 Tin is a well-crafted converted trailer, fitted with custom interior furnishings and a landscaped exterior inviting street traffic to the previously abandoned site.
504 West 24th Street
This summer become part of New York’s cultural high line of architecture and fashion.
CONCEPT
Building Fashion celebrates cutting edge design through a series of temporary installations under the High Line at HL23. Hosted by BOFFO and Spilios Gianakopoulos, Building Fashion pairs fashion designers with architects in an installation series exploring the intersection of architecture and fashion through integrated store and exhibition design.
INSTALLATIONS
Building Fashion will showcase design on par with the caliber, prestige and quality demonstrated by the landmark precedence of Neil Denari’s HL23. All installations will be open to the public. Each will reflect the fashion brand’s image through expressive voluminous forms engaging both indoor and outdoor elements of the site. All of the fashion designers asked to participate do not have freestanding stores. This is an opportunity to explore how their vision and brand can be translated into an environment and three-dimensional space by creating a strong and distinguished visual presentation transcending the common pop-up store. Architects will be selected with Architizer through a national search of the leading emerging designers.