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Hernan Guardamagna

MA work

MA work

  • Pre collection / Work in progress

    Pre collection / Work in progress, 2017
    Leather, foam, moulded rubber and textile
    33 cm x 13 cm x 16 xm (dimensions of each shoe ) | Photographer: Hernan Guardamagna

  • Final Collection

    Final Collection, 2018
    33 cm x 13 cm x 16 xm (dimensions of each shoe ) | Photographer: Hernan Guardamagna

  • The Transformation Collection

    The Transformation Collection, 2018
    33 cm x 13 cm x 16 xm (dimensions of each shoe ) | Photographer: Hernan Guardamagna

When Style becomes Function

The starting point of my collection was a conceptual design exercise I proposed myself. Different design movements have argued if what defines a ‘good design’ is function or style. I see footwear as the perfect field to develop a third position in which an object would be able to answer that question in such a way that function and style interact, determining each other mutually.

 

I understand the aesthetic of any fashion object is a function that the item must satisfy. Moreover, I wonder if a pair of shoes can fulfil that purpose with more than one variant of use? Style became the starting point of the design process conditioning the functionality of my shoes.

Programme
Fashion Menswear

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Fashion Menswear, 2018

    Specialism

    footwear

  • I am a fashion designer and I did an MA in footwear design at RCA. I believe fashion can be an intellectual discipline as industrial design is, and therefore my designs propose a conversation between several disciplines in order to create objects that not only fit into the fashion system but also respond to a theoretical inquiry. Footwear is the perfect field to expand that research as it is the balance between style and function.


  • Degrees

  • BA (hons) in Fashion Design, School of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Experience

  • Studio Assistant at EDELINE LEE, London, 2016; Designer at Made in Leather – Boating, Buenos Aires, 2011- 2012; Designer at Airedelsur, Buenos Aires, 2010

  • Exhibitions

  • Buenos Aires Fashion Week, Spring/Summer Edition, 2012–2013

  • Awards

  • Citroën Creative Technologie Award Third Edition, 2012; Semillero UBA – Buenos Aires Fashion Week, Spring/Summer Edition, 2011-2013

Registered Office: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU