Garment Of The Week: Eley Kishimoto for Climate Week

In aid of this year’s Climate Week (21 - 27 March) super designer Eley Kishimoto has created an exclusively limited-edition t-shirt in aid of the Environmental Justice Foundation’s campaign (modelled by heavyweights Lily Cole, Gemma Arterton and Gillian Anderson to name but a few). The cute tree design t-shirts are organic, ethically produced and are manufactured exclusively using wind and solar power.

Of her design Kishimoto says: “Our t-shirt design incorporates the ‘tree of life’, a concept that exists in many cultures across the world. In itself this represents nature and reminds us to look towards a positive future. We worked with a play on an age-old patchwork motif, symbolising the care and attention our planet needs, translating the idea that all life on earth is connected, and we should work together to tender our environment.”

Available to purchase exclusively from Tesco - who are the headline partner for Climate Week - this great garment will only set you back £10 – so head down to Tesco before the end of the week!

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LFW SS11 Diary: Eley Kishimoto

Living by the maxim ‘Print the World’, Eley Kishimoto have since the early 1990’s strived to create works that exhibit clear intention, simple execution, with a unique creative flair that rejects passing trends and fads. Famed for their unique print design aesthetic, their Shoreditch presentation, Flash On Week united all the products and collaborations that they have branded with their simple Flash logo.

Aside from their fashion collections, Eley Kishimoto have utilised their prints on a variety of different products: wallpaper, furniture, fabrics, soft furnishings, glassware and crockery. This springboard led to more industrial based design work in the automotive, architectural and electronics spheres, whilst collaborating with individual artists and galleries – approaching new design challenges as a platform from which to communicate to a wider and more varied audience.

Creating a high impact, the Bateman’s Row warehouse-style space was filled with lots of fantastic products. Incase is a product created to protect the technology that is essential to our lives. Other collaborations include Belgian gold ale brand Duvel (who were incidentally the event’s drink sponsor), BMW Motorrad, Cinelli bikes, Noble Macmillan, Orlebar Brown beach and swim shorts.

With the Flash project becoming a self-confessed obsession, Flash On Week is held in association with London Fashion Week, The London Design Festival and The Anti Design Festival. Flash On Week is an intriguing twist in the continuing story of the shape-shifters of the print world, and long may it continue.