If I Had Wings – Zaven (Italy)

A squirrel gliding from tree to tree; airplanes vaulting through the sky; an astronaut suspended against the vastness of space. In their contribution to Knit!, the Venice-based design practice Zaven drew on imagery that captures the allure of flight. If I Had Wings is a series of utopian flight suits which take advantage of the dynamic stretching properties offered by knitted textiles, as well as their versatility in easily adapting to different bodies and interactions. Formed from a panoply of Kvadrat Febrik’s Uniform Melange, Drop, Triangle, Plecto, Sprinkles, Mosaic 2 and Razzle Dazzle textiles, Zaven’s project explores an imagined role for knits in mediating interactions between the body and gravity. 

Zaven

Zaven是一家位于威尼斯的设计工作室,致力于产品设计,图形设计,室内设计和艺术指导的交叉路口。 它由Enrica Cavarzan和Marco Zavagno于2006年创立,围绕广泛的研究建立项目,并始终致力于形式上的明确性。 该工作室已与来自不同背景的创意者展开了许多合作,并在世界各地的大学,学院和设计学校举办课程和讲习班。