thirtyfour in perspective

We interrupt this blog to quickly divert your attention to thirtyfour in perspective, an event organised by thirtyfour, a Kuala Lumpur-based design collective, on Tuesday, 18th Nov 2008. As advertised on facebook and in their e-invites, this one-night only event at the historical Chin Woo stadium, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, showcases their “explorations in skin” over the past 18 months. The result is a collection of hand-made leather accessories –bags, clutches, belts, cuffs, wallets, sandals, slippers, card holders– that has cultivated a niche following, the hip urban audience who are looking to stand apart from mainstream cookie-cutter society. Functional and minimally stylish, thirtyfour’s designs combine bold shapes, lines and contours with unusual textures such as chicken skin among others and daring bursts of colours. While we loved their door gift and went equally glazy-eyed over their designs, it was their “out of the ordinary” installation, created out of scaffolding, bubble wrap and stenciled cardboard boxes, which won a RogueArt thumbs up. Go thirtyfour!