PRODUCT DESIGN
TEXTILE MANIPULATION AND MATERIAL RESEARCH
TEXTILES / SOFT MATERIAL / BIO MATERIAL
DESIGN RESEARCH
FERNANDA BONVINI CREATES AND CURATES SURFACE, TEXTILE, COLOUR & FORM TO CREATE UNIQUE SURFACE CONCEPTS FOR BODY, PLACE AND SPACES.
BOLD USE OF SCALE ALONGSIDE SENSITIVE DETAIL LEADS TO EXCITING VISUAL LIBRARIES’ : THESE CAREFULLY BALANCED COLLECTIONS ARE TACTILE REFERENCES TO BE USED ACROSS ALL DESIGN DISCIPLINES, AS SHE DEMONSTRATES, FROM FASHION, INTERIORS, TO URBAN LANDSCAPE
FERNANDA'S CREATIVE PROCESS CONSISTS OF VISUAL EXPERIMENTATIONS LED BY THE CORRELATION OF SURFACES AND MATERIALS.
SCULPTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FORMED DURING THE RESEARCH PROCESS EITHER FOR HER PERSONAL PROJECTS OR TO BEGIN THE DESIGN OF A BESPOKE PRODUCT DESIGN.
SINCE GRADUATING iN 2004 IN PRODUCT DESIGN IN BRAZIL, FERNANDA ESTABLISHED THAT SUSTAINABILITY AND ECO DESIGN SHOULD BE COMMON PRACTICES CONTINUOUSLY APPLIED IN HER CREATIVE PROCESS.
FERNANDA CHALLENGES HER PERSONAL AESTHETICS, CHARACTERIZED BY THE USE OF LAYERS: IN HER ILLUSTRATIONS, TECHNIQUES AND EVEN IN THE MAKING PROCESS OF A CRAFTED PRODUCT. SHE DOES IT IN HER PERSONAL PRACTICE BY SIMPLIFYING THE USE OF MATERIALS WHEN DESIGNING A PRODUCT, OR FOR EXAMPLE USING REMANANT MATERIAL FROM THE INDUSTRY.
BIO
Looking forward to work in collaboration with designers, architects, scientists & artists.
.ART & DESIGN RESEARCH.
.memory - experience . functionality . aesthetics . ephemerality. innovation . spatial and landscape design.
. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND .
TEXTILE DESIGN
BA(Hons) Edinburgh College of Art
(UK 2014 - 2018)
TEXTILE DESIGN
HND, Edinburgh College
(UK 2013 - 2014)
TEXTILE & SPATIAL DESIGN
(PARIS, 2009 - 2012)
PRODUCT DESIGN
BA (Hons) UniverCidade
(Brazil 1999-2004)
EXHIBITIONS
2024 IN PLACE - Group exhibition at Mote 102 _Leith , Edinburgh
2023 TOAST Edinburgh - Selection of textile art tailored for TOAST SS23 Collection Open Water
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2019 - 2018
East Linton Art 2019 - East Linton
RogArt Street Campus- Glasgow _ 2019
FTP_magazine _Publication 2019 _ Work image mentioned & exhibited in the Open Event at CCA Glasgow.
Runner up Inches Carr Trust Graduate award 2019 _ V&A Dundee
Shortlisted on SBDI 2018 Interiors decoration . Work image mentioned & exhibited in the House of Commons, London.
ECA Degree Show _ University of Edinburgh
London NEW DESIGNERS _ London Design Business Centre
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2017
Sense of place (Collaboration with Alison Wibmer)
National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh, UK
Common Threads at the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow UK
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2016
“Soul Amazon”_ Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show. _ Edinburgh UK
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2015
What is in your bin bag? _ Textile Wall piece raising the question of individuals perceptions on recycling and the food waste issue.
(Shortlisted on ‘Batsford Prize’ 2015 ) Work Image mentioned & Exhibited in the award event in London, UK
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2015
‘The Day after'
Sta.Criatura in collaboration with artist Marcelo Caldas designed a fashion- art Installation For an exhibition themed “The carnival is over” at Plaza Shopping Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, BR
INCHES CARR TRUST 2018
EXHIBITED AT THE V&A DUNDEE
