http://www.comme-des-garcons.com/
Portfolio: Comme Des Garçons est. 1969
We live in a world where acceptance is beautiful. Open minds are the most intelligent, and to embrace is to learn.
Rei Kawakubo's innovation was her approach to fashion, or rather, anti-fashion. In 1981 when Kawakubo arrived in Paris ready to showcase her collection for Comme des Garçons, fashion critics dismissed her (lack of) use for colour as dull and her distressed and asymmetric cuts as ridiculous.
During that time, French designers were most influential and believed that
fashion should be excessively decorate, feminine and bright. Kawakubo’s
collections of ‘Anti-fashion’ “challenged the notion that fashion was
meant to beautify or to be beautiful.”
[Source - N/A. (2004). ANTI-FASHION DESIGNER. Available: http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f60/anti-fashion-designer-6240.html. Last accessed 20th November 2013.]"Rei Kawakubo has refused to accept stereotypes in fashion. AMONG the plethora of international labels that biannually produce fashion according to what’s written in the stars, Comme des Garcons stands out simply because it doesn't give a glossy toss about fitting into the conventional world of style."
Through her undying passion she has now become one of the worlds most succesful fashion designers and continues to pioneer through the fashion world today. One of her most famous stores to name, the Dover Street Market is a collective hub of some of fashion's biggest brands and often showcases art exhibitions.
http://www.jonathanive.com/
Portfolio: iPhone, iPod MacBook Pro, iMac,MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and iOS 7
British product designer Jonathan Ive can be remembered as one of the key people who aided Apple's flourishing company. He's done so since 1992 and continues to release and evolve products even today. By perfecting every design and detail, ever since Jonathan Ive's rise, he has ensured that every Apple product is capable of flying off the shelves. The demand for such Apple products still exists today.
Ive has won several awards including:British Visionary Innovator award for 2012, Design Museum's Designer of the year and 'Most Influential Person On British Culture' by the BBC in 2004.
Ive is truly innovative in the way that he's led the market for smart phones, tablets and completely revolutionised the market in that aspect. He's highly respected in the technological world and is dubbed by some - a true genius. [Source]
This short documentary video discusses a brief history of Apple's computer technology and design. Features Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ives.
James Dyson.
http://www.dyson.co.uk/
Portfolio : Dyson Hoovers
Perhaps one of the most well known inventors in the world, James Dyson is the creator of aptly named Dyson Hoovers which tackled the need for a hoover that doesn't loose suction as it picked up dirt.
Dyson Hoovers boast "Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. In laymen's terms, James Dyson invented a vacuum cleaner that wouldn't lose suction as it picked up dirt." [Source ]
The inventor is advocates and promotes the education of engineers. In 2002, James Dyson set up the Dyson foundation which nourishes and inspires young designers of Britain. Individuals involved in this foundation are also legible for entering and winning the James Dyson Award which receives the backing of industry professionals that recognise the brilliance of the idea presented and gives £2,000 in the aid of manufacturing and researching such products.
Here James Dyson imparts a few pearls of wisdom to do with innovation, engineering and the industry of product design and development.
