Designer:
Iris van Herpen is a Dutch fashion designer from Wamel, Netherlands who is known for her futuristic haute couture designs. Her designs push boundaries, incorporating unique forms and uncommon materials, including her 3D printed dresses. As a designer, she makes a note to collaborate with professionals from many different fields including art, science, and technology, learning from them in order to further advance her designing abilities.
Website:
This website design highlights her innovative and futuristic aesthetic through a sleek color palette of grey tones, black, and white, a minimalistic layout, and the combination of thin weighted sans serif typefaces. The use of a 24-column grid maintains structure while still allowing for dynamic movement, reflecting both the geometric and organic qualities of her work. As Van Herpen is known not only for her almost otherworldly designs, but also how they interact with the human body, the works page includes a hover feature over her designs, providing the audience with feedback when they hover their mouse, shifting from a cutout of the design by itself to a cutout of the model wearing the design. This feature allows for the user to first see the unique form of Van Herpen’s designs before revealing how they mesh with the human figure.