MAD’s Ma Yansong with FENDI for FW24 peekaboo and sneakers
For the FENDI FW24 menswear present in Milan, Ma Yansong of MAD Architects unveiled his iteration of the Peekaboo bag and the Maison’s sneakers utilizing visible cues that recall his fluid type in structure. Underneath the artistic course of Silvia Venturini Fendi, Ma Yansong designed the Peekaboo ISeeU Delicate baggage with lacquered aluminum outlines on the facade and handles. They arrive in comfortable grey with a spurt of brilliant yellow and a black model that performs with the idea of bumps because the curved strains jut out of the material.
The Peekaboo ISeeU Delicate assortment by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects options lacquered aluminum outlines on the facade and handles too, giving it a glistening impact from the get-go. Finishing the equipment, his design for FENDI’s FW24 menswear additionally contains pairs of sneakers that share the identical coloration palette as his Peekaboo assortment. These futuristic slip-on sneakers highlight an injected natural sole and a two-tone higher with bubble particulars and metallic accents, whereas the low-profile and flat silhouette gives an ergonomic different to the reinterpreted classics of the season.
Peekaboo ISeeU Delicate by MAD Architects’ Ma Yansong for FENDI | photos courtesy of FENDI
Silhouettes and contours recalling MAD’s structure
The collaboration between FENDI and Ma Yansong of MAD Architects for the FW24 present follows the initiatives carried out by the Maison on partnerships that convey collectively the worlds of style and structure. Earlier than Ma Yansong stepped in for the style designs, Kengo Kuma had additionally reinterpreted a few of FENDI’s assortment utilizing conventional washi paper, woven bamboo, birch bark, and Tuscan olive wooden. His type of historical Japanese craftsmanship and utilization of uncooked pure supplies materialized into baggage and sneakers for FENDI’s SS24 menswear.
For the FW24 menswear present, Silvia Venturini FENDI takes FENDI to huge open areas and the dialogue between custom and know-how, all of which resonate with Ma Yansong’s works and structure at MAD Architects. The runway’s theme emerges as ‘the hybrid nature of the silhouette, and its manifold meanings stay a relentless query on the earth of menswear, to which FENDI responds in ways in which transcend and shock.’ No marvel Ma Yansong of MAD Architects’ Peekaboo ISeeU Delicate design embodies the character of contours. They not solely floor in his architectural designs but additionally in his FENDI assortment of Peekaboo and on a regular basis sneakers.
Ma Yansong of MAD Architects designs FENDI’s sneakers with curvilinear kinds for FW24 menswear assortment
the black model is underlined by its contours that recall MAD Architects’ fluid structure
the Peekaboo ISeeU Delicate embodies contours that stick out
full search for MAD’s Ma Yansong’s design for FENDI FW24 together with his Peekaboo iteration
full search for MAD’s Ma Yansong’s design for FENDI FW24 together with his Peekaboo iteration
challenge information:
identify: Peekaboo ISeeU Delicate and sneakers
design: Ma Yansong
structure: MAD Architects
style home: FENDI
season: Fall/Winter 2024 menswear
artistic course: Silvia Venturini Fendi
matthew burgos | designboom
jan 16, 2024
