Anja Maticic
Master of fashion and textile
University of Ljubljana
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Womenswear / Graphic Design
Location: Paris, France
Anja Maticic
First Name: Anja
Last Name: Maticic
Specialisms: Textiles - Print / Womenswear / Graphic Design
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My Location: Paris, France
University / College: University of Ljubljana
Course / Program Title: Master of fashion and textile
About
Anja Matičič is fashion and textile designer from Slovenia. She is based in Paris where she works creating collections inspired by the feelings of home, sensibility and print experimentations. Lately she is strongly inspired by art, Parisian arhitecture and surroundings.
She did her master studies at Faculty of Natural science and engineering (University of Ljubljana) and part studyes at AALTO university (Finland). Where she focused on studying textile and pattern design. Her bachelor thesis done at faculty of design (Slovenia) was focused on sustaniability and zero waste design, which are still the aspects she likes to incomporate in her own collections. She is adaptable, sensible and loves the challenges of designing in different fields.
During her carrer she worked and lived in Ljubljana, Helsinki, Madrid and Paris. Currently she is graphic designer for french brand of bags. She is responsable for designing their collection of scarfs, surface patterns and other graphic elements. She is always in search of new projects and working on her own designs at the same time.
She did her master studies at Faculty of Natural science and engineering (University of Ljubljana) and part studyes at AALTO university (Finland). Where she focused on studying textile and pattern design. Her bachelor thesis done at faculty of design (Slovenia) was focused on sustaniability and zero waste design, which are still the aspects she likes to incomporate in her own collections. She is adaptable, sensible and loves the challenges of designing in different fields.
During her carrer she worked and lived in Ljubljana, Helsinki, Madrid and Paris. Currently she is graphic designer for french brand of bags. She is responsable for designing their collection of scarfs, surface patterns and other graphic elements. She is always in search of new projects and working on her own designs at the same time.
The master thesis explores how to use knitted fabrics as a starting point for creative transformation into current and modern motifs for printed textiles that can be used for a variety of useful products, with a focus on fashion accessories - scarves. By upgrading them, it is possible to turn these accessories into something special and unusual. The master thesis deals with and explores the functional use of scarves, their multifunctionality and their spatial integration in clothing. The emphasis in the design of fashion accessories is not only on decorativeness, which the work does take into the account by accentuating textile patterns, but also treats them in a visually and clpothing integrated way. At the same time, it combines handmade knitwear with modern technology of digital printing in an innovative approach. Designing textile patterns for digital printing is based on scanning different knitted pieces and manipulating them using Adobe Photoshop. The scanned knitted motifs, which are in most cases not repeated, are enlarged accordingly and spot-placed on the products, while the repeated motifs in the textile pattern form the surface texture of the product. The outer contour of the product also plays an important role, which can be emphasised in various ways. The history of the scarves has been researched using original photographs obtained in the museums of Paris. The temporary life and work in this capital of fashion has provided further inspiration and a direct link to the work being created in today‘s world. In the course of the work, various observations of accessories in the fashion shows for autumn 2023 are thus described, with the design of digitally printed textile patterns in mind. The result is a diverse collection of fashion accessories. Some of them have grown with the garment at a certain stage of the design development, resulting from the artist‘s experimentation with the two- or three-dimensional use of the fashion accessory and its placement in the whole garment. The completeness and diversity of the collection is presented in the final photographs.
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