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The Art Comes First Rota6ng Collec6ve presents:
NUTONE4/2TONE THE SIMPLE ALCHEMY OF DIP-‐DYE
A DEMONSTRATION, EXHIBITION & PROVOCATION
CREATED BY
acf/SAM LAMBERT
acf/SHAKA MAIDOH
ioweyou/KAVITA PARMAR
superduperhats/MATTEO GIOLI energyplan/JENNIFER MAHER
lothoeyewear/AROUN DUCROUX
brooklyncircus/OUIGI THEODORE
NUTONE4/2TONE THE HARD GRAFT
ART COMES FIRST, SUPER DUPER HATS, THE BROOKLYN CIRCUS, LOTHO, I OWE YOU & ENERGY PLAN
It starts with good news. It starts with a gospel. The creaVves behind these internaVonal concepts present a unique program for the Global Village within Florence’s PiZ Uomo as well as Copenhagen’s CIFF fashion fair. With roots in It Fslorence, tarts wBith an ever deepening well of inspiraVon: London, rooklyn, Paris, Tokyo and tAhree-‐dimensional msterdam those parVcipaVng in NUTONE4/2TONE create a simple, powerful and emoVonally direct dialog across geographic and cultural boundaries by mOUR eans U of the simple C and ancient act f saturaVng cloth into color. NIVERSAL OLLECTIVE GoEOGRAPHY OUR UNIVERSAL COLLECTIVE HISTORY The project celebrates the rudimentary but elegant act of the basic dip-‐dye exploring its unique alchemy and matchless potenVal to completely transform the emoVonal tone and spiritual pitch Immense and ever expanding its secrets and stories are simultaneously of sartorial items. finite and discoverable.
This is an effortless way for these creaVves to engage in a nearly primordial form of universal human conversaVon and add further dimension to the ethos and values implied by the original two-‐tone cultural movement.
THE GLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECTION
AMSTERDAM NEW YORK
LONDON
MADRID FLORENCE TOKYO
EVENT COMPONENTS
SIMPLE DIP-‐DYE CONTAINERS DRYING RAILS EXHIBITION STANDS MANNEQUIN/S
BASIC EVENT SET-‐UP
ALTERNATIVE SET-‐UP INCLUDING PHOTO STYLING ELEMENT
ARTIFACT PREPARATION
ARTIFACT PREPARATION
LIVE DIP DYE LIVE SDET-‐UP IP DYE DIP DYE DEMO
DIP DYE DEMO SET-‐UP
LIVE DIP DYE
LIVE DIP DYE LIVE DIP DYE
STYLING FINISHED ITEMS
STYLING FINISHED ITEMS
2TONE TOTEMS
2TONE TOTEMS
NUTONE4/2TONE
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SAM LAMBERT & SHAKA MAIDOH form the core of the ACF london MATTEO GIOLI is a founder of SUPER DUPER HATS florence KAVITA PARMAR is a founder of I OWE YOU madrid AROUN DUCROUX is a founder of LOTHO EYEWEAR paris/tokyo OUIGI THEODORE is the founder of THE BROOKLYN CIRCUS nyc DIP DYE TOUR PROJECTS are managed by JENNIFER MAHER/ENERGY PLAN
TOUR STOPS PLANNED: PITTI UOMO florence CIFF copenhagen
this overview was developed by ENERGY PLAN based on a presentaVon prepared for: MUNICH FABRIC START