Livable/Sep Verboom

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Sep Verboom, b. 1990 Ghent, Belgium; lives and works in Ghent, Belgium; Design platform founded 2012

Well-distance-being, 2020

rattan

The response of Livable, spearheaded by Sep Verboom a research and design platform to the United Nation’s Global Call out to Creative initiative recalls through its form the hoop skirt of the nineteenth century. This iteration of the body-guarding garment sets parameters for recommended social distancing, as did its predecessor along with wide-brimmed hats. The rattan is a familiar material with domestic connotations, in line with the United Nation’s design brief, that entries should be friendly in aspect.

Model & styling: Florentien Pletinckx; Photography: Karen Eloot & Pieter Vanoverberghe