CRYSTALLIZED™ MAGAZINE issue 12: SURFACE SHIMMER REVEALS HIDDEN DEPTHS
ISSUE 12, FEATURING NICK KNIGHT, JURGEN BEY, GIAMBATTISTA VALLI, CHARLES JENCKS AND ROGER HIORNS
The latest edition of CRYSTALLIZED™ goes behind the scenes of contemporary culture, tapping into the profound intelligence that lies beneath the glamour and glitter of the fashion, art, design and architectural spheres.
Internationally-acclaimed creatives line up in issue 12 of the glossy, large-format magazine to reveal the motivations, inspirations, philosophies and methodologies at the heart of their most accomplished works – works that are about much more than spectacular surface sheen.
Brilliant thinkers, sparkling creatives
Dutch design duo Jurgen Bey and Rianne Makkink invite CRYSTALLIZED™ to Rotterdam for a privileged glimpse into their new studio, while world-renowned architectural theorist Charles Jencks shares his candid views on some of the world’s most iconic buildings. Roger Hiorns, a British artist, amazes with his large-scale installation that saw him fill an abandoned home with 80,000 litres of copper sulphate solution. An exclusive interview with Nick Knight, illustrated with a tightly edited selection from his impressive oeuvre, perfectly exemplifies the brilliant melding of surface shine with profundity of thought for which CRYSTALLIZED™ has become known
Bright lights in fashion
Fashion seizes the opportunity to dazzle on many levels. The magazine examines the key role played by lighting design in catwalk shows, and Giambattista Valli grants a private audience to talk radical chic. Star-spangled fashion shoots, showing crystal-embellished pieces by Lanvin, Chloé and Marios Schwab, amongst others, strike a filmic note. ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ showcases the extraordinary new model Karolin, styled by CRYSTALLIZED™ fashion editor Arabella Mills and shot against a sensational New York backdrop by Annelise Phillips; Mills also styled ‘Girl, Uninterrupted’, a dramatically lit story by Laura Sciacovelli. ‘A Woman Under The Influence’, styled by Francesca Burns and shot by Benjamin A Huseby, evokes the moody beauty of a young Gena Rowlands.
 

Innovations and collaborations

The latest CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements innovations for Spring/Summer 2010 are presented in a technically sophisticated, stunningly dramatic series by still-life whiz-kid Daniel Schweizer; and photographer Angela Moore collaborates with stylist Lyndsay Milne to produce a rich interpretation of Swarovski’s trend predictions, posing inventive freethinking as the way forward for 2010. Finally, the magazine covers CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements’ creative collaborations with new and established designers, from an enchanting makeover for Dorothy’s Wizard of Oz ruby slippers by the likes of Manolo Blahnik, to luxurious leather accessories by Coccinelle, via a sparkling holiday season partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue.
 
The next issue of Crystallized™ is available in February 2009.
In 1895, Daniel Swarovski I, a Bohemian inventor and visionary, moved to the village of Wattens, Tyrol in Austria, with his newly-invented machine for cutting and polishing crystal jewellery stones. From this beginning that revolutionised the fashion world, Swarovski has grown to be the world’s leading producer of precision-cut crystal, for fashion, jewellery and more recently lighting, architecture and interiors. Today, the company, still based in Wattens, family-owned and run by 4th and 5th generation family members, has a global reach, with some 22.000 employees, a presence in over 120 countries and a turnover in 2007 of 2.56 billion Euros. Swarovski comprises two major businesses, one producing and selling loose elements to the industry and the other creating design-driven finished products. Swarovski crystal components, known by their product brand names CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements for fashion and STRASS® Swarovski® Crystal for architecture and light, have become an essential ingredient of international design. Since 1965 the company has also catered to the fine jewellery industry with precision-cut genuine and created gemstones, and from April 2008 has strengthened this relationship by revitalising and renaming the product brand ENLIGHTENED™ - Swarovski Elements. Showing the creativity that lies at the heart of the company, Swarovski’s own-brand lines of accessories, jewellery and home décor are sold through more than 1300 Swarovski stores and concessions in all major fashion capitals, while the exclusive Daniel Swarovski accessories collection has become the company’s Couture signature. The Swarovski Crystal Society has close to 400,000 members worldwide, keen collectors of the celebrated crystal figurines. And in Wattens, Swarovski Kristallwelten, the multi-media crystal museum, was opened in 1995, as a celebration of Swarovski’s universe of innovation and inspiration. The Swarovski corporation also includes Tyrolit®, manufacturing grinding tools, Swareflex, for road safety reflectors and Swarovski Optik, producing precision optical instruments.