Nadia Dafri, c’est une griffe pas comme les autres. C’est du bijou tissu qui privilégie essentiellement le wax. Son inspiration, elle l’a trouve aux quatre coins du monde.
Elle affectionne les compositions asymétriques à la délicate caresse du textile.
PHOTO Jean Philippe Lacube
Toutes les créations de Nadia Dafri sont cousues à la main, au sein d’ateliers qui sont aussi des lieux de reconstruction de l’estime de soi. A l’origine rien ne prédestinait Nadia à faire cette carrière mais c’est l’Afrique qui la mettra face à son destin: durant un voyage, devant un étal de marché, elle s’émerveille de la générosité de couleurs et de motifs du wax. C’est dans ce tissu qu’elle s’essaye, bientôt, à reproduire un collier. Très vite, elle dérive du discret modèle original pour créer un plastron ample, au caractère bien affirmé. Depuis, la créatrice propose des pièces inédites. Nadia Dafri est présente, entre autres, au Marché des modes à Roubaix et collabore régulièrement avec la marque Moloko.
Après l’Afrique et l’Asie, cap sur l’Orient. Les bijoux de Nadia Dafri font escale cette saison au cœur d’Istanbul, ville mélancolique d’Orhan Pamuk, tiraillée entre sa soif d’Occidentalité et son passé ancestral illuminé d’Orient. Le mouvement des coupoles de la mosquée bleue, les volumes aériens de l’architecture stambouliote, les chaudes couleurs orientales, réunis et sublimés dans l’espace oblongue du collier, tout cela a nourri l’univers créatif de la designer. Une collection à découvrir…
crédit photo Jean Philippe Lacube
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Beth, these are really ogroegus. I’m thrilled for her that she allowed you to take some beautiful portraits as well as the working’ pictures. I bet they’re the best pictures anyone has ever taken of her. So many of the people I photograph haven’t been shot since their wedding days! This should be a regular treat for everyone, don’t you agree??
– What are your thoughts on erssuapive technology? Do you believe in the idea? Do you think they work? Do you think erssuapive interfaces are ethical?I think computers, without any intentional design, is already being erssuapive in changing people’s behavior. As an architect, I observe designers change their design simply because this is easier to model or this looks better in rendering . People tend to structure their design with reusable components and parametric logic, which are suggested by the CAD software, rather than axis and patterns, which are suggested by hand drafting. Processes can successfully persuade designers to do a different type of design by making it easier to draw. I don’t think it’s necessary to isolate computers or technologies in persuasion design. In Fogg’s book, many studies still work if transferred from screens to paper. People do feel that computers are affecting them more, because: (1) computers are more information intensive than other media; (2) computers are perceived as more authoritative; (3) computers do a better job when rich media and artificial intelligence is included, by providing a more immersive conversation. Therefore, the ethical question about erssuapive interface exists beyond the scope of digital technologies. In Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational, he explains the psychological effect by changing check if you do to check if you don’t on paper forms. I don’t see a big deal if erssuapive technology is applied in sales or campaign. However, for issues concerning individual rights, it’s critical for the designer to take into consideration that the interface could potentially bring bias into the user’s judgement, and try to be neutral all the time. – Find an application of erssuapive technology. Talk about whether the goal of the application is appropriate and whether the technology is appropriate to encourage achievement of the goal.In another class I’ve been looking at carbon calculator apps for smartphones. The goal of such apps are to encourage people to live a greener life, for example, to drive less. They do it by showing how much CO2 emission has been generated by the user’s behavior, as bar charts in weekly or monthly reports. The user can use it to set personal goals, upload the data to social networks to compete with other people, or even trade virtual carbon credits. It is a great idea to use the internet and bring in social factor. It keeps the user motivated to track his own carbon footprint. However these apps are ridiculously hard to use because the user has to literally input everything he’s been doing. If he goes shopping, he needs to type into his phone that he will drive a 2.0L vehicle for 8.7 miles (two inputs required if he wants to take advantage of the built in GPS). With so much effort all he gets is an abstract number. After a few tries most user say, I get the point: the number is smaller when I don’t drive. I am aware of it without the app.