After two months of research my thesis is finally finished! I’ve been looking at the experience of pregnancy and parenthood. Over the next few weeks I will be designing and developing concepts surrounding that theme. The thesis was printed and bound by Andersons in Glasgow who did an amazing job! An online version will be available to view shortly.
I’m currently starting up a company called ‘Foldability’ based in Glasgow, Scotland. If you’d like to check out my new website please go to http://cargocollective.com/foldability
Illustrations drawn whilst studying Fashion design at Politecnico di Milano in Italy, 2011. Currently I am working on a collection of expandable garments for maternity wear as part of my Masters of European Design thesis. Visit my blog to see inspiration for the project. http://foldability.tumblr.com/
Bespoke fitting designed for the department store USC, 2010.
Bespoke lamp fittings for Sygn Bar, Edinburgh, 2010. Photos courtesy of www.four-by-two.com
Origami lamps 1 and 2 of an eight part series, 2010. Photography by Ross McLean.
Origami lamps 3 and 4 of an eight part series, 2010. Photography by Ross McLean.
A series of 8 origami lamp shades, exhibited at the pop-up shop, The Gin Palace, 2010. Photography by Ross McLean.
Table lamps that were designed while working at the design firm Flip in India, 2010. The designs have since been put into production and are being sold in Bangalore.
Experiments into folding techniques whilst working at the company ‘Flip’ in Bangalore, 2010.
Cube origami lamp, 2009.
This piece was created by Kyla McCallum for a project mentored by the German Fashion Designer Eva Gronbach in Cologne, 2007. The skirt holds 67 books with a total of 20,000 pages, each one folded by hand. Photography by Natascha Aplas.
To see some more of Kyla’s work go to…
Gift Cards designed for Breuninger Department store while working for the company Bel Epok in Cologne, 2008.
Font, Hairy Helvetica, 2008.
