Colour scheme

A collaboration with artist Imi Knoebel adds a multi-tonal twist at Akris

LAURA HAWKINS

A collaboration between an artist and a fashion brand often results in little more than a print slapped onto a sweater or sneaker. But when Akris’ creative director Albert Kriemler partners with an artistic heavy hitter – be it German photographer Thomas Ruff, Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto (see W*203) or centenarian Cuban-American artist Carmen Herrera – he goes deep, looking for new creative threads and a kind of synthesised design philosophy.