Q&A

SHOWstudio: How would you define your aesthetic?
Romina Karamanea: An appreciation for balanced proportions, shade and shape. How things come together, engineering… I would describe it as an internal battle of all the things that move me and things that I hate. So my aesthetic is more about cause and effect rather than comfortable definitions of what is ‘beautiful’

How would you describe your creative process?
I have to admit that lately my design process is actually my every day life. Design is evident everywhere I look. Influences just hit me non-stop. Even a short walk to the local convenient store to get some milk could resolve a design issue that I have to deal with. So for me the creative process is just living my every day routine and observing even the most unspectacular moment I come across.

What inspires you?
Practically everything around me but my main inspiration, as well as starting point is the natural beauty of human anatomy and its expression thought time and place. I constantly observe how people communicate today via what they choose to wear in different parts of the world as well as study the history of fashion from ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages and 20tth century. I also tend to get a lot of inspiration from architecture, product / graphic design and by the traditional couture techniques that I was taught. At a first glance my work may seem futuristic but if you look at it carefully there are always echoes from the past.