COACH
The visual output of this collaboration with Dandi Gu revolves around COACH, the dinosaur Rexy, nature, and urban themes. Part of her inspiration comes from the iconic scenes of the monster “Godzilla” walking through the city. However, in the “world” she has created, Rexy is a star monster beloved by urban cool girls. Rexy is a master of many skills— a trendy DJ, a skateboarding expert, a street dancer, and an art enthusiast—bringing the most fashionable elements to these cool girls. She wants to use her signature black-and-white line art style to create the world where Rexy exists. Presented at the Coach stores in Shanghai IFC and IAPM.SUITLAB
“Canvas in the Air” is a collaborative pocket-layout art exhibition presented by SUITLAB and artist Dandi Gu. This exhibition explores the fusion of fashion and artistic expression, integrating pockets into diverse creative and everyday scenarios. By allowing artwork to move with people through the city, the pieces become a living, wearable canvas.Drawing inspiration from urban landscapes, Dandi Gu incorporates elements such as Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl Tower, modern city dwellers, abstract faces, and playful cats and dogs. These motifs are graffiti-painted, stitched, and layered onto pockets, while buttons serve as connectors, allowing the pockets to be freely combined and customized, offering endless styling possibilities.
III VIVINIKO
For the 2022 Autumn/Winter season, Grand Hotel Tulip was envisioned, inviting young artist Dandi Gu to bring her artistic vision to life. Through her interpretation of the Grand Tulip Hotel, she infused whimsical characters with a sense of “simple freshness.”III VIVINIKO uses art to express inner worlds, embodying VVNK’s distinctive Gamine aesthetic, while also resonating with the theme “My City, My Holiday.”