Ballistic Rose

Design: Tobias Wong
Manufacture: Self Manufacture, Toronto, ON
Date: 2006



This fashion accessory pulls fashion up from its shallow tradition and establishes a new high water mark. This rose is made from the same textiles as a bulletproof jacket (ballistic nylon) and is to worn over your heart to protect it in dangerous times. A designed object that genuinely protect the user in both a physical and spiritual sense.

-Todd Falkowsky

Source: CanadianDesignResource.ca

Unauthorised Burberry Buttons

Design: Tobias Wong
Client: Self Manufacture
Date: 1999



Tobias handed out hundreds of these pirate Burberry plaid pins at events around NYC. “A year later, in spring 2000, Burberry themselves caught sight of this ’street trend’ and adapted them into their advertising campaign. The buttons were visible in fashion magazines, billboards, and catalogs - a knock-off of a knock-off”.
-Todd Falkowsky

Source: Canadiandesignresource.com



Burberry Advertisement Spring 2000