SACAI AW21

Inspired by Peter Mitchell's photography book entiled, Memento Mori, capturing the rise and demolition of the Quarry Hill Flats in Leeds in the 1970's, once the first largest social housing estate in Europe. In tune with the title of the photography book, Memento Mori, which is translated in Latin to: "remember you must die", the collection explores the demolition process, reflecting the interior and exterior of the flats before it's destruction. Silhouettes take inspiration from brutalist architecture, whilst prints nod to 1960's-70's wallpaper that was photographed in Quarry Hill.