textiles
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Felt Walls
Anne Kyyro Quinn's works in felt have always trapped our attention; we appreciate the endless explorations for transforming a simple and traditional material into fantastic three-dimensional surfaces. -
Draped Beauty
As Vico Magistretti taught us, simplicity is the most difficult and beautiful thing in the world; it takes quite a bit of talent and sensitivity to create using as little as possible, synthesis is as powerful as difficult to achieve. -
Illusory Softness
Moment is the name of a series of strongly and primarily concept-based sofas designed by Swedish collective Front for Italian upholstery master Moroso. -
Volant
Alcantara is an extraordinary non-woven textile created by a japanese researcher almost 40 years ago manufactured and developed in Italy. -
Textile Clouds
It all started when danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat commissioned the Bouroullec brothers to create a showroom where the textiles would be part of the room. The french brothers conceived a modular system of fabric walls, the North Tiles. -
Slow Chair
The beauty and the intelligence of the Slow chair designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec converge in the custom knitted sling that covers it. -
Designing Futuristic Textiles
I saw these wonderful explorations for textiles at a Eindhoven Design Academy exhibit in Milan some years ago, and remained captivated by their power; they emanate a subtle sense of horror and at the same time a compelling need for touching and feeling them. -
Designing the Experience
Panna is the Italian word for cream, and is also is the name Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka chose for his armchair, the Panna chair. The motivation for the selected name is not to be found in culinary grounds, but more likely supported by the feelings and sensations tied to the word cream. -
Tridimensional Textile
Textile designer Ulrika Martensson explores the potentiality of weave by creating a beautiful three-dimensional knitted textile, the Wobbling Wool. The resulting knit combines expression, uniqueness and... -
Make my Day
Definitively one of the items in my wish list, if you are willing to spend 1680 euro and have someone very happy, go ahead, make my day.
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Interview: Patrick Jouin
French designer Patrick Jouin has a creative approach strongly based in the intelligent and innovative use of technologies; we contacted him with our questions and he was happy to answer.
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