October 5, 2008
It’s strangely gratifying when a design or craft tradition thought to have arisen autochthonous in one place and from one people turns out to have a far more mongrel origin. In my experience, when looking at artisanal and other design, it seems that cultural borrowing and hybridity are overwhelmingly the rule rather than the exception and purity has nothing to do with it.
September 22, 2008
People are in love with their Vera scarves, as you will see if you search Flickr. My mother had Vera scarves, so nostalgia may be mixed in with my addiction to the strange geometry.
September 16, 2008
Stream of Light Sofa by Olivia Lee. Probably in the category of “conceptual design,” this furniture piece was created by weaving, felting and crocheting natural fibres around a set of Vitra chairs and a stool.
September 11, 2008
Yesterday Apartment Therapy featured some pillows made from vintage scarves by Madeline Weinrib (directly below) and sheesh, they run from US$900-$1200. You can make your own. AT recommends this tutorial from Martha Stewart Living but we’ve also included our own below, because 2 tutorials are better than one.
September 7, 2008
Fur hammock by Bless, the design collaboration of Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag, who work out of Paris and Berlin. The fur is probably not recycled, but it’d be a great piece if it were.
