This September marks the beginning of a major collaboration in rugs with Dutch designer Edith van Berkel. Transistors by Alexander Girard, 1957 interprets a circuit-like design in embroidered upholstery. Catalog and Firth pair plush texture with performance properties.
Industrial designer and textile expert Edith van Berkel embraces craft in contemporary explorations of color, material, and technique.
A long-term partner of Jongeriuslab, where she has fostered a decades-long textile practice, van Berkel is skilled at translating artisanal techniques to industrial scale.
The result of a centralized production process in Kathmandu, the handwoven rugs enlist local materials and weaving practices to lend tactility and warmth to their surroundings.
Bower's flatweave celebrates the striation and variation of rapidly renewable, undyed nettle.
Compose enlists nuanced color blocking in Argali wool with hand-embroidered silk accents.
Linger evolves an elemental dip-dye for a vivid, two-tone gradient.
Based on an original marker drawing, Transistors by Alexander Girard, 1957 reflects the designer’s fascination with intricate mechanisms.
Embroidered on felted wool, the pattern recalls the order and dynamism of technological systems.
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