‘Stitching is so old-fashioned. (Part 1)’

Apr 8, 2009

‘Stitching is so old-fashioned. (Part 1)’

///FASHION and SHAPING

‘Fashion is so old fashioned! We are stitching still the way the Egyptians did!’
Lidewij Edelkoort

We definitely need to re-think the way we design and start sourcing for new ways of working with fabrics and designing fashion.

diamonds1

Watch this movie about the Diamonds Chair, made by Dutch designers Anna ter Haar and Cris Bartels. This happening was shown during the Dutch Design week 2008. The chair, made of vel-tape is build up layer on layer and because of the many layers strong enough to sit on.

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Diamonds are temporary : The Green Light District - green dutch design & architecture says:

April 17, 2009 at 8:46 am

[...] alternative to the stitching of seats. The Diamonds Chair, made of hand died velcro and steel is build up layer by layer. Because of the many layers it is [...]

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