Ismini Samanidou

Section of final piece
Work in production

This incredible large scale woven jacquard by Ismini Samanidou was shown at the Jerwood Contemporary Makers in 2009. The piece is quite beautiful with a strong sense of a historical narrative, as a weaver I was fascinated by it's production.

Australian Tapestry

David Noonan, Untitled, 2009. (230cm x 293 cm)

This is the latest piece created by the famous Australian Tapestry Workshop. Designed by David Noonan, it was then woven by 3 of the Studio's resident weavers. The image is incredibly complex and a testament to the skills of the makers.

Bee's make Bespoke Furniture...

A collaborative event between The Honeybees, Kevin Hill (industrial designer), Vanessa Harden (concept designer) and Ben Faga (artist). The bee's a building a form within the constaints as set by human interaction. This was featured in Designersblock but I have not found a direct link online about the project specifically - will continue with the search.

Paola Lenti

Some cracking textiles at large scales from this italian company who specialise in rugs and seating furniture. They seem very experimental with materials and like to upscale techniques.

www.paulalenti.com

Matthew Harris

Matthew is currently exhibiting in the Men of Cloth exhibition, Manchester. This piece feels particularly striking, quilting, collage, drawing, dying, painterly.

http://www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk/

Latifa Echakhch

Latifa Echakhch

These images come from her solo exhibition in the US (Swiss Institute, NY). A site specific exhibition titled Plaintes is based on a system of measurements developed by Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

loop.ph

Metabolic Media, 2008.

New Orleans - experiment in architecture, 2009.

A long time fan of the work by loop it continues to develop in the space between technology, computers, design, nature.

Design duo Rachel Wingfield and Mathias Gmachl work together and with nobel scientists through Central St Martins to develop disigns / products that have the intention of making a difference.

http://www.loop.ph/

Cradle to Cradle

This jacket has been grown in a lab - complete with patterning by Suzanne Lee. http://www.biocouture.co.uk

The Cradle to Cradle (C2C) concept has been around since the 70's but in the last decade it has been re-considered and is currently utilised as a key way of thinking in terms of sustainabilty, ecology, ethis etc. The principles of C2C are to consider what materials you are using and consider while in the design process where they will end up and ultimatly how they can be used after their initial use. The list here gives an overview of some of the terms used.

There is a good book which I believe is called Cradle to Cradle but will find it and add in here later.

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Re-Modelled

Paul Smith, 2010. Crochet blankets, cottage industry. Source: 5

Fancy yarns, jacquard, dobby, edging

This piece by Louis Vuitton play's with scale of stitch, over working, dye and comes from a classic case of a reworked textile.

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Quilting - 2010

Peter Pilotto, 2010. Quilt inspired prints, pattern, plain, dye. Source: 5

Quilting in 2010 has seen a huge boost following the exhibition at the V&A which presented both contemporary and Historical British quilts - Cell Work which is a quilting project by prisoners was a piece I particularly felt inspired by and will find further images of this.

However, this image represents The Festival of Quilts as presented annually in Birmingham in August.

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Questioning

Basso & Brooke, 2010. Chain mail styled cloth, constructed. Source: 5

Sometimes you come across textiles that questions and challenges the notion of process. This work by Anna Glassbrook was shown at The Octagon in Bath but was work that she completed as a student at Bath Spa and was subsequently shown at New Designers 2010. The work explores the idea of stitch in space, as 3d and had a feeling of a stitch suspended in space.

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