prototypes from the protolab

This week we made new prototypes!! We were able to create them at the industrial design center in Kortrijk. At Protolab, Bart Grimonprez was kindly to help us out. We were able to use the lasercutter on the leather and we tried out all different kinds of shapes. Now we are adding the finishing touches, soon you will see the result on our blog.

Dutch Design Week

Last week-end we went to the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. We went to the Design Academy and the TU/e. Below you can find the interesting work of different students.

The sound of the city by Akko Goldenbeld makes you tune in to the ensemble-playing that is environmental planning.

Wooden Textiles by Lenneke Langenhuijsen. During her travels in Tonga she studied the use of wood as a flexible material. Below you can find a movie that shows this technique and crafts.

Lenneke Langenhuijsen from trendtablet on Vimeo.

Va-Tout

Another website you might like is Va-Tout, a website of Line Vanden Bogaerde, who makes lovely jewelery out of porcelain or silver. She also creates illustrations and birth cards. I really like the lay-out of her website, simple, clean, but oh so beautiful. I hope you like it too! Below you can find our favorites... 

Ine Vacquier

If you like our blog, then you might also like Sofie’s former colleague Ine Vacquier’s work. She is a fashion designer and an accessory designer. Our favorites out of her collection you can find below.

Our materials and colour combos

These amazing yarns we found on one of Sofie’s shelves, we absolutely love the colour schemes! We also like these materials because they are all made out of natural fibers. 

Exposition: Triennale Tournai

Two weeks ago we went to triennale in Tournai. Triennale is an exposition about textiles in the contemporary art at five different locations troughout the city.  

Try-outs based on the vichy-diamond

Below you can find some experiments using a fabric with the tipical towel vichy-diamond and a square-based silkscreen print. We are still thinking in what kind of application we are going to use this...