I LOVE everything Dienke Dekker does. Period. This project called “Intersect” is nothing short of amazing. See here for more info and photos: http://www.dienkedekker.com/?p=1095 

Photo’s by: RAW COLOR, Barbara Medo and Dienke Dekker

This is pretty genius. Harvard post-doc fellow Wim L. Noorduin has been growing flowers at a microscopic level. But, rather than “sculpting” them, he has combined solubles that naturally react to create environments of self-assembled flowers. Cool and beautiful on every level… literally!

For more information and pictures, check out the original article on: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/wim-l-noorduin-microscopic-flowers/

Designer Paul Cocksedge has developed a technique to freeze (!) together metal instead of fusing it by melting. Apparently metal shrinks when frozen and he used this material property to plan his works, so they can be assembled in frozen state and then once they thaw they expand and become a complete structure. So cool! For more information and a lot of great pictures, check out Dezeen: http://www.dezeen.com/2015/10/26/paul-cocksedge-freeze-exhibition-friedman-benda-new-york-usa/ 

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Photos by: Wanda Martin wanda.martin.com

Styling: Federica Cerri federicacerri.com

Published in Zeum Magazine

This just blows me away -  there is a thread, known as “byssus”, that is made from clam saliva! It weighs next to nothing, shines like gold if treated correctly and it is so ancient it was mentioned on the rosetta stone. Apparently the art of making it is only known by one living person! It takes her 300-400 dives to get just 200 gr and she only gives it away (for free!) to people in despair. That’s one poetic thread.

Please check out this article on BBC’s website for more information: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33691781

Take a moment to have some Wes Anderson appreciation. I’m a huge fan of his and have seen every single movie he’s made. These pictures are from Style.com’s coverage of the sixth annual Wes Anderson art show “Bad Dads” at New York’s Joseph Gross Gallery.

Okay, so this project “Fuzzy Logic” has me much too excited for my own good. Textile geekiness AND hacking production techniques in sweet union, how could I not be!?

Adam Blencowe basically just came up with this technique of digitising felting for his graduate project at Royal College of Art: “To digitise this process, the designer hacked a standard jigsaw by building a needle holder that attaches to the blade, and adding a 3D-printed presser foot. He then mounted the modified tool onto a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine.” Quote from this Dezeen article

In my opinion it’s perfect, because it hits that sweet spot between one-off craft production and mass scale production and fits in right where a lot of smaller design companies are. Can’t wait to see what happens with this in the future.

These literally crazy cool permanent 3D leather stickers from Anya Hindmarch combine so many things that I love: Craftsmanship, design, humour, fashion and technical innovation! Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my chin…

Discovered through this article on BoF: http://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/anya-hindmarchs-luxury-sticker-success

Sticker shop on AH’s website: http://www.anyahindmarch.com/Stickers/

I love this experimental weaving project by Dienke Dekker. It’s called Union of Striped Yarns and consists many more samples than the ones shown here (you can see it all right here: http://www.dienkedekker.com/?p=189) but these early samples using industrial plastics are my absolute favourite. The top photo is the permanent cover photo of my “Weave Related” Pinterest board (https://www.pinterest.com/stinelinnemann/weave-related/) out of over 1600 pins and counting, which both tells you how obsessive I am about weaving but also how much I love this project ;)

Don’t forget to check out Dienke Dekker’s website for many more badass projects: http://www.dienkedekker.com 

I’m loving this embroidered series by James Merry. Taking sportswear motifs and softening them with the flowers, it embodies so many of the things I like. Urban meets organic, transformation, playfulness, textile technique, awesomeness… 

Here’s what he has to say about them himself: 

“Where did the idea come from for your new sportswear series?
At the start of this year, I had been stuck in New York for a bit longer than I am usually comfortable with. I was really missing Iceland and being in the countryside, so I guess it was some kind of silent protest of mine—to take something that was super urban and machine-made and barren (my old Nike sweater), and fertilise it, forcing it to flower by embroidering a glacier flower and moss on it. I guess these embroideries are similar to the drawings in Anatomies, in that they both focus on a very particular point of transformation—the moment when one thing turns into something else. I’m obsessed with that.” - Quote from i-D article by Zio Baritaux found here: https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/bjork-collaborator-james-merry39s-incredible-embroidery-creations-uk-translation

Also, here’s his website link: http://www.jtmerry.com/

Check out Peter Alexander’s amazing resin sculptures. These are a selection of his works 2009-2012. Direct link: http://www.peteralexander.com/pa/?page_id=698

I love how many of his colour choices, have turned on to be so on trend for the colours in design both interior and fashion these past few years. Some just have that colour instinct, I guess.

His website: http://www.peteralexander.com/pa/