design for (2014)
Description
The product shown in this exhibition were designed as part of a three year research and design project with the aim to create holistic models for design partnerships with non-profit craft-based communities in Southeast Asia. Laos was chosen as the pilot project site because of its invaluable hand woven textiles. The research in Laos began with ethnographic documentation of its visual culture. In order to understand and re-interpret the living culture in present-day Laotian communities we focused on its most important symbol, the Cosmic Serpent. The textiles used in the products are all hand dyed, hand woven, using natural pigments from plants and rocks.
Medium
Textiles and bamboo weaving
Dimensions
Variable