Pikku

PikkuWe’ve featured Pikku before in our old blog site but excellent designs of home textile and paper goods are always worth a repeat acknowledgement. Pikku, a Finnish word for tiny, is the creation of designer, Valerie Ormiston. We love her simple, modern graphics, patterns and the appealing colors. Pikku shoppe can be found here at Big Cartel.

Images: Courtesy of Pikku.

Andrea Brena

Andrea-BrenaBeen wanting to try arm knitting for sometime and now have found two items, carpet and bean bag, that we would love to make. Berlin-based product designer, Andrea Brena, has created ‘Knitted Army’, a collection of woven furnishings using discarded fabric strips collected from textile factories in Italy. Fortunately, one outcome of Brena’s colorful and tactile collection is the revival of the art of arm knitting and crochet.

Images: Courtesy of Andrea Brena.

Renilde de Peuter

Renilde-de-PeuterWhile looking for crochet projects we found these circular potholders on the Japanese online store, Uguisu. They are the creation of Belgian textile artist and crafter, Renilde de Peuter, who shares much of her work in her blog, At-Swim-Two-Birds. Color and design elevates these simple utilitarian objects into a product with strong aesthetic appeal.

Images: Courtesy of Renilde de Peuter.

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