Love the bold patterns created for the Japanese brand, Aogoromo. The parent company from Kyoto, Willbe Corporation, has successfully combined traditional indigo dyeing technique with modern sensibility. The company created eleven patterns using traditional icons such as Mt. Fuji, colored carp and cherry blossoms and used them on a
variety of consumer products.
Images: Courtesy of Aogoromo and Willbe Corporation.
Love these patterns and products created by Stockholm-based illustrator and designer, Anna Lindsten. She works with various tools in her work but the paper cutting probably gives us the simple shapes we at Cari Mateo so admires. Here’s what we know about the artist from her bio:
“Anna likes the forest so there are lots of trees, woodplants and characters – imaginative or not – in her work. Her work is colourful and playful, inspiration come from popular culture, comics, art, fairy tales, fashion, vintage children books, magazines, children’s art, folk art, the Swedish landscape of SmÃ¥land that has a big influence on her since she was a child.â€â€¨
Images: Courtesy of Anna Lindsten.
We’re always on the lookout for handcrafted projects that we would like to try making. We love this cube garland lamp from Japanese online store, Chou Chou. We’ve seen these lamps made from origami papers but we prefer using fabric for the cubes. Chou Chou makes theirs from Liberty and vintage fabric.
Images: Courtesy of Chou Chou.
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