On Saturday, Poesy & Praxis and Bean Again hosted the Mid-Winter Woolly Repair Shop at Novo Coffee’s roasting facility in Denver. We wanted to celebrate repair by patching up our moth-eaten, torn and over loved woolly goods. It was an unusually warm winter day, but the communal tables were still filled up with friends and families who stopped by to learn needle felting and enjoy a cup of joe (sometimes with colorful sugary syrups added in). It was a great day, and the first of many social design events we will be presenting. Thanks to Herb, the coffee king, for hosting!
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Portfolio: Mid-Winter Woolly Repair Shop
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011The 11th Tapestry
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
During the London Design Festival I was running all over town covering the events for both Designklub and MoCo Loco. My very last stop, on my very last day in London, was to the V&A (which was fitting given it’s my favorite museum there).
Tucked away in one of the furthest corners of the building was the 11th Tapestry, an interactive projection created by KikiT VisuoSonic. Set alongside the V&A’s 15th century Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, the digital tapestry was designed to change, based on movements and sounds in the gallery. The effects were truly stunning. In a room where many visitors give the artifacts a brief glance, this installation stopped people in their tracks. While I was there visitors were completely engaged; clapping, chatting, anything to try and activate the tapestry’s response.
The project itself was so impressive that it made me wonder why the museum didn’t capitalize on this captive audience. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to share more information about the historic tapestries that surrounded us and link the changes in the digital version to the centuries old originals. While the 11th Tapestry made me examine the artifacts a little more closely, some context would have made this installation educational as well as beautiful.
V&A Patchwork Pattern Maker
Saturday, April 17th, 2010
The V&A has opened a new exhibition on quilts that I have yet to see. Browsing through their website I came across the Patchwork Pattern Maker, an online tool which allows visitors to select photos from the V&A collection, or upload their own, and transform the pics into a quilt pattern. This is such a simple and lovely add-on for the show, allowing people to take their interest in the subject matter further by making a quilt of their own. While I’ve only tackled the most basic Denyse Schmidt projects, with the help of the pattern maker I’m ready to take things to the next level.
