Mélange – hodgepodge in the world of fabrics.

About new recycling aesthetics of textiles

New problems = new design tasks = new materials = new aesthetics.

Not so long ago, when thinking about design and specially designed objects, we marvelled at their refined forms. The iconic juicer, though non-functional and user-unfriendly, evoked a sense of awe in aesthetes.

The man has been the centre of the design process for some time now, although recent years have witnessed a shift towards the surrounding nature, which forms his ecosystem.

They both have their own problems and needs, which provide a source for the forms and aesthetics of the designed objects and interiors. New challenges are associated with entirely new and redefined design tasks.  These, in turn, require or even generate new materials, whose characteristics determine completely different, sometimes objectionable aesthetics.

Closed-loop recycling seems to be the only right solution to ensure sustainable development and provide harmony and balance, increasingly required in today’s world. Recycling of materials is becoming our reality. This yields not only new materials and their combinations, but also new textures and structures, which require new ways of perception and acceptance.

The perception of fabrics is becoming profoundly sensuous. Design centres around a sensory approach to materials and the structure of surfaces and textures, which cease to be smooth and uneven, resembling more of a mix of biomass and conglomerates. Compilations of fabrics within collections, on the other hand, are based on splendid juxtapositions and combinations of textures, structures and fine abstract patterns formed by irregular interlacing of fibres varying in thickness, origin, density, roughness or shine.