Herin Hong chose to associate Japanese techniques to her taste for simplicity in the creation of her handmade leather accessories. She was born in Seoul, but it’s in London that she started Mollum Vellum in 2015, where she develops mostly small leatherwork defined by her patient and careful craftsmanship.
Charlotte von Poehl’s work is informed by the history of design and by minimal art; it oscillates between art and life, between usefulness and aesthetics, while questioning the space, the lighting and the architecture of the room it occupies. The piece she has created in collaboration with Woven Studio for the exhibition entitled “Patchworks” at the Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art eloquently testifies to how open her practice is to other fields of creation.
After following in Paris a degree in fashion design and another one in textile work and embroidery, Gabrielle Legall, originally from Bretagne, left the French capital in 2016 for Nantes to start her brand Processus: minimal, small batch ready-to-wear that mixes the codes of streetwear and traditional elegance through the use of recycled parachutes and paragliders.
Basket weaving is one of the oldest crafts in the world, and yet Esmé Hofman is one of the rare artisans to master and perpetuate the art of braiding plant fibers together to make objects, furniture, or even accessories more refined than the next.
Quality and ingenuity. Those are the two words that best define the work of the team at Biken, an American bicycle shop started by Ken Sugimoto in 2013. Based in Tustin, southern California, its founder acquired a solid, twenty-year experience as a product designer both in Japan and the US.
Established in the Drôme region of France, France Charvin has been attracted to flowers since she was a child. Today, she carefully makes her own organic cosmetics using plants she farms herself and wild flowers she collects along the sides of her property.
Even though they have been imported from Asia for centuries, it is in the backlands of the Arrée Mountains in the French region of Bretagne that Anne Raffin chose to establish her refinery to produce her own eco-friendly incense sticks.
Made in Town presents Inventaire (inventer + faire),a selection of products reflecting the particular know-how of ateliers all around the world.
Bold creators and artists are the heart of the community, they try, test and make experiences with new materials and new techniques. The second main point is about the know-how and its transmission and continuity.
Design for Peace presents at Made in Town its first collection of decorative objects and fashion accessories: Transhumance. It is the result of seven weeks of collaborative work between seventeen Malian Tuareg craftsmen – now taking refuge in Burkina Faso – and six young French designers, who were gathered in Ouagadougou for a 50 day residency.
