Patrizia Moroso, creative director of the Italian design company, Moroso, created an homage to African design at Salone del Mobile 2009 and then again at ICFF, collaborating with a slew of star designers including Ayse Birsel & Bibi Seck and Patricia Urquiola. The work is nothing short of phenomenal.
Me-Design magazine says: “2009 looks set [...]
Posts Tagged ‘craft’
WHAT WOMEN ARE MAKING: AFRICA VIA ITALY
Posted in 'What Women Make' project, -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged -girl on the street, africa, artisans, ayse birsel, craft, craftsmanship, design, female, girlonthestreet, girls, italy, leadership, mafrique, memagazine, milan, milano, moroso, newdesign, oldmaterials, patiche, patricial urquiola, PatriciaUrquiola, tradition, what women make, whatwomenmake, women, yatzer.com on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To open a store, or to not open a store, exactly.
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged chauncey, core 77, core77, craft, design, fast fashion, forever 21, forever21, girlonthestreet, h&m, milan, milano, Moustache, salone, topshop, www.moustache.fr, zalkin, zara on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That is the question.
And in my research of exactly how to tailor make my next endeavour to fit
my passions and the times, I found this think piece at Core77 entitled Selling the Future: Design and the Financial Crisis that I think is worth a gander.
Quotes include:
“Make less. Make it better. Focus on craft.”
“Examine the thing [...]
obama nesting dolls
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, Contributors, tagged art, collage, craft, crafts, design, etsy, girlonthestreet, girls, knit, nesting dolls, Obama, politics, quilt, woman, women on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I like the idea of nesting dolls as a metaphor for personality and layers of personal and social significance of an individual or an idea or both. What should you choose as the outer layer? What the public sees first would be the obvious choice, but maybe its the biggest thing about the person, the [...]
Hero
Posted in -Alabama Chanin, Contributors, tagged - Natalie Chanin, -Alabama Chanin, activist, alice waters, alternative, america, american, art, children, color purple, community, country, craft, design, education, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, fabric, family, fashion, female, food, garden, health, hero, heroes, leader, mentor, montessori, mother, progressive, progressive education, project alabama, sewing, south, sustainability, textiles, woman, women on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chauncey was diligent in asking me to post. She just didn’t give up. I almost dreaded when her next email would come as I really did not know what I wanted to say with my “personal” voice. It seems that my “Alabama Chanin” voice has become my personal voice or, perhaps, that [...]
calling all innovative female artists and artisans
Posted in -Chauncey Zalkin, tagged apparel, art, ceramics, collage, contest, craft, create, creative, designer, designers, film, furniture, gallerist, gallery, illustrate, industrial, knit, make, paint, weld, woman, women on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I want to see your work.
sculptors
illustrators
furniture designers
industrial designers
web designers
glass blowers
welders
woodworkers
ceramicists
candle-makers
photographers
knitters
quilters
painters
collage artists
zine publishers
makers of short films
garments designers
jewelry designers (no bead stringer togetherers)
makers of objets d’art
or anything else.
Please send it to me at chauncey (at) girlonthestreet.com
