sylvia dohler: nonwovens

nonwoven textiles applied as a lighting arrangement image © designboom

at [d3] design talents during imm cologne 2010, sylvia döhler presented her textiles ‘nonwovens’ whose bizarre ornaments are created by the idiosyncratic style of rubber bands. the textiles can be used for manifold purposes as interior decoration and sophisticated lighting arrangements.

‘every so often nature serves as the spark of inspiration that lights the fire of creative designing-processes and it also can be regarded as godfather for the development of many different textiles. countless times mother nature’s colours, patterns and structures were pictured and copied.

I accept the challenge of trying to link nature and textiles in a way that nature itself designs the textiles due to its own unique creative power. I would like to reveal the original primary patterns of nature and fix them permanently in the textiles. ‘ -SD

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nonwoven textiles in sheet format image © designboom

lunaria annua image © designboom

detail of lunaria annua image © designboom

overview of nonwoven textile collection image © designboom

acer plant anoides image © designboom

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