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A NEW WAY OF INTERPRETING FABRICS WITH PETRA BLAISSE
05/11/2014
Born in
England but then moved to Denmark, Petra Blaisse is a brilliant interior and
landscape designer able to convert ideas into passionate sensorial experiences.
Fabrics are the protagonists of her
works; she uses textiles exclusively to
create curtain walls: a kind of real fabrics walls with a triple function,
that’s to say solve problems, changing settings’ scenic design and connecting
interior settings with outdoor landscapes.
For this
reason, in 1991, Petra Blaisse organized
her design studio, Inside Out, specializing in the uncommon mixture of interior
and exterior design.
Inside
Outside is formed by a group of professionals (architects, landscape architects
and designers) cooperating together on projects whose aim is connecting
technical solutions to exclusive products with a unique aesthetic impact.
Petra
underlines how “emancipated” her curtains are because they go beyond their role
of technological elements (they solve some sound, heat, visual problems; make
buildings more functional, safe and comfortable)to become fabrics whose main
aim is dematerializing and softening up architecture.
Curtains
have silent dynamics: we can compare them to a wind rustle; they flutter when
people pass by, they are lively elements as natural elements are.
Impossible
not to mention the innumerable original inventions in manufacturing such as
fabrics used on the reverse side or cut, pierced and craved; exaggerated weaves as we are watching them
through a magnifying lens, curtains
hanging from the ceiling or going out from the wall.
For more info: http://www.insideoutside.nl/
