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31.8.10 London Design Festival 2010: The Barge House



We are very happy to announce our venue for the upcoming London Design Festival. The Puff & Flock Parlour will be located within the Designersblock space at the Barge House with treats like the  'Make Up' wallpaper by Elisabeth Buecher, embroidered furniture by Melissa French and glowing wonders by Kathy Schicker and guest designers Andere Monjo and Suphichaya Vanasirikul. The haunting, yet beautiful ex-industrial space will also be home to the Puff & Flock shop selling quality quirky goods; crochet products by Ayda Anlagan, Masako Sato's mushroom hooks, Yuko Taguchi's paper rings, and games and t-shirts by Grit Hartung.

We will also be taking part in the 'Two's a Pair' V&A Friday late on the 24th of September. Come and get dressed up on our Siamese Accessories designed by Elisabeth Buecher from 18:30 - 22:00.

Watch this space - more details and designers to be confirmed are on the way.

Contact info@puffandflock.com

Designersblock London 2010 23rd – 26th September

Bargehouse
Oxo Tower Wharf
Bargehouse Street
South Bank
London SE1 9PH

Free Online Registration

3.7.10 Kilkenny Art Festival: Embracing Technology


The annual Kilkenny Arts Festival will be showcasing cutting-edge craft at the National Craft Gallery of Ireland. The show, which runs from August 7th - 15th, includes work by Puff&Flock designers Jo Angell and Jenny Leary, among 12 other innovative makers.

Curator Angela O'Kelley writes: This year’s CRAFT strand looks to new directions and dialogues in craft. Craft artists working with cutting-edge technology and materials, conceptual craft and an inclusive, interactive exhibition are some of the highlights of this year’s programme.

The National Craft Gallery Two showcases the work of fourteen makers who are Embracing Technology. These makers push the boundaries of their craft through the inventive use of materials and technology. Combining hand-crafting with new technologies like laser-cutting, water jet cutting, rapid prototyping, motion capturing, textiles set in concrete, interactive magnetic wall coverings and site-specific textiles for walls and windows, these makers expand the potential of craft and challenge our perceptions with new ways of making dynamic forms.

Embracing Technology: August 7th - 15th 2010, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny http://www.kilkennyarts.ie/events/details/embracing-technology/

1.6.10 iMatter at Senseware - Design Museum Holon


Puff&Flock material samples will be included in the Senseware exhibit at the Design Museum Holon. The recently opened museum, designed by Ron Arad, is aiming to make Holon the capital for design and culture in Israel. Senseware:Tokyo Fibres is just their second major exhibiton. It highlights the potential of technical textiles to make a difference in design. Exhibition Director Kenya Hara gathered some of the most innovative textile engineers in Japan and paired them with a visionary designer, resulting in truly magical material installations.

Alongside these collaborations, the Materials Library at Holon (iMatter) will present a colleciton of innovative textiles within the exhibition. Samples from Puff&Flock designers Kathy Schicker (Woven Light),  Jenny Leary (Ferrofabric) and Melissa French (Urban Upholstery) will be included.

Senseware: Tokyo Fibers:  June 25 - August 30 2010, Design Museum Holon, Israel http://www.dmh.org.il/exhibition


25.5.10 Chelsea Flower Show - Gold Prize



Puff&Flock designer Jo Angell has installed her Solar Sanctuary at the acclaimed Chelsea Flower Show. She was commissioned to make the canopy for award-winning garden designer Jo Thompson. The garden is sponsored by Thrive, a charity that promotes gardening for the disabled.

Thompson's design for Thrive, called the Unexpected Garden, was designated a gold medal-winner by the judges of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The Solar Sanctuary canopy offers people protection from the sun, yet retains an aura of changeable, magical light. A double-layered system allows light to pass through laser-cut patterned holes in the outer layer, diffusing onto a secondary translucent layer. Like all Jo Angell's canopies, it's designed in a modular way so it can 'grow' to the size of the space - in this case, a bench seat area.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show: May 25 - May 29 2010 http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2010/may/26/golds_for_chelsea_gardeners.aspx


11.5.10 Ghost Train by Elisabeth Buecher: Video



Elisabeth Buecher of Puff&Flock debuted her haunting Ghost Train at Spazio Revel in Milan last month. Brave visitors were invited to explore the eerie side of textiles. They discovered a ghostly world of glowing, moving, bouncing creatures set within a dark space. The installation, made of ephemeral fabric phantoms, was captured on video by Bud Moore of Designersblock.

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Ghost Train by Elisabeth Buecher: April 14 - 19 2010 http://puffandflock.blogspot.com/2010/05/ghost-train-on-tube.html



22.4.10 Salone del Mobile, Milan


Salone del mobile 2010: a selection of work shown. From top, "Metal Embroidered Bench" by Melissa French, "Bhlost Friend" by Amelie Labarthe, "Every Drop Counts" bowl by Ayda Anlagan, "Mushroom Hook" by Masako Sato, and
"Sofa So Good" by Elisabeth Buecher and Amelie Labarthe / Ercol.

Many thanks to those who visited us at DesignersBlock in Milan, April 2010. We hope you weren't stuck for to long and we missed all those who couldn't make it due to an unpronounceable Icelandic volcano. We carried on regardless and had a great show with the first Puff & Flock retail venture a fantastic success! Popular items included Ayda Anlagan's crochet eyeballs which flew off the shelf selling out before the last day, Jenny Leary's X-Ray coin pouch, Kathy Schicker's colour changing buttons and Amelie Labarthe's Blhost characters. Our favorite Japanese visiting designers Masako Sato and Yuko Taguchi also proved a triumph with Mushroom Hooks and Flower Rings adorning walls and fingers all over Italy. 

Flickr set of Puff&Flock in Milan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/puffandflock/sets/72157623644244055/


14.4.10 Smths Lab



Puff&Flocker Amelie Labarthe has joined forces with the Italian toy designer Matteo Oliveri - the dynamic duo have started designing oversize plushes and glowing, laughing laptops, among other things. In the "Smths Lab", they combine a textile designer's tactile sensibility with a toy designer's playful approach. Their first collection included colourful characters such as Son of Taro and other creatures that charmed visitors, young and old, at the Puff&Flock shop in Milan.

Amelie and Matteo plan to continue their successful venture. They also have a flair for spotting cool vintage toys, which they collect for inspiration, and will soon be for sale on their website.

Visit their charming world on their blog: http://smthslablog.posterous.com/