The work around the cushions is up and running. By now there are 9 women involved with embroidering and crocheting.
The basic cushions – they will go together with the Ford Bench – I made from reused interior fabrics of old cars. Eventually the future owner of the Ford Bench will be able to choose between a matte white and a matte black version of the bench. There’s also cushions to choose from.

Some of the them will come with typical elements of Rotterdam harbour life, as there are lorries, peacefully chewing rabbits, river cargo ships, chicken and so on. With others the wereldwijven used colours from the existing, industrial patterns to strengthen or disturb these patterns in a more intuitive way.

Come and see the results with the finnisage at Saturday, 29/10 at Intermezzo!

Photographs by Katarina Sledz

The Fordbench, made from recycled interior parts of a Ford Mondeo, on base of a welded steel rack. It’s brother – a black matte version – is based on parts of a Ford Escort Van. The backrest is removable to reduce transport measurements. With a variety of cushions, still in the process of making of.

In the foreground a glimp of the Ford Bench and its cushions made from recycled car interiors. Next time I will tell you more about that product. First I got to study books about embroiding, crocheting and knitting. With the help of the Wereldwijven these cushions will become beauties, each of them.

Photographs by Katarina Sledz

From engine valve to chandelier, as it started in an earlier story.

Photograph by Katarina Sledz

Here some impressions from the workshop in Rotterdam, where I am preparing reused ship enigine valves for further production. Several of the valves later on have been transported to the exhibition “Es.ontwerp ♥ Wereldwijven”, where visitors can follow the complete transformation into Chandeliers.

Photographs by Katarina Sledz

13/10/11 – 28/10/11

exhibition, shop, discussion forum and production place all at once

Es.ontwerp and Wereldwijven will co-operate for a three week period of time in Intermezzo’s monumental building, with the aim of realising a small collection of unique and usable products.
Simone Romanow is the woman behind the Rotterdam based interior design label Es.ontwerp.
Wereldwijven are the craftswomen of the handworkLAB of Intermezzo, space for design
in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
Visitors are welcome to take a peek behind the scenes of product development;
a process that usually remains mostly invisible.

Festive end presentation Saturday October 29 14.00-18.00h
After 18.00h you are welcome to stay for an informal dinner
info: www.galerie-intermezzo.nl

opening hours
WW : Mon,Tue,Thu,Fri 09.00-17.00h
Sat 11.00-17.00h
ES♥WW : Fridays and Saturdays Simone will be present

I N T E R M E Z Z O ruimte voor vormgeving

www.galerie-intermezzo.nl