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As part of the FITE 2016 (Festival des Textiles Extra Ordinaires), in partnership with Belgian company Idealfelt (which specialises in the manufacturing of technical and decorative felts) and in collaboration with the ESADSE and the textile design team at the ARBA-ESA (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels Ecole), students were asked to work on and highlight the specific qualities of a noble and singular textile material: felt. Based on textile research work carried out by textile designers, the object designers developed concepts and then objects that met the company's requirements and highlighted the nature of the transformed material. Two-way interactions between the two designers enabled the "materials" designers to refine their research in view of the planned application. The results are hybrids embellished by the visions of each participant; the know-how of the textile designers enhancing the work of the object designers and vice versa. Sometimes, the final object appears naturally as a result of the development of the handling and the sublimation of the material. A selection of the work produced will be on show during the Biennale.

www.the-fite.com www.arba-esa.be

Curator : Vincent Lemarchands (enseignant à l’ESADSE)
Site : Musée d'Art et d'Industrie

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