Vitra: Sofa Collection, 11 42

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The blanket of the Vlinder sofa looks like a big
picture from different patterns and fields.
Historically, such ‘woven pictures’ as carpets or
tapestries were always bound to different colours.
Computer-aided machines made it possible to not
only vary the colour but also the binding. For a
blouse or shirt, the third thread is often a repetition
of the first thread. The Vlinder Blanket is different
in every crossing point. Therefore, the production of
a Vlinder blanket requires 128 million different
pieces of information.
A textile engineer checks the successful transfer from handicraft to industrial production.
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The blanket of the Vlinder sofa looks like a big
picture from different patterns and fields.
Historically, such ‘woven pictures’ as carpets or
tapestries were always bound to different colours.
Computer-aided machines made it possible to not
only vary the colour but also the binding. For a
blouse or shirt, the third thread is often a repetition
of the first thread. The Vlinder Blanket is different
in every crossing point. Therefore, the production of
a Vlinder blanket requires 128 million different
pieces of information.
A textile engineer checks the successful transfer from handicraft to industrial production.
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The designer Hella Jongerius has become known for the unique way in which she fuses
industry and craft, high- and low-tech, traditional and contemporary. In her textiles
and ceramic works as well as her furniture pieces, Jongerius has consistently addressed
the significance of colours and surfaces in contemporary design. Her works have been
shown at such institutions as the Design Museum (London), Galerie kreo (Paris) and
the Museum of Modern Art (New York). She created the Polder Sofa with Vitra in 2005
as the centrepiece of the newly launched Home Collection.
Polder
Hella Jongerius
2005/2015
When a designer doesn’t
like sofas and makes one
she likes herself
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The designer Hella Jongerius has become known for the unique way in which she fuses
industry and craft, high- and low-tech, traditional and contemporary. In her textiles
and ceramic works as well as her furniture pieces, Jongerius has consistently addressed
the significance of colours and surfaces in contemporary design. Her works have been
shown at such institutions as the Design Museum (London), Galerie kreo (Paris) and
the Museum of Modern Art (New York). She created the Polder Sofa with Vitra in 2005
as the centrepiece of the newly launched Home Collection.
Polder
Hella Jongerius
2005/2015
When a designer doesn’t
like sofas and makes one
she likes herself