Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Lotta Jansdotter’s Handmade Living
I have become quite a fan of Lotta Jandotter's designs and her spare--but playful--aesthetic.
So it is little wonder that I bought her book: Handmade Living: A Fresh Take on Scandinavian Style.
In her book, Lotta takes you inside her home in Brooklyn and shows you how she has integrated her design principles into her daily life.
The beautiful photographs (taken by Jenny Hallengren) are intimate, without being too invasive, and everything is infused with an appreciation of the handmade.
Lotta specializes in screenprinting fabrics with her distinctive, sketch-like motifs. Some are bold, like the pillow cover shown above. Some are more subtle: delicate designs that co-ordinate with their function almost seamlessly.
She uses her drawings to decorate simple glassware and dishes.
I particularly love her bedroom quilt that she made from the leftover scraps of her fabrics. She sewed them together in strips, without thought of keeping to straight lines. The result is an organic, life-infused textile.
Gee's Bend meets Scandinavian style.
In the book, Lotta also takes us to her studio and shows how she converted a warehouse space, an old knitting factory, it appears, into a fresh, vital, comfortable space, a "second home".
It will be interesting to watch this designer as she develops further.
Posted by Ilga Leja on 01/24 at 06:32 PM
