PROJECTS

PILLOW Culture’s KNOT bench – a soft object for the public body

PILLOW Culture’s KNOT bench – a soft object for the public body

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  The Boston waterfront context for Design Museum Boston’s Street Seats Design Challenge led us to begin this exploration with the rich history of maritime knotting. Rather than recreate any literal knot in Pop Art scale, Knot bench uses over three miles of nautical line in different ways to create a springy, resilient surface that is as resistant as it is surprisingly pleasant to touch. The rock-like form of Knot…
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PILLOW Culture are semi-finalists in Design Museum Boston Street Seats Design Challenge

PILLOW Culture are semi-finalists in Design Museum Boston Street Seats Design Challenge

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  designmuseumboston.org/streetseats/  Knot: A twisting, turning, tying, knitting, or entangling of ropes or parts of a rope so as to join two ropes together or make a finished end on a rope…  The KNOT bench takes its cues from the rich maritime and nautical history of Fort Point Channel which ocean-going sailing vessels once populated. Essential to every sailor and seaman was the knowledge of rope knotting and tying. Used…
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Alyce Santoro: Philosoprops & 
Ontological Apparatus From The Center For The Obvious & (IM)Permacultural
January 10 – February 16, 2013 
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert

Alyce Santoro: Philosoprops & 
Ontological Apparatus From The Center For The Obvious & (IM)Permacultural
January 10 – February 16, 2013 
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert

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Alyce Santoro, inventor of Sonic Fabric and a Pillow Culture contributor, has a fantastic show at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Galley, 524 West 19th Street NY, NY.  On view is Alyce’s beautiful copper tufted headpiece, Orieller: Listening Pillow, originally included in Pillow Pageant. Also sit on one of Alyce’s raisin pillows and contemplate the expansion of the universe. http://www.alycesantoro.com/ http://gassergrunert.net/test/
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PILLOW CULTURE and Elizabeth Demaray PRESENT: Twenty-Four Stones I’d Like to Know

PILLOW CULTURE and Elizabeth Demaray PRESENT: Twenty-Four Stones I’d Like to Know

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Offering visitors a slightly softer rock upon which to sit while viewing DUMBO’s magnificent waterfront, Twenty-Four Stones I’d Like to Know presents nine giant upholstered boulders in Brooklyn Bridge Park. On view as part of the 2011DUMBO Arts Festival, this project is the brainchild of artist Elizabeth Demaray and Pillow Culture. Each stone sports it’s own uniquely fitted cozy-style covering in plush striped fabric and EZ Dri® outdoor reticulated foam.…
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