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ESTHETIC ACTIVISM

Recycling her company’s own goods Eileen Fischer buys back old clothes from clients and reinvents them into a collage of scraps. This act twice gifts the world with beauty, first as a garment and then as an artwork. This is aesthetic activism where recycling as a philosophy is made manifest. Welcome to the future where the circular economy is as beautiful as it is wise.

UNEXPECTED MATERIALS

Coral Snake Chair designed by Sérgio Matos Green Cadeira Chita designed by Sérgio Matos

I have a soft spot for designers who use unexpected materials with atelier quality finesse. Sérgio Matos delivers the goods. Twisting, and wrapping twined materials is a folk art in his native Brazil. Matos has elevated this craft in his enchanting creations.

NKBA Insider Grace Jeffers and Sergio Matos at ICFF

I also love that I learned about him, not from the US press, but from friends in Brazil who were excited about his US debut at ICFF in New York City this year.