Weaving Homes

Weaving modules were the highlight of my earlier days as a textile design student. Two days of intense prep were required to make a seemingly endless warp. I often used to wonder how amazing it would be if only we could weave endlessly too in the same warp.

I got to live through this fantasy briefly when I stumbled onto Abeer Seikaly's project -"Weaving a Home" that recently won the Lexus Design Award. Jokes apart, his idea for creating sustainable living conditions in harsh climates is a beautiful vision of how once can make a great impact with a simple idea.

His clearly illustrated sketches show how fabric is seamlessly joined to make beautiful structures for living. Here are some of them.

studies - cut & scored paper turns into a flexible/strechable pattern

See the entire project here