For Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay of London-based Raw Edges, emphasizing the structural qualities of the fabric meant deconstructing it. “The tricky thing about Hallingdal 65 is that it is beautiful as it is,” says Yael. “It just needs to be spread out to reveal its qualities.” Like much of their work, the process was one of experimentation. “We started with trying to ‘break’ it, or more correctly to ‘un-weave’ it, while trying not to ruin its original exquisiteness,” explains Shay. The warp and woof threads arrangement allowed the pair to unravel and release threads from within the woven fabric, creating a hollow sleeve inside its surface. The designers then placed two layers in different colours on top of each other and re-stitched them together using transparent plastic strip. As a result, a colourful rim had appeared from the other layer, reminiscent of the selvedge that can be found as the hem of raw fabrics. Usually only found decorating the edges of a textile while on the roll, the selvedge is generally cut from the fabric and not part of an end product. In this project Raw Edges is celebrating it, and have used the linear elements of the fabric to dictate the form of an armchair. The fabric is stretched to the structure of the armchair by these newfound “unravelling parts”.

Alcantara®, is a flat material that mainly comes in solid colours. Laser-cutting Alcantara® in various colours and then placing it in layers one on top of the other results in multi-colour pattern combinations that can be applied in many products. The process can almost be compared to screen printing where each layer is printed in only one colour, but colourful results can be achieved by adding many layers together.

Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay have chosen one of the ultimate symbols of high quality, brightly coloured, highly finished plastic, which during theirs and many childhoods typified homes across the world. Fisher Price toys with their plastic properties of durability and myriad shape and colour possibilities were seen on every nursery floor, a positive symbol of a plastic manufacturing age. In this modern twist on a beloved design language, with Plastica Nostalgia Raw Edges have created works which look like they are plastic, brightly coloured and highly finished, but are in fact made from carefully crafted beech wood. Plastica Nostalgia’s emotional value lies in the treasured memories the old pieces of Fisher Price plastic evoke. These elements assume a new life at the centre of a piece of contemporary furniture. Plastica Nostalgia has ‘Alice in Wonderland’ qualities as the scale of our childhood toys, now dwarfed by adulthood, regain some of their stature in this sympathetic environment.

, OKAY studio and friends decided that the guests could benefit from a little light hearted dinner time foolishness. Each table center plays or encourages the guests to play with their food (hurling it across the room at the other guests, piling it up in the middle of the table, wearing it on their heads…). The 12 of a kind table centers reflect a playfulness with typologies that is at the same time both familiar yet unexpected. Designed by Raw-Edges: Let’s Play the William Tell A tableware arrow & bow game made out of Italian bread sticks and apples. Cream Shooter A Medieval look alike cream shooting machine. The magazine made out of leather and filled with extra thick cream!!!

The skirt keeps its glamorous look when it's deflated on the one hand, and on the other it inflates into a kayak with the right amount of volume to carry a grown up woman. I wanted to raise the question of emergency and beauty and to explore whether they can meet each other.