Digital Blankets: Sunrise (Red)
Digital Blankets: Sunset (Purple)
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Digital Blankets: Sunrise (Red)
Digital Blankets: Sunrise (Red)
Digital Blankets: Sunset (Purple)
Digital Blankets: Sunset (Purple)
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Zuzunaga

Digital Blankets

$495



Description

Morning has broken, but never before as kaleidoscopically vivid as the Digital Sunrise blanket from Spanish artist and designer Cristian Zuzunaga. Part of the Bitmap Collection from his eponymous studio that's split between Barcelona and London, the pixilated print was conceived from the process of storing an image by compressing its digital elements. Knitted from a silk and superfine merino wool blend, each blanket takes 5 hours to produce in the handcrafted jacquard technique. Yet, it's equally infused with the spirit of this unalloyed urbanist and peripatetic creator.

Specifications

Size

72.8" l x 55.1" w (185x140cm)

Material

Silk, merino wool

Details

Made in Spain

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Brand

Zuzunaga

“We are alchemists. We are not robots. We are so much more than something mechanical that is simply switched off when we die,” says artist and designer Cristian Zuzunaga. It’s an interesting comment from someone whose work focuses on the pixel, the cynosure of our digital life. Yet this Barcelona-born, London-based citizen of the world interprets that inspiration with analog traditions of the finest materials and a sustainable sensibility, grounded in hand craftsmanship. For the work, he has garnered awards including the ICFF Award for Best Textiles in New York and the coveted Les Découvertes award at Maison & Objet in Paris.

The son of a Catalan mother and a Peruvian father, Cristian set out at age 17 to travel the globe and define his place in it. Now settled in London where he finished his studies with an MA at the Royal College of Art, he also maintains a studio in his native city. Both his training as a graphic designer and his original interest as a student of biology inform his micro/macro view and use of color to provoke an emotional response. “We have to live for and through the senses,” he says. “That’s why I use multicolors.”


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