Ali Siahvoshi

BEDG is an apportunity to introduce your ideas internationally. I have benefited greatly from their help and thanks to exhibiting with them my design work was introduced to different companies and at present my works are in a production in Germany with Anthologie Quartett and in Italy with Fabbian.

- Ali Siahvoshi

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‘Stripcloth Splendours’ at Maison&Objet

07.09.2012 - 11.09.2012

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Traditional Horizontal Mosse Handloom, Burkina Faso | Photo: A.Phillips
Traditional Horizontal Mosse Handloom, Burkina Faso | Photo: A.Phillips

Culture, Beauty, Identity - Indigenous Traditional Skills and Cultural Identity as ‘Added Value’ in the Contemporary Revival of West Africa’s Textile Heritage

This summer the British European Design Group, London and the Burkina based non-government organisation SOS-SaveOurSkills present the exhibition ‘Stripcloth Splendours’ as part of the Maison & Objet’s 2012 Animation programme. Drawn from the unique ‘Projet de Tissage’ in Burkina Faso, this exhibition brings together for the first time in France, the story of the ancient textile traditions and heritage of West Africa and its survival in the 21st Century.

Venue

Maison&Objet September 2012
Parc d’Expositions, Villepinte
7 – 11 September 2012
Entrance Hall 1, Animation
www.maison-objet.com

Downloads

BEDG-SOS-Press Release-Stripcloth Splendours-Paris BEDG-SOS-Press_Release-Stripcloth_Splendours-Paris.pdf

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