A Softer Wood attends to give a perspective on wood as a regrowing ressource for textile design and to show, which functional and aesthetical potentials the connection of wood and textiles can have. Between stability and flexibility the both materials form a symbiosis. The combination of industrial and textile crafting techniques brings up, among others, a new method to weave wood. The textiles can be used as a curtain, room divider or acoustic steering panel.

Wood and textiles are mostly seperate from each other, for example in furniture like chairs, tables or flooring. They‘re not considered to merge because wood and textile have very different characteristics and therefor different purposes. Breaking it down to a point, wood is very stabil, hard and good for building, carving, shaping etc. Instead textiles are flexible, adjustable, soft and used in interior for bedding, curtains, tableware. So what do they have in common? Both material groups  give us comfort. Wood is our closest connection to nature in our homes and textiles are one of the oldest techniques we used to aim softness and therefor comfort. So exactly the differences as well as the commonalities motivated the project to explore how wood could be implemented in textile designs for interior. 

A Softer Wood attends to give a perspective on wood as a regrowing ressource for textile design and to show, which functional and aesthetical potentials the connection of wood and textiles can have. Between stability and flexibility the both materials form a symbiosis. The combination of industrial and textile crafting techniques brings up, among others, a new method to weave wood. The textiles can be used as a curtain, room divider or acoustic steering panel.

Wood and textiles are mostly seperate from each other, for example in furniture like chairs, tables or flooring. They‘re not considered to merge because wood and textile have very different characteristics and therefor different purposes. Breaking it down to a point, wood is very stabil, hard and good for building, carving, shaping etc. Instead textiles are flexible, adjustable, soft and used in interior for bedding, curtains, tableware. So what do they have in common? Both material groups  give us comfort. Wood is our closest connection to nature in our homes and textiles are one of the oldest techniques we used to aim softness and therefor comfort. So exactly the differences as well as the commonalities motivated the project to explore how wood could be implemented in textile designs for interior.