The Kranj tunnels represented the artistic and content starting point in the design of the textile light body. The students researched the technique of laser cutting, which was used to make lace from Trevira CS fireproof textiles. The black and white colors of the textile material on the one hand illustrate the darkness of the period in which the shelter was built, and on the other hand they infuse the hope for freedom.
Modern interpretations of lace as a “hole-shaped formation” are the result of independent and personal approaches to the design of patterns, through which each student illustrated the elements in the content of this underground Kranj’s landmark in his own way. The resulting light creations are functional and usable products, and each of them, in addition to the thematic content, represents the student’s signature, his attitude to aesthetics and the way of understanding textiles as a creative medium. The project involved students of textile design as well as interior design, which contributed to the diversity of approaches and diversity of individual products’ characters, as well as the use of textile materials.
With the help of: RogLab, Maori, Fakulteta za dizajn
Photography: Maša Pirc / BIEN 2021
