2018 // iele Chapter II 
2018 // iele Chapter II 
2018 // iele Chapter II 
2018 // iele Chapter II 
2018 // iele Chapter II
HISTORY
iele was initiated in 2016 by Studio Oana Tudose as a creative platform that facilitates the research of discarded sheep wool in the countryside of the Romanian Carpathians. In Gorj region, tons of sheep wool are thrown away or burned every year. Our goal is to reclaim this local and undervalued material and search for new approaches that can promote the qualities of sheep wool and reevaluate its applications as a contemporary material.
ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK APPEARANCES
2018 // iele Chapter II
Iele Chapter Two brought together three international designers in a creative venture to research the potential of adapting discarded sheep wool to the contemporary design market. This resulted in three contemporary interpretations of the material inspired by the Romanian context.
Julie Thissen developed a versatile wall panel by using an original wool processing technique and inspired by the shepherd’s way of marking their flock with colors. Noktuku developed an immersive game of sound and tactile learning aiming to conceptually evoke compassion and warmth towards the sheep while interacting with the design object. Influenced by a mixed Dutch-Romanian cultural background, Lex van Ramp designed a coat, as a reinterpretation of the traditional shepherd’s coat.
They all come together telling a story of deep Romanian contexts and concerns, highlighting the misuse of sheep wool from a design oriented, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective.
iele was initiated in 2016 by Studio Oana Tudose as a creative platform that facilitates the research of discarded sheep wool in the countryside of the Romanian Carpathians. In Gorj region, tons of sheep wool are thrown away or burned every year. Our goal is to reclaim this local and undervalued material and search for new approaches that can promote the qualities of sheep wool and reevaluate its applications as a contemporary material.
ROMANIAN DESIGN WEEK APPEARANCES
2018 // iele Chapter II
Iele Chapter Two brought together three international designers in a creative venture to research the potential of adapting discarded sheep wool to the contemporary design market. This resulted in three contemporary interpretations of the material inspired by the Romanian context.
Julie Thissen developed a versatile wall panel by using an original wool processing technique and inspired by the shepherd’s way of marking their flock with colors. Noktuku developed an immersive game of sound and tactile learning aiming to conceptually evoke compassion and warmth towards the sheep while interacting with the design object. Influenced by a mixed Dutch-Romanian cultural background, Lex van Ramp designed a coat, as a reinterpretation of the traditional shepherd’s coat.
They all come together telling a story of deep Romanian contexts and concerns, highlighting the misuse of sheep wool from a design oriented, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective.
