Piece by Piece, One Square at a Time by Mia Lisa Spon & Nadine Burkhardt. Contribution to The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Anders Sune Berg.

From The Mindcraft Project 2023. Video Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Patchwork Reversible Jacket and Tie Cap by Mia Lisa Spon. Patchwork Dress and hood by Nadine Burkhardt. For Pure Fabrications, 2023. Photo Credit: Marck Windekilde.

Patchwork Reversible Jacket and Shorts by Mia Lisa Spon. Patchwork Dress and Blouse by Nadine Burkhardt. For Pure Fabrications, 2023. Photo Credit: Marck Windekilde.

Patchwork Blouse by Nadine Burkhardt. For Pure Fabrications, 2023. Photo Credit: Marck Windekilde.

Patchwork 3-in-1 Reversible Coat by Mia Lisa Spon. For Pure Fabrications, 2023. Photo Credit: Marck Windekilde.

Work in progress patchwork origami for The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Mia Lisa Spon.

Work in progress patchwork origami for The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Ida Ellinor Hermansen.

From The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Mia Lisa Spon & Nadine Burkhardt — Designers and Tailors

“We dream of a return to ancient consumer behaviourism, where a garment is treasured though life, and maybe even passed on to the next generation. As a comment to that we want to create objects that express the time used to form them – objects that focus on the craft.”

About:

Whether working independently, as a duo or as part of their collective studio in Frederiksberg – Pure Fabrications, Mia Lisa Spon and Nadine Burkhardt approach design and craft through a meeting point of human behaviour and creative collaboration. Both trained as tailors and designers, their knowledge for their craft is combined with contemporary approach to materiality, with their work often identified through a patchwork of up-cycled leftover fabrics. A shared interest in traditional tailoring techniques helps initiate each project through the context of the material at hand, along with identifying the best way in which to shape and form each object. This detail driven approach is combined with the larger context of how their work will be used, uniting research into human behaviour with the cultural, geographical and political influences presented within each project. Whether producing work for the Pure Fabrications internal label, external collaborators or conceptual projects, their outcomes aim to transfer the presence of the human hand throughout the design and production process into garments and objects that express the time and care used in creating them.

Part of Mindcraft:

2023

Instagram:

@nadineburkhardt
@mialisaspon
@purefabrications

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