Craft and Innovation

Nanna van Blaaderen has been fascinated by textiles and design from
an early age on. During her studies in fashion design she explored
different disciplines but it was in knitting that she found a way to
fully express her affinity for materials, fabrics and design.

'Since I started exploring knittingtechniques a world has opened up
for me. The potential of this discipline, to create textures, structures
and shapes in various materials, seems infinite'

In her continuous research and experiment in materials and craft
Nanna van Blaaderen developed several concepts and collections in
knitdesign, varying from expressive abstract knitted collections,
to machineknitted interior products and fabrics for fashion design.

Design, Collaboration, Consultancy

Nanna van Blaaderen has worked with customers in the Netherlands
and abroad. In Paris she collaborated with Maison Martin Margiela.
For private clients she designed garments for wedding dresses and
other special requests. In the Textile Museum in Tilburg she
developed a series of machineknitted textiles. Various fabrics of these
studies are the basis of the collection 'Species. A Tribute'. Several of
these designs are exposed the exhibtion 'The making Off' in the Textile
Museum in Tilburg. In june 2011 Nanna van Blaaderen launched her
new collections 'More or Less' and 'Species. A Tribute' in the solo-
exposition 'Species. A Tribute'.

Current collaboration with Andreas Koch

Nanna van Blaaderen has launched the collection 'Species. A Tribute'
together with Andreas Koch. In their first collaboration Andreas Koch
curated the collections and concept by Nanna van Blaaderen for
the exposition, 'Species. A Tribute' at the Droog gallery, Amsterdam.

Interior Designer and art director Andreas Koch merges a strong
aesthetic sense for beauty and elegance with an ability to fuse past
and contemporary design. He partners with designer Nanna van
Blaaderen as co-art director and creative developer.

Within their own specialisations and fields Nanna van Blaaderen
and Andreas Koch share a passion for heritage, craft, knowlegde
and contemporary design. In their work they integrate past present
and future into new designs for living in textiles, fashion and
interior design. Their distinctive skills are strengthend by their
collaboration.

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