The S(L)EDI seating and reclining pieces project originates from considerations of sustainable, speculative future scenarios, developed within a digital module that brought together three subjects for 3rd-year students: Textile Design 3, Clothing Design 3, and Digital 3D Design. In this digital module, the students explored the “traces” that we leave in the environment and in society as individuals, and those we will continue to leave in the future. They identified themes related to spaces of (co)living in society and with nature, and planned their content in a practical way. Through the project, they opened up important reflections on our relationship with space, material, body, psyche and spirituality, nature and the environment, as well as on social, individual and collective responsibility. They developed their own patterns, which they applied digitally in a speculative environment to objects, facilities and interiors, as well as to clothing and, not least, to the avatars themselves. From the digital medium, within the Textile Design course, three selected patterns were translated into reality, prepared for digital printing and screen printing, and incorporated into the design of contemporary functional interior products.
The S(L)EDI collection of seating and reclining pieces is part of the umbrella project SLEDI: Od znotraj navzven.
Student authors
Luka Bončina, Ema Čargo, Alex Devetak, Zarja Ivačič, Jerika Kauppi, Alina Kolar, Amelija Kracina, Akir Latić, Julija Muhič, Isak Podgoršek, Klara Povirk, Sandra Pregelj, Ana Seles, Gonçalo Silva, Lučka Simič Hrovat, Lune Siter, Jaka Sojč, Tadej Šandor, Grega Štor, Vita Velikanje, Indina Vitanos
Mentorship and support
Author, mentor: doc. mag. Arijana Gadžijev
Professional associate: Mojca Košir
Textile material donation: Kibuba
Photography: Mark Breznik
Photo editing: asist. Kristi Komel
For photos visit KOTOfolio – S(L)EDI.