LOEWE

LOEWE marks its sixth appearance at Salone del Mobile Milan with TIMEWEAVES which celebrates woven craft, ancient techniques and the inventive ways in which craftspeople breathe new life into found objects or surplus materials.

LOEWE has commissioned Spanish artisans from Galicia to restore and reimagine antique woven baskets from around the world, using leather, and inspired by the idea of Japanese kintsugi, which amplifies the beauty and showcases the history of repaired objects.

Young Soon Lee, a LOEWE Craft Prize Finalist in 2019, has collaborated with LOEWE on a series of bucket bags inspired by the Korean technique jitseung in which strips of hanji, a handmade paper, are corded and woven.

Inspired by coroza, an ancient Galician technique that uses straw, reed and briar to create fringed rainwear, LOEWE commissioned Galician artisan Álvaro Leiro to create a collection of basket and bucket bags using the same weaving techniques and natural materials.

Fringed bags echo the coroza tiered structure and its sculptural yet functional exterior. The technique has been passed down generations for centuries, now reimagined with a LOEWE twist.