Market Micro: Divine Inspiration

Edited by Karen D. Singh, Text by Karen D. Singh and Mark McMenamin -- Interior Design, 3/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

 

manufacturer: Annemette Beck Design Studio
product: Silver Dust
standout: transparent slats, flecked with silver, form ethereal floating panels

After 21 years of designing bespoke textiles for Danish places of worship, Annemette Beck says she went in search of "something more Mediterranean, such as plastic, glitter, crystals, gold, silver—absolutely not Scandinavian materials. In England, France, and Italy, I visited the fashion houses and boutiques and looked at all the elegant people on the street." These distinctly secular sources yielded an un-fabric combining fishing line as the warp and a blend of silver, viscose, raffia, and PVC as the weft. She introduced a custom version of the product to the market in 2007. Now, she has released the translucent panels for production under the name Silver Dust, part of the 24-piece Collection of Hand-Woven Textiles. Clearly fitting for a window treatment, the panels are also easy to envision as dividers in a nightclub, bar, or restaurant. 45-6264-1564; annemette-beck.dk. circle 412