Kvadrat Presents Worldwide Virtual Exhibition Knit!

Benja Harney, InterPersona, 2020. Photo by Christopher Morris.

Objects Of Common Interest, Doric Columns Kinetic Object, 2020. Photo by Luke Evans.

Adam Goodrum, Conversation Series, 2020. Photo by Luke Evans.

Yinka Ilori, A Trifle Of Colour, 2020. Photo Luke Evans.

Studio Truly Truly, Coalesce, 2020. Photo by Luke Evans.

Knit! by Kvadrat is a series of works by 28 different designers exploring the potential of knitted textiles by Kvadrat Febrik. Intended to be shown earlier in the year at Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Knit! exhibit launched on 3rd of September during Copenhagen’s Three Days of Design as a digital, interactive exhibition that can be viewed worldwide.

The digital exhibition features 28 works displayed around Kvadrat’s headquarters in Ebeltoft, Denmark, transforming the space into an online gallery. On a dedicated website, viewers can explore the exhibition virtually and see each design in detail, accompanied by the designer who takes the viewer through their inspirations and design process.

This is the first global design collaboration to be hosted as a virtual exhibition and the first time Kvadrat has chosen Australian designers to participate in one of their global design initiatives. The two designers selected are Sydney based Adam Goodrum – an award-winning furniture designer and Benja Harney – a renowned self-taught paper engineer.

All of the designers chosen from across the world were picked for their curiosity in experimenting with materials, form and colour, with many operating on the border between industrial design and craft. Using the knitted textiles by Kvadrat Febrik as a canvas, designers have created works that complement their respective disciplines.

Adam Goodrum’s ‘In Conversation series’ is a seating collection, inspired by a set of Victorian love seats that allows for quiet discussion between sitters. Goodrum’s design proposes a group of interlocked seats that allow for quiet discussion between sitters. Different shades of Kvadrat Febrik’s Gentle 2 run into one another, creating a richly hued skin that is further enlivened by the three-dimensionality and texture of the knit.

Benja Harney’s ‘InterPersona’ is a playful and colourful landscape of abstracted characters with surrealist eyes and lips. ‘InterPersona’ makes full use of the range of colours and textures from Kvadrat Febrik’s textiles, using them as upholstery for a range of jigsaw-like cardboard shapes.

Knit! by Kvadrat runs online for the next few months. For more information visit knit.kvadrat.dk.

Related: Kvadrat x Raf Simons ‘No Man’s Land’ Installation at Milan Design Week 2019.

Zaven, If I Had Wings, 2020. Photo by Benjamin Lund.

Michel Charlot, Bola, 2020. Photo by Benjamin Lund.

Adam Goodrum, Conversation Series, 2020. Photo by Benjamin Lund.

[Images courtesy of Kvadrat. Product photography by Luke Evans and Christopher Morris. Exhibition photos by Benjamin Lund.]