Copenhagen based designer Ellinor Ericsson, has created the X-Me Collection, a group of furniture pieces that are adorned in a cross-stitch pattern. According to the designer description: “The X-Me Collection is a furniture concept developed by the question “Why does Nordic furniture design lack ornaments?”. In the project, nordic furniture design were compared to the adorned Rococo furnitures. The goal was to find a balance between the two different aesthetics, to bring the best from both. The result was a oversized cross-stitch ornaments in wool, and a braided birch wood construction in a couch and a lounge chair collection. The balance between purity of style and decoration, where the inspiration was the reverse; the construction materials are Nordic and the shape is rococo. The ornament is inspired by rococo but the cross stitch stylish Scandinavian. And the craftsmanship brings them both together.”
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Textiles is the inspiration and often the starting point of her furniture. To create a piece of furniture without fabric is almost unthinkable. Ellinor also make interior accessories and textile patterns. Handicraft and to work with the material is a big part of the process when her design is created. Ellinor always thought that she should be a scenographer, but changed her mind when she wanted to make something that was on stage for a longer time, like in everyday life.
Ellinor Ericsson, born 1987 in Sweden, Bachelor and master from furniture and textile design at the Danish Design School in Copenhagen, background in scenography and exhibition design from 3 year education in Media and internships and 2 years in art school graphic/textile/ceramics at Östra grevie, sweden. ”I look at my design as a scenography, the things I make is to interact with, the play is your everyday life and your home your stage.”
