Smiley, embroidered cushion cover

Design: Tomi Leppänen

Smiley cushion is embroidered by a machine in India. Not completely handmade even the sewing machine is used by hand. Size is 45 x 45 cm and an inner cushion is included in the price. Inner cushion made of ecosupersoft material in Finland. Smiley cushion belongs to Typewriter collection which is designed by Finnish Tomi Leppänen. Cushions arrive in May 2022, pre order now.

80.00€

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Smiley cushion is embroidered by a machine in India. Not completely handmade even the sewing machine is used by hand. Size is 45 x 45 cm and an inner cushion is included in the price. Inner cushion made of ecosupersoft material in Finland. Smiley cushion belongs to Typewriter collection which is designed by Finnish Tomi Leppänen. Cushions arrive in May 2022, pre order now.

Finnish Tomi Leppänen is a graphic designer who loves the typography. While exploring Bauhaus history he found an inspiration from a surprising technique: textile designer Anni Albers, during around in 1930 had made experimental "drawings" using typerwriter-characters, with the aim of creating textile patterns. So did Tomi climb up to their attic to find an age old typewriter, and began creating his own patterns filled with dots and lines, playful smileys as well minimalist, abstract patterns and landscapes.. Mum's artisans have embroidered Tomi's patterns on rugs, made of 100% recycled pet bottles. Named " Smiley, High Society, View, Visionaire, Kvartet" also tell a sory of Tomi's collection. Kind of like all kinds of people, in a typographic form.

Year 2018 Japanese "Minä Perhonen" chose Tomi's work as a winner of Nordic Design for New Designers competition in Osaka, Japan. Also then the idea for the winning work was based on typography.

MUM's

Mum's was born in South Africa in 2006, when Finnish Outi, an artist, and mum herself, collaborated with 15 African women. They made sculptures for an exhibition in Finland, all weaved by hand, designed by Outi, empowering women who worked from home. All women were mothers, so the project was named MUM's.

Later, it became the name for a sustainable brand "Mum's Good with Goods". Over the years a tiny art project has slightly developed into a sustainable design company, combining designers with sustainable production. Mum's has got production in four developing countries India, South Africa, Cambodia, and Bolivia. Everything is handmade as far as possible, people work from home, and save travel costs to operate. Materials are local either natural or recycled, and each Mum's product is signed by the artisan who made it.

Mum’s carpets are made to order only. We manufacture all our carpets according to your wishes. The size selections available on the website are examples of the most demanded sizes based on the typical Scandinavian living room sizes. We hope they are useful when choosing the correct carpet size for your needs. Unfortunately, we cannot provide return or refund options for the made-to-order products.