Patterns please

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Émilie and Virginie (Les Miniatures) are two Paris based sisters who translate their love for antique textiles, vintage patterns and cross stitching into contemporary designs and colours. Their mom does a lot of stitching for Miniatures’ unique pieces, but their happy designs and patterns have also been licensed by French company Atomic Soda to appear (trompe l’œil style) on a wide range of products such as purses, boxes, and notebooks. Gorgeous!

 

Perfect packaging

La Tía Fina is a family company with a small production of handcraft jam. Even the packaging is handcraft: stamped with the fruit the jam is made of. Less is more.

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DIY Plastic Recycling

As paper lovers, we are also recycling lovers – here at Artoos|Hayez. No wonder Precious Plastic got out attention.
After getting to know Boyan Slat, the Dutch student behind the ocean cleanup, there now is Dave Hakkens. He also is a bright Dutchman, and he invented Precious Plastic, a series of DIY machines that turn unwanted plastic into usable objects or raw materials. The machines can be made at home using universal materials and basic tools available around the world. Blueprints, a series of detailed instructional videos, the download kit, … they’re all available online, shared via open source.

If you’re looking for me: I’m cleaning out the garage to make room for my personal Precious Plastic recycler!