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A person stands against a blue background, completely covered by a large blue quilted blanket. The blanket features a white print of reaching hands and is trimmed with a gold border.

Product Design: Siggi Odds and friends produce a stunning selection of graphic quilts

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Date
25 April 2014

As part of this year’s DesignMarch in Iceland, one of our favourite illustrators and designers, Siggi Odds, got together with a few collaborators to produce something 3D and tangible. He and Geir Ólafsson, Hrefna Sigurðardóttir and Þorleifur Gunnar Gíslason all work in a predominantly digital fashion, producing things that are transient and rarely made physical. To counter that they partnered with product designer Jón Helgi Hólmgeirsson, and working under the name Børk created a selection of bespoke quilts, printed with custom graphic imagery that’s evocative of Iceland’s landscapes and natural environments, borrowing elements from traditional mythology and folklore.

They’re not in commercial production yet, but Siggi and his team are gearing up to produce a first run with 66°NORTH. So watch this space.

A person stands against a dark background, draped in a large, hooded black cloak. The fabric features a bold, abstract white print and a beige lining.
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Børk: Vāmācāra

A black quilted blanket hangs from a white rod. It features a print of two hands reaching downwards over a scattering of abstract, 3D white and grey shapes.
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Børk: Vāmācāra

A person leans back against a dark background, wearing an oversized, quilted black coat. The garment is printed with large white feathers and finished with a white border.
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Børk: Fjaðrafellir

A black quilted blanket hangs from a white line by two clips. It features a pattern of white feathers floating across the dark fabric.
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Børk: Fjaðrafellir

A person stands against a blue background, completely wrapped in a bright blue quilted sleeping bag. Only their dark trousers and shoes are visible beneath the fabric.
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Børk: Eyvindur

A quilted blanket hangs from a metal rod against a grey wall. It features a blue gradient landscape of layered mountains with small white symbols and the letters “I”, “G”, “H”, “L”, “A”, “N”, and “D” scattered across the design.
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Børk: Eyvindur

A person stands against a deep blue background, completely covered by a large blue quilt. The fabric features a white illustration of a hand and fingers reaching across the surface.
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Børk: Undir Feld

A blue quilted textile hangs from a metal rod against a grey wall. White, fluid lines create an abstract, swirling composition of interlocking shapes across the fabric.
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Børk: Undir Feld

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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