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contents

About Node

Kumbeshwar Technical School

A Hand Made Crat

18 Rugs by 18 Artists

Beatrice Alemagna

Sanna Annukka

Lesley Barnes

Petra Brner

Chamo

Benji Davies

Chris Haughton

Clayton JuniorJon Klassen

Micah Lidberg

Joe Magee

Geo McFetridge

Neasden Control Centre

Patternity

Serge Seidlitz

Marcroy Smith

Kevin Waldron

Donna Wilson

Special Thanks

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We are a non-proit social business. Our aim is to combine great design with great air trade

projects in order to make as much impact or air trade as we can. We have approached eighteen

designers and illu strators to work with one o Nepals ounding air trade groups or a coll ection

or the Design Museum shop. This project is designed to provide work and literacy or adult

weavers, and schooling or their children.

Node are Chris Haughton and Akshay Sthapit. Chris is a childrens book author and illustrator who

has been working in air trade or the last nine years. He was listed in TIME magazines DESIGN

100 or the work he has been doing or air trade. In 2010, Chris spent eight months in India and

Nepal working with air trade groups. There, he began developing rugs with a airtrade technical

school. Chris sought Akshays help to grow the project. Akshay is a Kathmandu based entrepreneur

with a passion or social projects. Together they call themselves NODE with the aim o connecting

designers and artists together with crat based social projects. Ater a successul exhibition in the

SO FAR THE FUTURE design gallery on Lambs Conduit St, London, they have created this collection

which will be exclusively available rom the Design Museum Shop.

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We produce all our rugs with Kumbeshwar Technical School in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kumbeshwar

was set up by the Khadgi amily who are traditionally rom the pode community, the lowest caste

in Nepal. In 1983 the Khadgi amily created a non-proit technical school to help their caste out

o poverty. Their work now has now extended to all disadvantaged individuals. Their weaving

school recruits disadvantaged adults and oers an adult education and support centre. As well

as given air wages, their weavers are taught literacy and skil ls. With proits rom the sales

o rugs and crats they also und a large school o 260 with well t rained and well paid teachers,

providing students with ree books and meals. In addition, they und an orphanage or 25 chil dren.

KTS are a ounder member o Fair Trade Nepal and are WFTO accredited.

kumbeshwar technical school

An Adult Literacy + Skills Training programme (6,000 graduates)

A School o 260

An Orphanage o 25


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We produce our carpets entirely by hand using traditional Tibetan carpet making techniques

o the highest possible quality. Nepal is well known or its high quality weaving and this project

was set up with help rom skill ed master weavers. All our carpets are made rom Tibetan wool.

The wool rom high altitude Tibetan breeds o sheep is naturally thick and Tibetan rugs

are amous or their thickness and durabili ty. The wool is hand spun i nto thread, hand dyed

with natural and non-polluting dyes and then hand-knotted on our looms i nto carpet.

hand made craft

Node have come rom a background in digital imaging and we worked closel y with all the ar tists

and the weavers to ind the best possi ble ways to convert each artwork into woven rugs.


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All the rugs are limited editions o 10 rugs and each are

hand signed by the artists. They measure 1.75m x 1.15m

and are available rom the Design Mu seum shop or

950 including delivery to your home.


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beatrice alemagna

eatrice Alemagna was born in Bologna, Italy, 1973. She is an author

nd illustrator o childrens books. In 1996 she was awarded her irst

major accolade, winning irst prize in the worldwide illustration

ompetition Figures Futur (ParisFrance). In 1998 she began working

with the Centre Pompidou as a poster artist which continued until 2010.

uring the last decade she has received several notable mentions

nd awards, including: Attention talentFNAC, Prix Octogones,

lustrated Book PrizeRueil, Prix Baobab du salon du livre Montreuil

twice selected), Book Prize Taipei (Taiwan, 2006), Bologna Ragazzi

Award (2007)(Special mention) and Prix Andersen Italy (2010).

Alemagna has produced twenty French books, which have also

een translated into 13 dierent languages. She has had solo

xhibitions in a wide selection o galleries in France and has also

hown in Italy, Portugal and Japan. In 2009 she created a character

or the national Italian newspaper LUnit (Piccoletta). In 2010

he became the Director o Ramino, a small collection o picture

ooks or Muses Nationaux de France. In 2012 she began two

igh proile collaborations; the irst with French toy manuacturerjeco and the second with homeware supplier Elica, where Beatrice

as designed a range o plates. Her books in English are currently

ublished by Phaidon.

eatricealemagna.com


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sanna annukka

anna Annukka is a designer and printmaker. Her distinctive style

bold colour and pattern is infuenced by her childhood summers

pent in northern Finland. Her memories o camping in the night less

apland wilderness, the orests, lakes and wildlie remain a constant

nspiration. Her irst commercial application back in 2006 saw

er design the album Under the Iron Sea, British group Keanes second

million selling album. She has since been in busy demand with clients

uch as British Vogue, Apple and Vodaone. Sanna became a designer

or Finnish textiles and ashion brand, Marimekko in 2008. Her irst

ollection was a celebration o The Kalevala, Finlands national literary

pic. Her ollow up collection in 2012 celebrated the landscapes,

rchitecture and culture o Finland. Her irst book, an illustrated

ersion o Hans Christian Andersens The Fir Tree, was published

n 2012 and is the beginning o many more illustrated books to come.

he now divides her time between screen -printing at her studio,

ommissioned work, designing and expanding her own range

sel-styled products, sold exclusively through her online shop.

anna-annukka.com


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esley barnes

esley Barnes is an animator and illustrator who lives and works

n Glasgow. She uses a graphic and colourul style to tell stories

with both her illustration and moving image work. Her animations

ave shown in competition at ilm estivals all over the world and

ave won a number o awards. Lesley recently expanded into

lustration and has worked or clients such as the Victoria and Albert

Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum o Childhood, Glasgow Film

estival, Puin Books, Random House, Time Out, Belle and Sebastian,

Glamour Magazine and The Sunday Times Style Magazine.

esleybarnes.co.uk


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petra brner

etra Brner grew up in a small town in Sweden and her Scandinavian

oots are present in her work. She started her career at a Stockholm

nimation studio and developed her drawing style through

ollaborations with magazines during her ashion studies at Central

t Martins in London. Without ormal training in illustration within

n increasingly digital market, shes established her work using

hands-on approach, oten involving collage or basic embroidery.

ridging illustration with ashion & liestyle design, her work

eatures in ashion and interior design, as well as on book covers

nd publications worldwide. Now based in London, she divides

er time between the continued demand or commissioned artwork,

whilst urther developing her own work and product range.

he rug, designed by Petra Brner in collaboration with Made by Node,

s titled Klang. The Swedish title translates as tone, reerring to

colour or a happy sound. The rug is created to add a Klang to your

ome and put a smile on the users ace. The original artwork was

ut in paper, beore being interpreted into the handmade rug design.

etraborner.com


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chamo

hamo studied textiles and illustration at the Duperre School

Applied Arts in Paris. Following this, she studied visual

ommunication at the Kunsthochschule-Berlin Weissensee.

n 2005 Chamo returned to Paris where she dedicated hersel

o illustration, gaining representation by the agency Illustrissimo.

he produces CD covers and sleeve notes, posters or plays

nd concerts, event fyers and a range o illustrations published

n the French and international press including Magazines or children

t Bayard, Milan Press, Los Angeles Magazine, Glow and Nobrow.

hamo also produces childrens books, notably ABC des signes,

n alphabet book o sign-language, which has been published

y Parisian based Thierry Magnier and Bon anniversaire Princesse,

pop-up book published by Gallimard. In 2006, Chamo created

Articho, an association dedicated to drawing and illustration which

he co-manages. LArticho aims to create events such as exhibitions,

ublications and markets ocused on illustration. LArticho also

ublishes a biennial magazine, Les Cahiers de LArticho.

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benji davies

enji Davies is a childrens book illustrator living and working

n Hackney. He has illustrated over twenty books and his work

as been published around the world. Alongside this he has been

nown to moonlight as an animation director, making music promos

nd adverts, and has had several short ilms commissioned by

hannel 4. His debut as picture book author, The Storm Whale,

s due in August 2013.

enjidavies.com


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chris haughton

hris Haughton is an Irish illustrator and author living in London.

e was listed in Time magazines DESIGN 100 or the work he

as been doing or air trade. His debut book A Bit Lost was irst

ublished in English in 2010. It has been translated into 18 languages

nd won 9 awards in 7 countries. In Holland it won the Dutch Picture

ook o the Year 2012. His second book Oh No George came out in

March 2012 and has been nominated or 5 awards. In 2011, together

with Akshay Sthapit, he co-ounded NODE. They aim to connect

esigners with air trade to produce high quality designed products

whilst empowering co-operatives and the economically disadvantaged.

hrishaughton.com


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clayton junior

layton is an artist who sees the world in strong colours and bold

hapes, transitioning naturally between the single image and the

raphic story, the quiet crat o printmaking and the collective eorts

animation. A Brazilian artist living in London, he combines his taste

or modernism with a amiliar tropical vibrancy to create his original

nd inspiring ideas. His work has been widely published internationally

ncluding animation or MTV Brazil, illustration or business ocused

ublications in Russia and the New Yorker, and as comic and graphic

eportages published in USA, Slovenia, UK and Italy.

laytonjunior.com


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o n kl asse n

Jon Klassen is a Canadian illustrator who works primarily in picture

ooks and on animated projects. He has written and illustrated two

his own books, I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat,

nd has illustrated books written by Mac Barnett, Ted Kooser, and

emony Snicket. Beore becoming a book illustrator, Klassen worked

s a concept artist on animated eature ilms or Dreamworks and

aika Studios. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, Caliornia.

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micah lidberg

Micah Lidberg is an illustrator living in Kansas City, Missouri.

e studied at the Minneapolis College o Art and Design as well

s the University o Brighton, England. The mystery and delight

n his images stems rom his deep appreciation and curiosity

or the wonders o nature. As a child, Micah loved to explore the

utdoors directly as well as through books and documentaries.

his knowledge and love or the world around him uelled his

nsatiable passion or drawing. Micah continues this practice today

y bringing pencil to paper, now expanding his work with digital

echniques. Oten working between the boundaries o design and

lustration, Micah seamlessly integrates typography and antastic

and drawn worlds. His work ranges rom editorial projects to apparel

ollections, including clients such as The New York Times, Lacoste,

ylon Magazine, and Target. Micah is represented by Hugo & Marie.

micahlidberg.com


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o e magee

Joe Magee is an award-winning UK artist and ilm maker. He is

regular contributor o images to international publications such

s The Guardian, Time Magazine and Liberation having upwards

2000 images published. His work has shown widely at galleries

nd ilm estivals internationally he has twice presented work

t the International Symposium o Electronic Arts (Japan, Liverpool)

s well as at the ICA, the V&A and The National Portrait Gallery.

e has artworks in the permanent collections o University o the

Arts London and University o Bath. Magee is a regular collaborator

with celebrated British perormer Bill Bailey producing ilms, images

nd large-scale video art. In 2009 Magee was awarded two D&AD

Awards For Outstanding Achievement. Joe continues to work in

wide range o traditional and electronic media. He is currently

writing a eature screenplay, supported by Creative England and BFI.

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geoff mcfetridge

Geo McFetridge is an artist based in Los Angeles, Caliornia.

orn in Canada, he was schooled at the Alberta College o Art and

he Graduate Design Program at the Caliornia Institute o the Arts.

nown mainly or his work as a graphic designer, he instinctively

gnores creative boundaries. His work speaks with a graphic -ness

hat is the ulcrum or a diverse art practice. Public language is

is personal language. His drawings, prints, patterns and paintings

resent themselves as both amiliar and new. The imagery is reined

o a point o anonymous unctionality. His work is anti -experimental,

ttempting to pass as part o our visual lexicon. His works are

mpostors; invented images meant to appear ound. His relationship

with popular culture is one o participation. His works are the guest

a riend o a riend at your dinner party; a new letter quietly

lipped into the alphabet.

hampiondontstop.com


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neasden control centre

easden Control Centre is a London based studio by artist and

lustrator Stephen Smith. The studios D.I.Y ethos is centred around

diverse and intuitive process practice oten led by drawing across

range o outputs. Smith has released 4 books with publishers

Gestalten, Rojo and Mu. Smith has also exhibited his work worldwide

ncluding at MU (Netherlands), Baltic Centre or Contemporary Art

UK) and the Nam June Paik Centre (Seoul, Korea). In 2011 he was

nvited as artist in residence with the nomadic architectural group

nknown Fields Division on a trip to Chernobyl and the Russian

pace Centre.

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patternity

atternity is an award-winning creative organisation that specialises

n the exploration and application o pattern. It was ounded in 2009

y art director Anna Murray and surace/textiles designer Grace

Winteringham who joined orces because o a shared passion and

rive to push the awareness and innovative application o pattern.

atternity projects are grounded by the belie that a shared deeper

nderstanding o pattern has the power to positively engage us

with our environment and each other. The pattern ocussed research

rchive, design studio and educational events go beyond the surace,

sing pattern as a vehicle to blur boundaries and tell important stories

bout the world in which we live. Patternity have won a prestigious

Wallpaper* interior design award and been eatured in Vogue,

he Independent and the New York Times. Their online pattern

esearch archive was cited by the Telegraph in October 2012 as one

the worlds Top 10 most infuential Style Blogs and Voted 6th by

Wallpaper* magazines 20 best things on the web. Patternity is

esolutely non-clich and renders everyday bricks and mortar moot.

HE NEW YORK TIMES

atternity.co.uk


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serge seidlitz

An English-German hybrid, born in Kenya in 1977, Serge Seidlitz

rew up travelling between the UK and Asia. Serge explores

nnovative and original ideas through maps, inormation graphics,

haracter design and more to create his playul visual language.

erge is represented in London by Debut Art. His website

nd blog are updated regularly with new work.

ergeseidlitz.com


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marcroy smith

ondon based Marcroys multidisciplinary work spans across

he ields o graphic design, web design, illustration, printmaking

nd creative direction. He has worked or numerous clients including

ove, The History Channel, Microsot and MasterCard alongside

maller clients such as bands and record labels, designing album

rtwork, t-shirts and skateboards. Marcroy is the ounder and director

People o Print, the worlds largest community and directory

creatives who use print as a process in their work. He has a fair

or entrepreneurialism and has just launched Universe: An Advertising

pace For Creatives. He has been involved in a number o other Fair

rade projects alongside Chris Haughton o Made by Node.

marcroy.co.uk


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kevin waldron

evin Waldron was born & raised in Dublin. Following a degree

n graphic design rom Dublin Institute o Technology, he moved

o London to study MA Illustration at Kingston University. It was whilst

ere that Kevin began working with childrens book illustration. His irst

ook, Mr Peek and the Misunderstanding at the Zoo (Templar Publishing)

won the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award in 2009. He illustrated

iny Little Fly (Walker Books), a witty book o rhyme by Michael Rosen

which won the Bull-Bransom Award in 2011. In the same year he

was also named one o the Booktrust best new illustrators. The next

nstalment in the Mr Peek series is due to be published in 2013. Kevin

ow lives in New York.

evinwaldron.co.uk


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donna wilson

onna Wilson runs her studio and workshop in East London.

er hardworking team knit, sew, pack and send out products

o design stores around the world, in over 25 countries.

Originally rom Aberdeenshire, and a graduate rom Grays School

Art, Donna Wilson set up her company in 2003 ater a sell out

Graduate Show at the Royal College o Art. Passionate about creating

roducts that people can connect with the Donna Wilson studio

s committed to making things that their customers will treasure.

y using UK based manuacturers, suppliers, and 100% Natural

ibres like Lambswool, they are doing their bit to keep British

ratsmanship alive. Donna still takes most o her inspiration rom

memories o her childhood growing up on a arm in North East

cotland. Known mostly or her riendly knitted sot urnishings

nd creatures; Donna Wilson has expanded into designing and making

wide range o products including ashion accessories, ceramics

nd glassware, printed cotton cushions and stationary.

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with special thanks

Node are operating as a non-proit and we really

appreciate all the avours given to us alo ng the way.

Thank you!

Dog and Wardrobe

East London Furniture

Peter Guenzel

Lee Scratch Perry and Universal Music

Omar OSullivan

Eimear Fitzsimons

Marcroy Smith

Design:

Lila-Marie Hamilton

Photography:

Peter Guenzel

Satyendra Khadgi

Carolin Weinkop

Thanks very much to the Design Museum Shop or their

generosity with this project.

Thanks especially to Impress Print or their generosity

with printing this catalogue. This catalogue has been

printed on FSC paper.

mpressprint.net


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