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A recreation of the traditional Tibetan yak tent.
Jenny Chou’s Bana is crafted using traditional techniques and consists of four variations of Molly 2 textile stitched together to create a patchwork appearance. Molly 2, made from worsted yarn from Norwegian sheep, was chosen for its delicate natural look, complementing the yak yarn. The threads and ropes are handspun from yak hair, and the wooden tent poles are recycled from an old tent.
Explore Bana by Jenny Chou via link in bio.
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23 Jul 2024
A tribute to tradition.
Tibetan nomads, deeply connected to nature, traditionally weave their tents from yak yarn, a practice integral to their disappearing way of life. Jenny Chou’s Bana tent, crafted with woollen textile Molly 2 and Re-wool 2, and handspun yak hair, honours these traditions with regenerative materials. Partnering with Yargey co-operative, Chou’s collaboration underscores the importance of how traditional practices and beliefs are relevant to contemporary discussions about sustainability.
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22 Jul 2024
Bana by Jenny Chou.
Jenny Chou’s Bana tent pays homage to the traditional Tibetan yak tent, using woollen textiles Molly 2 and Re-wool 2, handspun yak hair, recycled wooden poles, and traditional stitching methods.
Explore Bana by Jenny Chou via link in bio.
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21 Jul 2024
Kvadrat Rethink Design Project
The threads and ropes are made from handspun yak hair and the wooden tent poles recycled from an old tent. In making this piece, we partnered with Yargey, a co-operative dedicated to reviving the yak fabric culture, based in Litang county in the southwest of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, part of China’s Sichuan province.
The nomads’ black tents exemplify the core principles of reuse and regeneration, and we found working with the Tibetan community to be an education in how traditional practices and beliefs are relevant to contemporarydiscussions about sustainability.
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12 Jun 2024
Kvadrat Rethink Design Project
No matter how large or small, the shape of the tent always mimics the silhouette of a yak in the landscape. The herders describe the yak as “nuo” which means treasure – and with good reason. The nomads cannot survive without the yaks, which provide them with clothes, blankets, food, fuel, transport and more.
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12 Jun 2024
Kvadrat Rethink Design Project
“Bana”is a recreation of the traditional Tibetan yak tent in Kvadrat Molly 2. Bana is the word for black tent in the Tibetan pasture area. The nomads of the Tibetan plateau livein close connection with nature. They have lived in their tents, woven from yak yarn, for as long as anyone can remember. But this way of life is disappearing. Typically, theywill tend to move with their animals every few weeks or months in the summer and build a more permanent camp in winter.
It is designed for use by one or two people. Although small in size, the tent is made using traditional techniques. Four variations of Molly 2 textile are cut into 35cm-wide strips, the same width astraditional handwoven yak fabric, then stitched together to give a patchwork appearance. Molly 2, deriving from a worsted yarn from Norwegian sheep, was chosen for the delicacy of its natural look, a material in sympathy with yak yarn.
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12 Jun 2024
Interiors crafted from Chinese fir align gracefully with the main wood structure, as well as bringing essence of the rice terrace into the guest rooms
22 Nov 2023
The Well House on Terrace in Dali Village Guizhou . We are still exploring the possibility of tradition and modern living in a historical village echoing tradition prototypes of wooden coverage bridge and granary typologies in the design. Read about it in the link in bio
22 Nov 2023
The Well House Jiayi Miao Village
11 Aug 2022
Happy 2022 Tradition@Present Chinese Ethnic Attire exhibition at Nantong Textile Museum opens today
31 Dec 2021
We just completed a sustainable fashion and art exchange platform store in Beijing. More pictures to come soon. #cork #corkwall #sustainablefashion
30 Sep 2021
Thank you @dezeen #dezeenawards2021 #dezeenawards
11 Aug 2021
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