Need a new bag, but feel guilty about the over-consumption of our natural resources? San Francisco-based ReMade USA will gladly make you an original out of an old leather jacket. And, they don’t look like some of that artsy-fartsy stuff made from garbage—they are actually well-designed. Not cheap (>$200), but no leather bag is, and the cost of buying unsustainably is far more expensive, no?
Each petal is created through a series of paper folding—diagonally and perfectly in half, then in half again and again—small enough to actually necessitate the use of tweezers. That’s commitment.
This one’s by FurMonster
By gochemoche 
By marissajoannarojas
Japanese graphic/textile designer Masafumi Arita’s modern folklore seeks to deliver art to the non-artist, work that is “easy to understand” without need for an arts education or specific cultural upbringing. His patterns, internationally influenced by some greats like Russian Constructivist Alexander Rodchenko and Austrian architect/religious theorist Rudolf Steiner, are admittedly rooted in the many cultures Arita has experienced.
His textile brand, fittingly named New Esperanto Label, uses “textiles as a communication tool to penetrate food, clothing and shelter,” akin to ancient traditions of story-telling and cultural permeation via textile.
Two designs inspired by the Tokyo Tower, at “Day”. . .
. . .and at “Night.”
These pretty tea towels are from Tikoli. If you are a regular design sponge reader like I am, you have seen their products on their blog recently. I am a huge fan of clean and bold graphics like these. Their designs were inspired by Japanese "tenugui" graphics, and they created these beautiful pieces by adding their own design sensibility. So beautiful! I know that tenugui is getting hot again in Japan too. I have seen other people creating really beautiful designs. I will post some more later to share those findings.
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