Isabella Werner

My work engages with sustainability, use, and aesthetics, and explores how furniture can be varied and can endure over time — with the help of string.

String-bound textiles allow objects to change and be maintained. When a surface wears out, it can be replaced without losing the object as a whole. Within the string system, there is an inherent flexibility, an opening for variation, where the furniture can shift in expression and function in response to changing needs.

The string furniture aims to draw us closer to what we surround ourselves with. By allowing for adjustment and care, a relationship with the objects emerges.

The string serves as both structure and ornament. It holds parts together while simultaneously creating an aesthetic in which function and ornament cannot be separated. The forms are there to guide the string, while also giving rise to a visual language.

Gathering spaces emerge around the furniture, hubs within the home as well as in public environments.