With 20 to watch, Flanders DC presents twenty emerging talents, who recently took their first steps in the worlds of design or fashion. We believe they will have great success in the future.

Who is Morevi?

• consists of Ana Naskidashvili and Frederik Poisquet
• she studied graphic design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (KASK Antwerpen), and he studied experimental film at KASK School of Arts Ghent
• revive Georgia’s craft traditions

Since we met three years ago, we have been working on a shared universe. We are inspired by nature, culture and mainly Georgian crafts for our handmade textile pieces. We find it magical how we can revive largely forgotten techniques, such as those that still exist in my grandmother’s village, among others. The unpredictability that comes with using natural materials such as wool or indigo makes it fascinating. We also like a timeless, primitive aesthetic, where imperfections contribute to beauty.

We also nurture an absolute passion for handicrafts. This has an almost meditative effect. Paying attention to the smallest details gives our work a strong soul. Moreover, we can pass on our knowledge about the intense process of making to the buyers, so that they also understand it better and thus value it more. Convincing people of this emotional added value and validating our many handcrafted works is our greatest challenge.

The concept is central to our design practice. We especially want to highlight forgotten techniques and natural materials. That is why we use a visually abstract language, which adds a touch of poetry to the design through minimal human intervention. In the future, we also want to revive other techniques and materials that we discover during our extensive research in Georgia.