Hello Thursday

Working on contacts from my visit in NYC and ICFF - that needs a small break with some magazines and some chai latte.

Pictures from my booth at ICFF New York

I finally got my pictures from my booth at ICFF. It was such a good experience being there - thanks for all the great people who drop by - looking forward working with you.

Back in CPH

Now we are back again in Copenhagen. It has been a really GREAT debut at ICFF with some of my new  products. There has already been a lot of writing about my embroidery kits. Take a look at some this, this and this one. And two danish posts here and here. It is so exciting to have a book filled with all my new contacts, and get going with the US marked.

All my best thought to my great agent cwc-i. 

Lisa Grue at ICFF - come and visit at booth 814

Danish artist/designer/blogger/DIYer extraordinaire Lisa Grue has created a delicate, yet edgy high end embroidery kit which she will debut at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York from May 19-22nd, 2012. 

The kit contains everything needed to complete a beautiful, large-scale modern tapestry and is available in three color variations and three designs, based on her original hand drawn images. The fair is being held at the Javits Center, and you can find Lisa at booth #814.  In addition to her embroidery kits, she will also have limited edition prints of her designs + custom textiles on display as well.

 ABOUT THE KIT: 

The theme of the embroidery motifs is "Memento mori," to remind people of their morality.  Lisa Grue's motivation for selecting this theme is her reaction to a stressful lifestyle. Lisa believes that when we hurry from one thing to another, or take on many things at the same time, we often forget to enjoy life.  She thinks that we need to slow down, and be present in our lives, and by doing embroidery, you are encouraged to slow down. Embroidery requires concentration, it is a meditative hobby, a perfect stress relief tool.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

The "My Embroidery Kit" by Lisa Grue is an easy-level embroidery kit containing all of the essentials that one will need in order to learn how to hand embroider with a simple technique.  The technical skills to start are neither complex nor difficult to learn.  The cotton fabric is printed with a bright grey pattern of the design, so that the user can see where to make the stitches.  Breathe in and out and enjoy!

Each kit includes:
- a wooden embroidery hoop
- embroidery needle
- embroidery floss for chosen motif
- embroidery how-to
- cotton fabric with the chosen motif printed
- a beautiful box with a leather belt to use after the embroidery is finished

About Lisa Grue:
Lisa Grue graduated from the Design School of Denmark in 2001, where she studied illustration, fashion, and fine art.  She started the creative platform Underwerket in 2001, and she has carved quite a name for herself and Underwerket with her work, illustrating and doing graphic design for books, fashion and design magazines, as well as fashion labels.

Lisa has garnered applause - along with occasional outrage - with her sublime cocktail of zany ideas, superbly ambiguous humor, in-your-face attitude, and poetic femininity.  Fashion and beauty magazines, T-shirt brands, and fashion and publishing houses have all taken notice of her original work.

Lisa/Underwerket is an especially creative personality in the Danish design environment, appearing in several exhibitions in Denmark and Europe.  Lisa has been honored as one of the new design talents of Denmark, with a number of grants from the National Art Foundation of Denmark.  Lisa's strong work has steadily brought her attention around the world and can be seen in several international books on illustration and design.  Among Lisa's clients include Anna Sui, Ace Hotel New York, Nylon Magazine, Kid Robot, and Random House.

Late night and early bird in NYC

Last night we spend time planning the final look on booth at ICFF and we also went up early and continue planning the next steps. Went to a great coffee shop at East Houston street and talked and made sketches of my booth.

A walk of inspiration on Manhanttan

Even if I am busy preparing my show on International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF)I still need to get some inspiration in the city. 

Cushions by Lisa Grue

I still need some work done before ICFF the 19th here in NYC. I am finishing the embroidery of a pink Bobcat, finding zippers and sewing them in my prototype of cushions, making sewing instructions for the Embroidery kit etc. And all my kisses to Denis who is designing the booth and fixing so many things for me, and who is making a 5 mins. promotion film about my Embroidery kit. 

Good morning New York

Back in New York, woke up at 2.00 am in the night. Ohh jet lag you are not my friend. Looking forward eating breakfast at Clinton Bakery, and having a meeting with my agents from both NYC and  Japan.

Getting ready

"My embroidery kits" are getting ready to fly to New York.

Bobcat embroidery

Things are moving forward with the embroidery. Here you see the embroider bobcat, a sample for "My embroidery kit".

A too busy lady

I am working hard these days to have my samples ready for The Design Week in NYC. Tomorrow is a photo shoot day, so the samples need to be ready.

My embroidery kit

These days my trainee Kirstine, my assistants Camilla and Rikke and I are working like mad to have the embroidery kit finished before I go to New York for Icff.

Box fabric in CPH South

Went to get a sample of my packaging for "My Embroidery Kit" at ICFF in New York, the box fabric was an amazing place. A kind of "candy" shop for designers like us. LUV it.

My embroidery kits are being printed

Right now my embroidery kits are being printed by T-shirttrykkeren in Copenhagen S. The neighborhood  out there is moving in its own way.

Tuesday working from home

I am listening to Thomas Dybdahl, sitting in the kitchen looking at the snow from the window. Eating ginger candy and working on some details on my embroidery kit for ICFF in New York. I am doing the skull in three different colors black, grey and pink.