APR MAY
APR/MAY IS A LONDON-BASED MOTHER-SON DESIGN DUO, EXPLORING NEW WAYS OF DESIGNING AROUND BESSARABIAN FOLKLORE.
THE ETHOS OF THIS CREATIVE TANDEM IS TO HIGHLIGHT LOCAL MOLDOVA TRADITIONS BY REINTERPRETING THEM IN A CONTEMPORARY BUT TIMELESS WAY.
ALL PIECES ARE UNIQUE, MADE AND ASSEMBLED BY HAND IN MOLDOVA, USING LOCAL ARTISANAL MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES.
HAND-WOVEN WOOL TEXTILES ARE THE VERY ESSENCE OF TRADITIONAL BESSARABIAN CRAFTS.
ALL TEXTILES FOR THE UPHOLSTERY ROOMS ARE SOURCED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SELECTED FOR THEIR UNIQUE PATTERNS AND WEAVING TECHNIQUES, CHOSEN INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH ITEM OF FURNITURE, MAKING THEM COMPLETELY UNIQUE AND LIMITED EDITION.
THE GOAL OF APR/MAY IS TO INTRODUCE MOLDOVA HERITAGE INTO THE WORLD OF DESIGN.
BY DRAWING INDIRECT REFERENCES FROM EVERYTHING THAT DEFINES THE UNIVERSE OF BESSARABIAN FOLKLORE AND EXPRESSING IT THROUGH UNIQUE HANDMADE DECORATIVE OBJECTS,
RICH LOCAL AESTHETIC INSPIRES EACH OF THE FIVE-PIECE COLLECTIONS CALLED SEASONS.
THE COLLECTION