catalogue of nina and other little things
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catalogue about the LITTLE RAG BOOKS OF NINA and other pretty art objectsTRANSCRIPT
THE LITTLE RAG BOOKS OF NINA
AND OTHER LITTLE THINGS
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Nina is a “pupetta” and was born from pieces of cloth: her body is made of natural hemp fabric, cloak of
red wool & her face sown in black cotton. Almost
invisible to many, she’s sometimes filled with sweet
melancholy without knowing why, other times she’s
exuberant, or plays lazily with her precious little pearls, or
dances the “Twist” with reels of cotton.
Nina moves around, exploring Inside and Out,observing and reflecting. She asks questions bigger than herself (she’s only biscuit size...), questions forgotten
somewhere.
Nina exists only if you see her,and not everyone can.
Here she becomes illustration and the graphic character of poetic tales.
Nina moves gracefully and ironic elegance throught the soft pages. She’s naturallyfascinated by those tiny little light thingsand she do not like perfection.The pages are cut and made up by hand, and what happens sometimes is that the thread decides to free itself and slip through our handsas the story unfolds....or might be NINA saying she’s here.
Nina hasn’t a precise age..do you actually know how old is Pinocchio or the Little Prince?...Well, “time” exists in different ways: a tiny bud lightly sprou-ting, a dry leaf becaming a little sculpture, the whi-te light in the morning of a new born day, the darkness of the night looking like a cobalt blue mantle, or the objects but above all the creature-objects Nina meets here and there: Mrs. Ladybird, Mr. Button, Mrs. Red Berry, Lady Broach, Mr. Robin, Miss Pearls...everything that surrounds here, become alive.
Nina often go out from her sewing basket and gets in the so-called“LITTLE RAG BOOKS”
who is Nina
the “Little Rag Books”
the pages
The “Little Rag Books of Nina” looks likea bunch of printed pages made of naturalcotton, slightly scented with almond and rose. They have been called “litlle artist books” o “silent books”, the thing is..they look so nice to look at and above all to hold them in the hand and unfold the pages.
(dimension: 11cmx10cm)
Every Rag Book is made of 8 squared pages in which are printed the illustrations of the sto-ries. Most of them have no words..but someti-mes a voice-over talk to her.
Nina’s hiding behing the button!
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the packagingIs a paperboard pocket designed to protect the precious object, and which allows to see the cute printed cotton pattern of the little spine.
You can hang it on the wall as the pocket is supplied with a pretty macramé lace.
On the back side is printed the story of Nina.
..and the little labelEach Rag Book have a little cotton labelto write a short dedication.
NINA DANCING
NINA CARRIES HOME THE LITTLE DAISY
NINA LOVES THE RAIN..BUT AFTER A WHILE..
NINA ENJOYS HER SELF WITH LITTLE THINGS
NINA AND THE FLYING COLORS
NINA AND HIDE AND SEEK
the titles
NINA AND HER THOUGHTS
NINA LOVES THE RAIN..BUT AFTER A WHILE..
NINA AND THE FLYING COLOURS
...ooone..two...three......four...six...eight.......teeeen!!
..Nina... where are you??...Nina’s behind the button!!!!!
NINA AND HIDE AND SEEK
...some stories
little art works they are little frames on which are sewed with real flowers, beads and cut out paperboard shapes are fitted. Nina is made of fabric and loves watercolor illustrations.
“NINA AND THE KITE”
“NINA AND...”
“NINA AND THE LADYBIRD!
“NINA, THE RED BERRIES AND THE LADYBIRD” “NINA THE BUTTERFLIES-UMBRELLA”
“NINA AND THE ROBIN”
“NINA AND THE PENCIL”
“NINA AND THE FLOWERS”
“NINA AND THE CLOWDS”
“NINA DRESSES WHITE SNOW” “NINA SWAROSKY”
“NINA AND THE MEETING WITH FLOWERS”
little art works
“NINA AND THE LITTLE BRUNCH
“NINA, THE TWO ROBINS AND MANY HEARTS ”
“NINA AND THE LONELY HEART”
“NINA AND THE ROBIN IN LOVE” “NINA THINKS ABOUT LOVE”
detail
little art works
the displayThe design of the display is part of the concept of the Rag Books: a hand-made clotheshorse. The little structure is made of wooden covered by vichy cotton. The books can be held with coloured clips or displayed on the little shelf.
BASIC WOODEN TABLET DISPLAY
Pictures taken by L’HUB - MILAN
CLOTHESHORSE DISPLAY
NINA AT THE WHITEKIDS SHOW jan 201O
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contact:eloise morandi
mob. +39 328 [email protected]
skipe: ninaeloise
Nina is based on a true story
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The BOOK written with Laura Borioni.
KID’S WEAR in collaboration with Rosanna Paglierini.
c o m i n g s o o n
Eloise Morandi is the designer and author on NINA.
She was born in London in 1974, and at 60 days of age her mum and dad carry her back to Italy. She start working as marketing assistan for an important Firm. At 26 years old, on a Friday of september she began everything again: she reaches Milan and graduates by the Scuola Polictenica di Design. International designers like Gio Ponti, Max Huber, Pino Tovaglia, Isao Hosoe and Bruno Munari have all taught at SPD.This particular teacher has deeply inflluenced her. She examine closely his poetic approach to work, communication, and his inspiration to art and design. In this background the idea of NINA become project. Eloise gives life to a piece of fabric which becomes character represented by a minimal sign, inspirated by Nature and sometimes schrouded in an atmosphere of non-sense and english humour. The techniques used by Eloise to visualize NINA, are: collages, scansions, watercolours, needle and yarn, cut out paper, graphic design and hand-sketch of course.
She has worked with imporant Communications Angecies. Now she collaborate with the studio which develope Antonio Marras and Kenzo’s artistic direction/commu-nication.The “Little Rag’s books of Nina” and other creations are exposed by L-Hub, a new concept lab-showroom in Milan.In 2010 Nina is going to explore new circuits like fashion, video and design.
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THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION.
HAVE A NICE DAY.
Eloise.
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