LAB by Antonella Tedde | Vetrine dell'Artigiano Artistico

LAB by Antonella Tedde

Cushions

Cushions made of orbace, a traditional local wood fabric, and cotton clippings. Including a careful collection of precious pieces of rich fabrics, woven with mixed tailoring techniques, these cushions are part of a collection of home accessories crafted in limited edition.

LAB by Antonella Tedde|Macomer
Sardinian button necklace

This textile necklace is made out of a small semi-worked cotton bundle, with a precious silver pendant consisting of a single traditional button. This combination of traditional and contemporary styles provides an original interpretation of ancient themes with a balanced innovative approach.

LAB by Antonella Tedde|Macomer
Mirna American placemats

These practical contemporary American placemats with asymmetric composition are realised by combining, through the use of the patchwork technique, black and white fabrics with various other fabrics.

LAB by Antonella Tedde|Macomer
Large and small pochette clutch bag

These exclusive pochette clutch-bags are crafted as unique pieces using the patchwork technique, asymmetrically combining shiny black synthetic leather, traditional handicraft woven fabrics and other graphic and floral printed fabrics.

LAB by Antonella Tedde|Macomer
Mirna cushion

This original cushion is realised using the patchwork technique, combining traditional local woven fabrics with other fabrics in a striking asymmetrical composition.

LAB by Antonella Tedde|Macomer

The artisan

Lab is an experimental project that combines dynamic design, fashion, and craft traditions. Created by Barbara Pala and Antonella Tedde, the former being a fashion designer and the latter a pattern maker, it is a creative workshop that focuses on the remake of traditional fabrics for the crafting of new intuitive and original objects. Barbara Pala studied in Milan and was awarded a scholarship to attend the Master's course in Fashion Design at Domus Academy. Later on, she carried out several projects and collaborations with haute couture professionals. Antonella Tedde studied in Florence as a pattern maker, attending a top quality training programme. She then gained experience and expertise during her years of activities, working for a large clothing company in Borgo San Lorenzo. Once back to Sardinia, after treading interesting individual paths, they decided to combine their passions and devote themselves to experimentation in the field of fashion design, with an innovative and distinctive approach.

The collection

In their workshop, the two designers make tailor-made clothes and restyle vintage clothes, creating sophisticated and unconventional products. References to traditional crafts are combined with new design solutions, such as those applied to the series of original and exclusive textile jewels. Creativity and inspiration are shaped under new perspectives.

The technique

Materials research, graphic design and tailoring technique are the basis of Lab textile production, characterized by unusual combinations of materials, fabrics and colors, with intuitive and high quality processes and technical solutions.