Irene Peukes studied Fashion and Textil in Hamburg and Barcelona and works
for 8 years as a shoedesigner for Camper in Mallorca.
From the outset, her focus was unconventional, being more interested
in the concept of design from angles which were not strictly limited
by market forces. Photography, drawing and painting lent a different
dimension to her perception of materials and form, and together with
her distinct approach to colour and the treatment of textiles, she presented
her first collections in ModaFad, the Gaudí fashion shows and Circuit
BCN.
Irene has worked professionally for two important companies: Artextil
and Camper. She has adapted to the changes in demand in both the textile
design and shoe design markets whilst always managing to retain an air
of freshness and simplicity, even minimalist at times, combining imagination
with a down-to-earth approach. Seeking simplicity, she has experimented
and travelled in search of natural materials and the handmade skills
of different communities in South America and the East. Participating
in projects like these has made her especially aware of the value of
working with little means while relying on basic materials and primary
colours.
In a way, her particular sensitivity has more to do with the work of
artists such as Sonia Delaunay, Mark Rothko, Rebecca Horn, Pipilotti
Rist or Jonathan Meese than with the glamour and superficiality which
sometimes surround the world of fashion. Thus, her vision is conscientiously
removed from haute couture and despite her admiration for designers such
as Issey Miyake, Dries van Noten, Claudia Skoda or Sybilla, her real
inspiration comes from a combination of her interest in the evolution
of contemporary art and her close association with the traditional methods
and forms of hand-made work.
Irene works on the textiles with her hands, printing, dying, painting,
writing, embroidering, plaiting and personalizing her work in a way that
is different to the industrial processes which dominate today’s production.
It is for this reason that she is committed to projects like “Mon” which
is based on the possibilities of different natural materials to make
different products by hand using different cultural and handmade skills.
Her work demonstrates a world of future possibilites in which pure technology,
synthetic materials, mass production and all things artificial do not
suffocate the basic sources of creativity.
[Felipe Hernandez]
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april 2011 guate va vest in the shops
and in the shopromm of made mallorca the 8,9,10 of april
march 2011
guate va vest SS2011 soon on sale in mallorca -
barcelona - formentera
febrery 2011
guategol > santmarc > stockholm supermarketartfair
january 2011
guate va vest in germany PASSAGEN design week
köln from monday 17.1 to sunday 23.1
decembre 2010
the first bags banglafest of jute
october 2010
guate va vest on sale in the armario
del puro room 43 - location puro hotel in palma de mallorca 9.10.2010 from 10 to 21h
on sale in winter
mallorca
at the Es Baluard museumshop in palma de mallorca
plaza porta santa catalina 9, +34 971 908 200
at studio celler sant marc in sineu
plaza es mercadal 3, +34 609 12 60 55
formentera
at the BLiNk formentera concept store in sant francesc,
c/ramón llull 11, +34 971 32 28 04
germany
at my studio in krefeld lindenstrasse 33/35
september 2010
catwalk in krefeld september,18 and 19
july 2010
presentation of guate va vest
july, 28
in centre bit inca, mallorca
april 2010 guate va vest on sale
mallorca
at the Es Baluard museumshop in palma de mallorca
plaza porta santa catalina 9, +34 971 908 200
at the Nuria Disseny boutique in palma de mallorca
c/quetglas 3-5, +34 971 28 85 49
at my studio in sineu
plaza es mercadal 3, +34 609 12 60 55
menorca
at the Iñaki Sampredro boutique in ciutadella
c/seminari 36, +34 971 38 12 06
formentera
at the BLiNk formentera concept store
in sant francesc, c/ramón llull 11, +34 971 32 28 04
germany
at the deutsches textilmuseum in krefeld
andreasmarkt 8 +49 2151 94694-50
april 2010
working on the guate va vest show
held on april 14 at the museum ES BALUARD
november-december 2009
producing in guatemala
may-september 2009
guate va vest
working on the second series of guate va vest, presentation in krefeld september,19 and 20 strassenmodenschau
decembre 2010
germany
july, 28 
at my studio in sineu
andreasmarkt 8 +49 2151 94694-50
