Floor design by Beckmansstudent selected for design studio in England
"It was like Annelie designed it specifically for me! Curvy, modern with a little 50's feel, perfect color combination and a pinch attitude. This floor makes me happy every time I open the door to my new studio," says Jenny Haynes, Swedish-born designer who has worked in the UK for 20 years and known for her colourful quilts under the name Paper Scissors Stone.
Two pattern worlds that meet and complement each other
Annelie's designs, which Jenny Haynes was drawn to, have taken inspiration from pedestrian crossings and were developed in a collaboration course between the Form program at Beckmans and Forbo Flooring in spring 2021.
–När Jenny såg mitt mönster, såg hon en quilt, men min egen utgångspunkt för mönstret var något annat. Det fick mig verkligen att känna hur fantastiskt form är, både 2D och 3D. Det jag skapar och “skickar ut” är liksom 50% och mottagaren (i det här fallet Jenny Haynes) kompletterar med sina 50%. Det låter kanske fånigt, men det kändes så fint, säger Annelie.
"It was also fun that Jenny and I had a collaboration on how the pattern would be in her studio and that I was invited into that part, because it's not a given," she says.
What does it mean for you to have had the chance to develop a real product already during the training?
"I had heard that Beckmans does a lot of collaborations with actors in the industry and that was one of the reasons I applied for the training. But it still feels inconceivable that I got the chance to take a product further already in my first year of training. And that Forbo Flooring wanted to invest in my pattern!
Read more about the collaboration course with Forbo Flooring here.
About Jenny Haynes and the design studio Papper Sax Sten
Jenny Haynes, the former Nilsson, moved to the UK in 1999 and has lived in Sheffield since 2015. She was educated at the Academy of Engineering and the London College of Fashion. For ten years she has been working full-time designing patchwork quilts and giving courses on, and lectures on, various techniques and compositions, including at the V&A Museum and for groups all over the world.
See more of her work on the Instagram account @pappersaxsten.
