carina hesper
photographer carina hesper, born in 1983 in rotterdam, graduated from ARTeZ, institute of the arts, arnhem. she shot the YARN UNIT | YARN UNIT MAN fall 2011 collection. 

To shoot our “The Artist” fall 2011 collection, young photographer Carina Hesper chose a painter’s studio in Utrecht and used the paint-splattered walls, canvases and raw atmosphere as a sumptuous backdrop. Hesper brought her unique vision to the shoot, transforming models into Yarn Unit’s imaginary artists.

www.carinahesper.nl







sabrina van den heuvel

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louise gaarmann

 gestapeld porselein gemaakt door Louise Gaarmann

stacking is a series of porcelain plates from Royal Copenhagen that are stacked and covered and decorated with silicone. 
in Louise’s own words, the plates are “a piece of Danish history that is both old-fashioned and contemporary.” louise wants to highlight a part of Danish history when Royal Copenhagen produced Danish porcelain of towering quality that no one wants today, and which is therefore wasting away in the thrift stores. 
“stacking” gives the plates renewed energy; they need to be redesigned and recycled in a quirky and perhaps surprising expression that is simple yet funky. stacking is quite topical in relation to the current emphasis on climate and environmental issues. 
“i have managed to renew and revitalise porcelain that is worthless in the eyes of many and which is therefore discarded because it represents our grandparents’ era and is no longer fashionable.”

louise gaarmann

louise gaarmann (1975), a Danish Ceramist, graduated from The Danish Design School in 2001. she exhibited at the 2007 Biennale of Craft and Design and in Maison du Danemark in Paris in 2007. 
she is one of the founders of LYNfabrikken in Århus and has designed the tableware used in LYNfabrikken’s cafe. recently, the gallery Charlotte Fogh Contemporary has taken Louise’s ceramics in.

louise gaarmann works mainly in clay, and in her work process she takes a keen interest in the behaviour and function of the materials and in surfaces and their many different expressions. her works are mostly one-offs where combinations and opposites meet. 
in her own words: “playing with materials, one-offs, sensual and tactile primeval shapes, where the bowl is the essential shape under interpretation.”

click here to see all the ceramic of louise gaarmann.

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petra lunenburg

mode illustraties gemaakt door petra lunenburg voor YARN UNIT

born in nijmegen, petra lunenburg studied fashion design at the ArtEZ Academie in arnhem, holland. 
upon graduating she started her career as a stylist working on advertisements and commercials for clients such as HP, Coca Cola and CMG. 
she then moved back into the fashion arena working as a graphic designer for global brands including Nike, Adidas, G-Star, Mexx and Tommy Hilfiger. 
alongside this, from 2003-2008 she, along with her partner cil vlemmix, set up and run the fashion label IL’L having retailers throughout Europe and Japan. 
since 2008 she has been represented as an illustrator by the Angelique Hoorn Agency, working with brands and magazines such as ELLE, Marie Claire, Red, Avant Garde and de Volkskrant. 

last year her first public exhibition was, where over a hundred drawings were displayed, at the exhibition “Gejaagd door de wind’ (Gone with the wind) at the Zuiderzee Museum. 

her style combines the simplicity of pen and paper with the female form. Her drawings possess a sketch-like quality that is raw and exposed yet naïve and tender.

recently petra received a grant by the Dutch  ‘Fonds BKVB’, to study at ‘The Art Students League’, in New York City.

click here to see all the ART of petra lunenburg.