Nest

Originally, the Nest paper bin was designed for the Furnishing Utopia: Hands to Work project, the third in a series of exhibitions exploring the design legacy of the Shakers.‎ The exhibition was dedicated to the theme of the houseworks and objects we associate with them.‎The cork waste was a take of the classic paper container, but it was also intended to be used in general at home as magazine racks or for different types of everyday objects.‎ The crumpled look comes from the fact that the designer wanted the product to be packaged flat during shipping, finally creating one of the salient features of this object.‎ To better control the shape of the basket, rings were inserted at the top and bottom, giving it a perfectly round shape, while seen from the side, it has softer lines.‎Its double layer of thin hand-stitched cork fabric, as well as steam-bent wooden handles, define the overall quality of the object and rich details.‎ In addition, they emphasize its two main functions: to be carried and to be folded.‎ “The one chore I most frequently do, is tidying the apartment by putting things back to where they belong – laundry, dishes, recycling items, etc.‎ Having the proper tools like a dedicated paper bin in the office makes these chores so much more enjoyable.‎ I was drawn to the cork fabric material because of its natural look and its properties.‎ The handle is a reference to Shaker buckets and baskets.‎” Hallgeir Holmsvedt