{"id":2548,"date":"2020-06-22T09:49:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T07:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/cilla-ramneks-unika-rutor-pa-arets-sommartroja"},"modified":"2021-05-25T08:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T06:48:06","slug":"cilla-ramneks-unique-patterns-feature-on-this-years-summer-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/cilla-ramneks-unique-patterns-feature-on-this-years-summer-t-shirt","title":{"rendered":"CILLA RAMNEK’S UNIQUE PATTERNS FEATURE ON THIS YEAR’S SUMMER T-SHIRT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our tradition of creating artistic summer t-shirts continues. This year we had the pleasure of collaborating with Cilla Ramnek, whose cartoon woven squares create a unique motif and pattern.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI have never had the patience for weaving, but I love the theory of it\u201d, says the artist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cilla Ramnek is a versatile and experienced artist with an aesthetic touch, boldness and sense of humour. She has had solo exhibitions in Tokyo as well as other world cities, and has created a wide range of fascinating public works. Right now she is working on, among other projects, a large lighting installation for the new J\u00e4rla Metro station.<\/p>\n

One piece of work that we at Wester + Elsner Architects were particularly struck by was \u2018Flickorna p\u00e5 Globenomr\u00e5det\u2019 (The Girls at the Globe), a district that we ourselves are also deeply involved in developing.<\/a> Located right next to the Tele2 Arena, the 40-meter-high chimney covered with pink bows rises against a bright yellow background. It\u2019s a powerful symbol of inclusion, and sparks an exciting dialogue with the surrounding architecture.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of art in public environments is still very modernist and masculine. I wanted to do something that little girls can recognize themselves in, something out of their mythology,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

\"Konstverket
\u2018Flickorna\u2019 by Cilla Ramnek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

The motif on our summer t-shirt was created in Cilla Ramnek’s studio. She often draws on squared paper, saying “a white sheet is too lonely to work with”. She explores patterns and tries to move them from one context to another in order to see how their meanings change.<\/p>\n

Such an \u2018exchange\u2019 has also taken place with her drawn woven squares and traditional fencing motifs. They are not only on our t-shirts, but can also be seen in a mural at the Visby G\u00e4rde tenant association on Gotland, just outside the city wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt became my own little twist on the whole thing. To be able to display it on a huge scale on a wall and then in this tiny format, which everyone can wear\u201d.<\/p>\n

Our employees now wear the t-shirts with pride. The artist is also pleased with the end result and the processes that led to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an unusually fun job to do, really fun and it was a pleasure to meet you\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n

We of course agree and would like to thank Cilla for a job well done. We also want to send out a big thank you to our employees and partners for all their hard work, and wish you all a really nice summer!.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Making arty t-shirts since 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our exclusive but easy-to-wear t-shirts are a summer tradition that we at Wester + Elsner Architects have produced since 1999. Every year we let an artist with whom we have some kind of relationship create the motif for our t-shirts, which we then distribute to our friends. It is our way of showing our appreciation to our clients, partners and supporters. As a bonus we also get an opportunity to honour the artists whose unique talents inspire us in our work.<\/p>\n

Previous featured artists are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 Mats B\u00e4cker<\/a>, Stockholm
\n2018 Bea Szenfeld, Stockholm
\n2017 Jens Ahlbom, Hudiksvall
\n2016 Stefan Uhlinder, Stockholm
\n2015 Lotta K\u00fchlhorn, Stockholm
\n2014 Jenny von D\u00f6beln, Stockholm
\n2013 Jacob Dahlgren, Stockholm
\n2012 Stina Wirs\u00e9n, Stockholm
\n2011 Denise Gr\u00fcnstein, Stockholm
\n2010 Mikael Pauli, Stockholm
\n2009 Helene Billgren, Stockholm
\n2008 Lars Arrhenius, Stockholm
\n2007 Lars Kleen, Stockholm
\n2006 Sirkka Lehtonen, Stockholm
\n2005 Kjell Ekstr\u00f6m \u00d6nningeby, \u00c5land
\n2004 Anders Wallin, Stockholm
\n2003 Ulf Rollof, Stockholm
\n2002 Bj\u00f6rn Wessman, Stockholm
\n2001 Bertil Vallien, Stockholm
\n2000 Fredrik Wretman, Stockholm
\n1999 Gunnel Sahlin, Stockholm<\/p>\n

Portrait photo by Jockeono<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our tradition of creating artistic summer t-shirts continues. This year we had the pleasure of collaborating with Cilla Ramnek, whose cartoon woven squares create…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574,"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions\/2574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wester-elsner.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}