GISELA
STROMEYER'S WORK HAS FOUND A HOME IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS
AND FUNCTIONS. SHE HAS DESIGNED TEXTILE SCULPTURES FOR APARTMENTS, RESTAURANTS,
DISCOTHEQUES, SHOWROOMS, EXHIBITS, STORES, OFFICES, CHURCHES, EVENTS AND
SETS FOR MAJOR MOTION PICTURES AND THEATER VENUES.
SHE IS PUBLISHED ON THE COVER OF INTERIOR DESIGN, AND IN METROPOLITAN HOME,
THE NEW YORK TIMES, INTERIORS, VMSD, ELLE DECOR, HARPER'S BAZAAR AND MANY
OTHER MAGAZINES.
SHE WAS HONORED WITH THE BEST OF FURNITURE CATEGORY IN THE I.D. MAGAZINE
AND SIX IFAI AWARDS FOR DESIGN AND FABRICATION. HER WORK WAS SHOWN ON GERMAN
TV, THE ZDF, ARD AND SUEDWESTFUNK.
EVERY PROJECT'S SHAPES RELATE TO THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT AND IN FACT, ARE
DEPENDENT ON THE EXISTENCE STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORT. IN MOST CASES THE STRETCHY
FABRIC IS ATTACHED WITH SMALL HOOKS TO WALLS, CEILINGS OR FLOORS OF THE
EXISTING SPACE. SOMETIMES FIBERGLASS BOWS AND OTHER SHAPES ARE SEWN INTO
THE FABRIC TO SHAPE IT.
THE WHITE SPANDEX FABRIC THAT CAN BE COLORED WITH LIGHTS AND COMES IN A
VARIETY OF TRANSLUCENT OR TRANSPARENT OPTIONS, COLORED FABRIC CAN ALSO BE
USED AS NEEDED. WASHING IT IN A WASHER AND DRYER EASILY CLEANS THE FABRIC.
THE FABRIC CAN BE FLAME PROOFED TO DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL CODES.
ALL THE PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED, FABRICATED AND IN MOST CASES INSTALLED BY
GISELA STROMEYER DESIGN.
THESE SCULPTURES CHANGE THE FLOW OF A SPACE AND CREATE A MORE INTIMATE,
SENSUAL ENVIRONMENT. IT IS THE TENSION BETWEEN THE STRAIGHT AND ANGULAR
WALLS AND STRUCTURE AND THE FLOWING CURVES OF THE FABRIC THAT REMIND US
OF OUR OWN SENSUAL NATURE.
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