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Héritage Molleton

“Heritage Fleece”: a cushion alphabet, sewn from a family heirloom

Héritage Molleton — Héritage Molleton, set with the cushion letters of the alphabet
Héritage Molleton, set with the cushion letters of the alphabet

It all starts with a sewing machine — my grandmother's, then my mother's — and an old family cushion that I took apart to reclaim its fabric and foam. Out of that material came an alphabet: cushion letters with no sharp corners, puffed up with fleece, designed as volumes you'd want to hold against you.

Three shapes sewn from the cushion — the bar, the arc and the circle — form the alphabet's vocabulary, complete with their sewing pattern. A typeface that doesn't try to be authoritative but welcoming, with a hint of melancholy: childhood objects an adult would have kept, as witnesses of the past.

The brief called for an object, not a file, made by hand. So the specimen takes the form of an accordion-fold leaflet: on the front, the manifesto, the machine, the fabric, the cushion and the foam; on the back, the full alphabet. The covers are printed on the cushion's own fabric — “Héritage” on one side, “Molleton” on the other.

  • Affinity Designer 2
  • Affinity Photo 2
  • Sewing machine
  • Fabric printing
Héritage Molleton — The cover, printed on the cushion's fabric
The cover, printed on the cushion's fabric
Héritage Molleton — The specimen unfolded, between its two fabric covers
The specimen unfolded, between its two fabric covers
Héritage Molleton — The full alphabet, on the back of the leaflet
The full alphabet, on the back of the leaflet
Héritage Molleton — The front: manifesto, sewing machine, fabric, cushion, foam and sewing pattern
The front: manifesto, sewing machine, fabric, cushion, foam and sewing pattern
Héritage Molleton — The three sewn shapes: the bar, the arc and the circle
The three sewn shapes: the bar, the arc and the circle
Héritage Molleton — The original cushion
The original cushion
Héritage Molleton — The back cover
The back cover
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