The “Plauener Spitze” is the immaterial landmark of the Vogtland region in Saxony. The designs of the “Nouveautés”, novelties of the lace industry, came mostly from the pen of the students of the art school in Plauen.
With a striking key visual, we opened up a niche topic for new interest groups. It is based on the exclamation of a newspaper boy: “Nouveautééés!”.
A series of images in the middle of the catalog shows decisive pattern variants of the eras printed in white on tracing paper. They tell of the style-defining strengths of lace: transparency, surface and space.
The industrial-looking Everett by Nolan Paparelli (Switzerland) and the modern interpretation of traditional writing with the Traulha by Bureau Brut (France) stand for the contrast between industry and handicraft.
The heterogeneous world of images is held together by just one color of text. The blue goes back to the cover material of the straps of almost all design patterns.

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