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POoR Collective

POoR Collective embodies a collaborative methodology, their designwork amplifies the voices and imagination of young people within their locality.

POoR Collective formed through a shared belief in centralising public spaces around those who inhabit them by working together to envision how these environments should look and function. Literally meaning Power Out of Restriction, Shawn, Larry, Matt, Ben and Akmaral collectively work on projects that involve participation from young people and community groups to engage residents in architectural and spatial design.

Routed in conversation, the design group are tuned into ways of creating engaging and educational spaces through listening and collective building workshops that facilitate creative outcomes like flags, sculptures, interior schemes and murals.

Visible within public spaces, museums and galleries, the collective have grown their portfolio through an active approach to building spaces, those that facilitate meaningful human interactions through storytelling and inspiring moments of reflection.

Power in Evergreen

POoR Collective

Power in Evergreen

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Power in Tangerine

POoR Collective

Power in Tangerine

Regular price £1,130.00

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Because our practice regularly works with the communities and young people from the housing estates in various neighborhoods around the city, it felt important not only to reference the architectural language, but also celebrate it, and to recognize the cultural and social significance of these buildings within the city

AK, POoR Collective

Power in Evergreen

POWER, where a rug becomes a visual metaphor for collective energy, its pattern formed in reference to the intersecting lines of deck access city tower blocks that are part of the social and visual landscape of London.

When approaching this collaboration, POoR collective drew on the parallels between woven surfaces and tower blocks through layered lines, overlapping histories and the gathering of threads that encompass a larger composition. The collective have explored rug-designing “by translating the city’s urban fabric into a literal fabric” which invites us to reflect upon belonging, memory and the formation of spaces.

The POWER rug design unites elements found in iconic London tower blocks, drawing particularly on the horizontal and vertical deck-access architectural features in West London’s Trellick Tower. Special attention was made to the banding width, finding that balance was key to the symmetry within the graphic elements of the rug, reflecting contemporary expression and historical architectural language. The circular motifs found within the alternating columns echo communal gathering points and a concentric element within the eclectic rhythm and flow of the city.

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Power in Tangerine

POWER, where a rug becomes a visual metaphor for collective energy, its pattern formed in reference to the intersecting lines of deck access city tower blocks that are part of the social and visual landscape of London.

When approaching this collaboration, POoR collective drew on the parallels between woven surfaces and tower blocks through layered lines, overlapping histories and the gathering of threads that encompass a larger composition. The collective have explored rug-designing “by translating the city’s urban fabric into a literal fabric” which invites us to reflect upon belonging, memory and the formation of spaces.

The POWER rug design unites elements found in iconic London tower blocks, drawing particularly on the horizontal and vertical deck-access architectural features in West London’s Trellick Tower. Special attention was made to the banding width, finding that balance was key to the symmetry within the graphic elements of the rug, reflecting contemporary expression and historical architectural language. The circular motifs found within the alternating columns echo communal gathering points and a concentric element within the eclectic rhythm and flow of the city.

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