Behind its apparent simplicity, the Waan collection masks an innovative textile technique born from an experimental process, the result of brilliant research work by Dutch designer Dienke Dekker. Although the fabrics convey the illusion of a knotted surface, they are actually woven on a manual loom.

The manufacturing process uses thick bicolor yarns, obtained by spiraling two wool threads in contrasting tones. Surprisingly, the use of these voluminous yarns on a loom results in a fabric that looks like a succession of knots. The collection also includes a series of rugs and poufs, all accented with fringed edges.

Waan, a GAN Spaces Collection

GAN spaces are collections meticulously constructed from innovative concepts and artisanal production methods. Suggestive proposals that, stemming from a rug, are capable of bringing to life a whole family of modules and accessories with which to design an environment or “space”. A set of designs linked together, designed to project stimulating and contemporary atmospheres with an open, flexible and casual configuration.

Dienke Dekker, designer of the Waan collection

Dienke Dekker is a Dutch designer that specializes in textile design. In 2012 she graduated cum laude from the Design Academy of Eindhoven, a Dutch institution famous for the experimental nature of its training. The influence of her passing through this school is notorious in the first proposals of Dienke Dekker, which are characterized by a revision of both the structure and the design of the yarns used to make fabrics, as well as the materials and production techniques. In this sense, Union of Striped Yarns was her first popular piece of work, a project in which she investigated the aesthetic possibilities of creating textiles using striped threads. This research also laid the foundations for the Waan collection, which she would later design for GAN, using bicolor threads.