It started in 2010 in an abandoned room of the old Império Wool Factory – the Thread Room – in the Portuguese village of Manteigas. Our objective was to work with the most traditional fabric of the local wool industry – burel, with a strong drive to keep alive and also reinvent the value of the region's natural resources, combining the art and know-how of the village weavers with modern design, creating original works with a contemporary trait, that invade homes, offices, hotels, companies, in the shape of carpets, pillows, bed spreads, benches, wall coverings, backpacks, bags... (less)