Illustration

How does architecture shape our perception of place?
The work explores urban structures that are captured and reinterpreted through textile printing techniques. The work consists of a series of textiles that vary according to location and materiality. Through monoprint and screen printing, buildings are illustrated and abstracted into new visual forms.
The title Palazzo derives from the Italian word for “building.” Interestingly, the artist, Krumme Lanke, instinctively associates Palazzo with a grand palace, while an ordinary residential building would never be called that—or would it? This very irony became his inspiration: to take architecture and translate it into a new visual language.
Patterns shape not only the design of the textiles but also the character of cities. They repeat, define spaces, and give locations their unique identity. Like urban structures, they constantly change, grow, or are destroyed.