Ikou-Tschüss is Guya Marini and Carmen D’Apollonio. Both second-generation Italians, both born and raised in Zürich, Guya and Carmen have been friends for the entire millennium. When Guya and Carmen begin knitting, they allow the piece to evolve, letting the design come together as they do the work. The aesthetic is and will always be focused on hand work. The designs are made by hand and the process of doing the work is vital to the form the design takes. Their production is staffed exclusively by grandmothers, who retain the old craftswomanly approach to handwork—skills that Guya and Carmen feel are disappearing today.
(text via www.ikoutschuss.com)
