Daily handkerchief', edition #58/900

Embroidered handkerchief with a digital print of a newspaper article, packaged in a box, together with a small photocopy of the article and a strand of embroidery silk with needle.At the Salone di Mobile 2010 in Milan, Droog's presentation revolved around reuse. Under the title Saved by Droog, they presented 5135 articles from bankruptcies. These included 80 folding chairs, 20 towels, 200 salt shakers, 900 handkerchiefs and much more. Droog asked fourteen designers to breathe new life into these items, 'to use them as raw material for creative reinterpretation'.nStudio Makkink & Bey had newspaper pages printed on ordinary handkerchiefs (900 pieces). They selected articles from 30 Days of News. This is an article from NRC Handelsblad of 22 March 2010, with the headline 'Only empty words. Abuse/ Pope's apology does not remove anxiety from many Irish Catholics'. It includes a photo of a clergyman and a boy in a church building. It was possible to buy embroidery time in Milan. This handkerchief was worked for two hours by a woman with coloured embroidery thread. It was also possible to make your own accents in embroidery silk at home. In that case you received an embroidery hoop and embroidery silk.(a) handkerchief, (b) newspaper article, (c) thread string, (d) needle, (e) box with label 'Daily handkerchief 1000 handkerchiefs are ready to be embroidered with selected articles from 30 days of news. Pick the news you want to keep in your pocket. revived by Studio Makkink & Bey. handkerchiefs + digital print, thread, needle'.