{"id":289733,"date":"2024-05-20T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T05:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibia.com\/qa-meike-harde\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T17:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T16:12:37","slug":"qa-meike-harde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/qa-meike-harde\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: Meike Harde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#ffffff;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1838.72px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:768px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vibia.com\/us\/usa\/meike-harde\">Meike Harde<\/a> is a multidisciplinary German designer with her own studio based in Cologne. Meticulous in every aspect of her work and with a fine knowledge of materials, she rethinks textile applications to create visually light and constructively smart designs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meikeharde.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studio Meike Harde<\/a> is increasingly active for notable international furniture brands. Common materials often appear in new contexts as <a href=\"https:\/\/vibia.com\/us\/usa\/meike-harde\">Meike<\/a>\u2019s visual language overcomes established forms.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/vibia.com\/us\/usa\/meike-harde\">Meike<\/a> it was clear from her childhood that she would do something creative. After studying product design in south west Germany where students were given total freedom to experiment with different materials and applications, she later embarked on an internship at Studio Benjamin Hubert in London where she learned how to apply this approach to the business market.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:768px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two big-text\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-center fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.3;\">\u201cThere is no special place or way to get inspiration. It\u2019s a question of time.\u201d<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vibia.com\/us\/usa\/meike-harde\">Meike<\/a>\u2019s attitude towards lighting is emotional, her designs atmospheric. The <a href=\"https:\/\/vibia.com\/us\/usa\/pendants-knit-pendant\" rel=\"noopener\">Knit<\/a> collection was her first collaboration with Vibia. Consisting of a single knitted lycra sleeve stretched out over a large elliptical polymer diffuser, light seeps outwards through the fabric creating an intimate luminous effect.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:1200px;max-height:675px;align-self:center; width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TEPpDnaCF1g?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><style>.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1 .fusion-button-text{color:#000000;text-transform:none;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1 i{color:#000000;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1{border-color:#000000;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;border-radius:1px 1px 1px 1px;background:rgba(160,206,78,0);}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:hover .fusion-button-text,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:hover i,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:focus .fusion-button-text,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:focus i,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:active .fusion-button-text,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:active i{color:#3333333;}.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:hover,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:active,.fusion-body .fusion-button.button-1:focus{border-color:#3333333;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background:#ffffff;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-medium button-custom button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type discover-button\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/vibia.com\/us\/usa\/collections\/pendants-knit-pendant\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Discover Knit<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:768px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 30px;padding-bottom : 60px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 30px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":277279,"featured_media":274237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[113],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289733"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291555,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289733\/revisions\/291555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}