Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson has baskets on the brain. For the Spanish luxury brand’s spring 2019 show, he presented handbags woven from raffia and straw alongside pieces by Irish basketmaker Joe Hogan, one of last year’s Loewe Craft Prize finalists. And for Salone del Mobile, months later, Anderson commissioned more than a dozen other international talents to apply their traditional weaving techniques to Loewe’s signature leather. The unique results coincided with the debut of Loewe’s new home collection, starring baskets and lamps by Spain-based artisan Idoia Cuesta, who works on a nature reserve near Galicia’s Minho river. She has reimagined her usual crocheted confections—plump, fringed vessels rendered in wools and felts—by swapping a homespun vibe for a cleaner, Japanese-inspired approach. Braided out of thin strips of tanned leather, her new creations riff on bamboo Ikebana baskets. Her accompanying pendant lights, meanwhile, feature sculptural double-helix forms knit in slatted, geometric patterns. Owing to what she describes as her “chaos technique,” no two pieces are alike. And like any beautifully crafted object, Anderson confirms, “They’re only going to get better with age.” loewe.com

Ikebana basket by Idoia Cuesta.

Leather spiral lamp by Idoia Cuesta.

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