Ken Säde
Ken Säde is a designer based in Tallinn whose work moves between product design, interiors and fashion.
What mediums, roles or fields you move through?
Product- and interior design, tailoring and event organization.
Ideas, processes, or directions you’re exploring?
Designing from a place that interests, and matters to me.
Favorite project you’ve done & why
Biased answer but from the latest projects era fashion talk.
Current obsession?
The architecture of Douglas Cardinal and the philosophy behind it. Serge Lutens works from 70s onwards. Henri Alexander Levy and his use of political and cultural references in his works.
What kinds of projects, collaborations or contexts are you open to?
Anything to do with product design in any format. The same goes with interior design/architecture. And as a tailor anything to do with fashion design.
Your era moment
Not a memory, but a feeling. I remember my first time coming to era and how at peace I felt there. Seeing how, in some ways, nurturing and caring a space can be and how it has grown is something that brings joy. Additionally all the moments when my partner has played music at era – Ill always be her nr.1 fan.
What’s next?
Finished my career as a club manager and now, as simple as it sounds, finding joy in the mundane. Getting ready for the final year of my studies and as much weekend getaways to my childhood home and working on furniture in the workshop.
A song to listen to?
Transient Waves – Paradise. The reason is in the title.
A film to watch?
Only God Forgives (2013). The slow, quiet shots. The way scenes and the environment has been given time to breathe.
Do everything you love with love. Treat everyone you love with love.