Equitable Collaboration
LOADS works collaboratively with changemakers in diverse fields – from biodynamic agriculture and regenerative shepherding to small-scale heritage yarn production. Bringing their transformative work together, LOADS forms a net-positive textile system that incentivizes and supports craft preservation and ecosystem conservation.
Ecological Sensitivity
Transparent partnerships with shepherds and Demeter-certified farmers guarantee exceptional quality, natural fibres and plant-based colours, cultivated on a gentle scale in reciprocal, rather than extractive, relationships with the land. The resulting biodynamic mono-fabrics for LOADS Collection are 100% traceable and biodegradable.
Expert Craftsmanship
An extension of Studio Claudy Jongstra in Friesland, The Netherlands, LOADS draws on 30 years of plant-based pigment research and textile fabrication expertise for the creation of each hand-crafted piece in LOADS Collection. Through workshops and masterclasses, LOADS also extends craft education and advocacy beyond the atelier.
Artist-activist Claudy Jongstra brings her artistic vision and holistic textile expertise to LOADS – a vibrant creative hub at the center of a net-positive textile collective – initiated in collaboration with her son, Jesk Jongstra.
LOADS welcomes collaboration, developing special collections for interiors and creative educational programming for diverse institutions. Collaborations include LOADS Collection for Chef Dan Barber's Blue Hill at Stone Barns restaurant in New York City and Bankside Hotel in London, and educational programming for Polimoda in Florence, Central Saint Martins in London, and IAAC Valldaura Labs in Barcelona.
Awards
Dutch Design Award Nominee, Best Commissioning, 2023
Exhibitions and Collaborations
Bankside Hotel, London
Birchwood Films by Bas Berkhout, New York
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, New York
Central Saint Martins, London
IAAC Valladaura Labs, Barcelona
Just Haasnoot, Wassenaar
Maleza Hatmakers, Madrid
Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
New York Textile Month, L'SPACE Gallery, New York
Odin, The Netherlands
Polimoda, Florence
Pre-Reserved Studios, Amsterdam
ROOTS by Simone van Es, Masterly - The Dutch, Salone del Mobile, Milan
Van Gogh National Park, Brabant
Waltham Place Farm, Berkshire, UK
Atelier Photography by Heleen Haijtema
Product Photography Marcel van der Vlugt
Greenhouse Photography by Iris Haverkamp Begemann
Logo by Irma Boom