Tas-ka is a home & fashion accessories company in the Netherlands with a name meaning handbag in Czech since at the beginning they made only handbags. They've been in business for over 6 years and so they've evolved and expanded quite a lot to include products for the home but still feel their name is still applicable since handbags is how they got their start -- it has special meaning to this independent company owned by Jantien Baas and Hester Worst in The Hague.

Tas-ka is sold all over the world but mostly in The Netherlands and Belgium. They are inspired by Marimekko, Dutch stylist Frank Visser of Studio IJM, Apartemento and Milk magazine and additionally Paumes books that they sell in their webshop.

When I contacted this design duo via email recently, they told me that Tas-ka products are produced and made in the Netherlands -- their fabric is screen printed there as well. "We think it is our responsibility to be sure that our products are made in good working conditions, we also think is important to stimulate local economy." They also said something else about keeping their production local that I found quite interesting, "We try to support old craftsmanship as much as we can so there will be a new generation of people to transform traditional crafts and so the crafts will stay."

If you like some of their fabrics and want to make your own products using them then good news for you! They are available by the meter here in their online shop.

Great stuff!

(images: tas-ka)