Projects

In Fall 2024, Dusen Dusen collaborated with Little Beast to create a series of adorable onesies, parka vests, and carriers for the fashion-forward dog owner. The onesies were available in 3 color ways, each with contrasting stripe patterns on the sleeves. Their patterns–Peppermint, Green Bean, and Macaroni–matched Bathrobes and Towels from the Dusen Dusen 2024 season. 

In Spring 2024, Dusen Dusen designed a mobile for MoMA Design Store andin collaboration with the Denmark-based Flensted, a family business who has been making mobiles since 1954. Our studio in Brooklyn has several Flensted mobiles hanging above the desks, making Ellen Van Dusen's final design a labor of love and result from years of passion. The Floral Hanging Mobile is an adaptation on Flensted's Symphony in Three Movements. The exclusive design is an eye-catching, one-of-a-kind addition to any room in your home. 

The Dusen Dusen Floral Hanging Mobile is made from polypropylene leaves and petals in green, red, yellow and black colors. It can be purchased on Moma's website. 

In 2022 and 2024, Dusen Dusen developed a terry cloth shower curtain for Coming Soon, an NYC furniture design + gift shop founded by Helena Barquet and Fabiana Faria in 2013. We named our joint effort "Curtina". She's beautiful and happy to add color to any bathroom. 

The 100% terry cloth shower curtains were made in two editions: the first in Sage and the second in Pink. Both follow a pattern with raised dots. Made in Portugal. They are no longer available for purchase.

Dusen Dusen collaborated on a suitcase collection with travel retailer Arlo Skye in November 2019 and Fall 2023. In 2019, Dusen Dusen issued three hardshell bags as a darling solution for any frequent flyer. The design features a bold yellow hardshell exterior and colorfully patterned interior lining. The luggage comes in 3 sizes under their Zipper range. 

For the 2023 collaboration, Dusen Dusen reimagined Arlo Skye’s Backpack, Weekender and Dopp Kit in a multi-striped exterior print. The eye-catching bags are lightweight and water-resistant with seam-sealed zippers, odor-canceling antimicrobial interior linings and an Italian leather trim. They can be purchased exclusively through Arlo Skye. 

We teamed up with the olive oil company Graza for the 2023 Holiday season to launch an exclusive oven mitt in collaboration. This frog-style oven mitt dons a cheeky face on its interior and adapts our bold stripes to the Graza color palette. The Mitt Kit came with two squeeze bottles of olive oil from Graza. 

Dusen Dusen hosted a very special collaboration with the musician yaeji to create a blanket for their web store JI-MART. This angelic cotton knit throw blanket builds from pixel art drawn on Kid Pix, a bitmap drawing program released in 1989. The blanket is 100% cotton.

The Kidpix Throw can be purchased on Ji-Mart.

Both the Cleo Chair and the Eave Desk are made of FSC-certified wood in the USA by talented craftspeople.

In Fall 2022, we introduced Subu Slippers in collaboration with the MoMA Design Store. Like a puffer jacket for your feet, these slippers can be worn inside or outside. The slipper's nylon shell is adorned with a choice of three patterns and filled with polyester down for warmth. Plushy insoles for peak chromatic and physical comfort. The color-contrasting sole is made of durable rubber and each pair comes with a coordinating nylon dust/tote bag.

A project many years in the making: We asked the legendary Cocoon Central Dance Team to come by our studio and make a dance video. Watch it below and dance along to your new favorite song 'Du, Sendu, Sen,' along with an in-depth, expository behind-the-scenes look at the drama that ensued. Plus, meet 'Ellen,' twice!

Featuring Tallie Medel, Eleanore Pienta, Sunita Mani (Cocoon!), and Elizabeth Zephyrine McDonough, who also directed. DP'ed by Cristobal Moris and Myles Kane. Song written by Marc Phillipe Eskenazi.

We collaborated with the celebrated Beverly Hills chocolatier andSons on the design of their 2022 Holiday Pop Collection. Each box was a grab bag of unexpected flavors like Hazelnut Pop Rock, Sticky Toffee Pudding, and Yuzu Caramel; enclosed in a Dusen Dusen holiday pattern. They were produced in 12, 24, or 36-count. We wished we could have them every season, every year!

As part of the exhibition "For the Birds", which ran from June 11 - October 23 2022, Ellen Van Dusen designed a birdhouse to sit in the Rose Garden of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The birdhouse, entitled Trust Me Downy, takes on the coloring of the Downy Woodpecker. 

Inspired by the frequent visitor to her backyard, Ellen Van Dusen used cedar to turn her favorite bird into its own home. 

You can learn more about the exhibition here.

Since 2014, Dusen Dusen has been designing home goods and the like for the gift & home accessories brand Areaware. Since then, Dusen Dusen has been proud to introduce a range of products including our signature Everybody Tissue Box Holder. We currently collaborate with Areaware to design umbrellas, puzzles, glasses, candles, bins, and more. 

For the complete range, you can find the products on Areaware's website or on the "Shop" tab on Dusendusen.com

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Yes Way's classic rosé, Dusen Dusen collaborated with the wine brand to create limited-edition packaging for summer. The vibrant bottle design came in three playful and collectible color combinations that kept us sipping all summer long. We were thrilled Yes Way Rosé asked us to commemorate five years and we look forward to many more.

For this bottle, we screen-printed a fractal-inspired grid pattern on the glass and printed the label with two-toned vertical stripes. 

In 2019 Ellen further explored site specific design through a custom interiors project for a Prospect Heights residence. The floor is comprised of individual tiles that create a repeat three color floral pattern.

The tiles are now produced and available for purchase through Concrete Collaborative.

Dusen Dusen collaborated with Uniqlo for a collection that launched in April of 2019. It is an expansion of their SPRZ NY SUPERGEOMETRIC graphic t-shirt collection which has included designs from Sol Lewitt, Francois Morellet and Max Bill. This iteration of the collection features prints from Dusen Dusen's archives, alongside patterns from iconic 80's furniture designer George Sowden. The collection is available worldwide. Read an interview between George and Ellen and learn more about the collaboration on Architectural Digest.

Dusen Dusen designed a set of three patterned tennis shoes as part of Keds Ladies First Since 1916 series. Utilizing Keds classic Champion silhouette Ellen created three shoe patterns-- Cream Spill, Green Spill, and Stripe. Each shoe has its own individual pattern that coordinates with its accompanied pair. The project launched for Spring 2019. 

Dusen Dusen designed and created custom bedding for the London-based hotel’s stateside debut. All 175 rooms in the hotel are outfitted with an exclusive bedding design on jewel-toned headboards. The black and white line print features motifs such as ladders, steps and circles, subtly featuring all the letters in Hoxton. The Williamsburg, Brooklyn location is on Wythe and North 10^th and features three restaurants and a lobby open to the public.

In 2018, Dusen Dusen joined forces with Bower to create a collaborative mirror set called Cutouts. Ellen Van Dusen took inspiration from a pattern she designed for her clothing line and Bower helped translate it into a unique mirror triptych.

Cutouts is composed of irregular fun shapes cut out of large rectangles of clear, architectural-grade glass mirror. The shapes sit within their own voids and pop with colorful outlines showing through the surrounding gaps created by an underpainting on the mirror's substrate. This new technique was discovered through experimentation in the development of the Cutouts collaboration. Cutouts is made from with hand applied acrylic paint and a walnut frame. It is made in New York City.

Inquire on Bower's Website for Purchase

Dragon Curve is an installation of objects, wall pieces and home goods that explores a specific pattern, "Arc," in various iterations and through different widths, colors, and media. The pattern is created by connecting multiple rotations of a simple shape – an arc – at a 90° angle, and is inspired by an infinite fractal pattern first described by NASA physicist John Heighway in the 1960s known as the “Dragon Curve.” The resulting curve is continuous and infinite; it never crosses itself and does not meet at the ends. In her work, Ellen often utilizes mathematical rules to create patterns, isolating one or two factors in order to produce a complex image.

The exhibition features collaborations with Bower Studios and Brendan Timmins. With a focus on mirrors, Bower explores perceptions of depth, light and self, and aims to bring unexpected objects and environments into people's lives. The triptych mirror, designed in collaboration with Bower, merges Van Dusen's playful patterns with Bower's innovative take on mirrors. The upholstered chairs, made in collaboration with Timmins, signal a new use and direction for the “Arc” print. Timmins, a designer of semi-functional aestheticized objects, is inspired by hidden processes, material experimentation and the prototype as a unique and self-contained form.