RIR&CO IN THE MEDIA

The potential of contemporary craftsmanship
17/12/2023
Traditional crafts are evolving with a creative and technological vision that projects their economy. The global luxury market, which promises to double in size this decade, is the great lode for high-end handmade products.

PODCAST D'ARTESANÍAS 28 "TEXTILE AND SCIENCE: ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES AND CRAFTS", WITH INÉS RODRIGUEZ.
28/01/2025
In this episode, entitled "Textile and Science: Artistic Residencies and Crafts", our interlocutors delve into the relationship between craftsmanship and research centers, addressing topics such as artistic residencies in laboratories.

This garment is very comfortable and calms the babies down
28/02/2024
Baby blankets knitted from milk leftovers
17/12/2023
Galician Inés Rodríguez, winner of the National Crafts Prize for her project 'D-Leite', which creates fabrics with milk protein fiber.
Inés Rodríguez elaborates in her workshop in Allariz baby blankets woven with milk and a milk protein extracted from milk protein.
07/11/2023
d-leite: The Galician blanket made from dairy protein fiber that evokes childhood
04/11/2023
The creator of Rir&Co, Inés Rodríguez, explains that the milk protein fiber used to create this product is hypoallergenic and beneficial for the skin.
3rd Telexornal will be " Inés de RiR & Co Finalist in the National Craftsmanship Award in the Product category. Minute 37
22/10/2023
RiR&CO workshop in Allariz, finalist for the National Craftsmanship Award
20/10/2023
The "D-Leite" baby blanket, awarded in Galicia, opts for the award in the Product category of the National Crafts Prize.
A craftswoman from Allariz makes baby blankets from milk protein fiber.
02/10/2023
The product, created by Inés Rodríguez's Rir&Co studio, is a finalist in the National Crafts Awards.
Interview with Inés Rodríguez, craftswoman and CEO of Inés RIR&Co Deseño Téxtil Artesanal
18/08/2023
With D-Leite I wanted to show that it was possible for a small company like mine to innovate.
Phygital Podcast. Inés Rodríguez, textile designer and CEO RiR & Co.
29/06/2023
Inés is the living image of what Steve Jobs used to say: "The best way to guess the future is to create it". And that is exactly what she has done.
The Maison Objet design fair in Paris focuses on the Galician craftsmanship of a lamp from the sea of Ardora.
20/01/2023
One of the epicenters that dictate the trend in interior design every year is the fair in Paris Maison Objet, which yesterday began a new edition.
PROGRAM AQUÍ LA TIERRA RTVE
12/07/2023
Inés Rodriguez visits the island of El Hierro to learn about its textile history and to show the textile recycling work of HIebra Moda Sostenible, a company with which she collaborates as creative director.
PROGRAM AQUÍ LA TIERRA RTVE
07/04/2023
Visit our artisan workshop to learn about Galician textile crafts, linen and milk protein fiber baby blankets.
The 12 most influential talents in the Spanish design world
17/03/2022
agader rural environment award. Technological innovation category. Xunta de galicia
30/11/2021
2022 Technological Innovation RIR & CO TEXTILE DESIGN
FIRST MATERIOTECA DE GALICIA CONTEST AWARD
04/11/2021
Green asphalt and blankets with milk protein, among Galicia's innovative materials
Inés Rodríguez and Rir&Co: textile innovation, handmade and sustainable from Allariz
04/10/2021
This creative craftswoman decided to leave her job as a civil servant, to settle in a village in Ourense and to focus on research and creation of unique pieces.
ATLAS. Design Culture in Spain
08/02/2022
Atlas. The Culture of Design in Spain is a constantly evolving project that reflects, through design, the changing reality of the 21st century and its interaction with Spanish society and culture.
Generations and values: no need to break, we can weave
24/09/2021
Inés Rodríguez, a resident of Os Vilares, a village of 80 inhabitants in the municipality of Allaríz, Galicia. Inés carries out a very important and inspirational work
The value of the intangible. Artisan circular economy
17/09/2021
Marketing Magazine Consejo Economistas España
A fiber optic fabric, the avant-garde of craftsmanship
17/09/2021
In "Gente emergente" with Maribel Sánchez de Haro we meet Inés Rodríguez, a Galician woman who left her job as a civil servant in the Tax Agency to open Rir and Co, a textile workshop in Allariz,
the galician woman who has invented a fabric with optical fiber
15/09/2021
(...) One of his most picturesque findings is the fiber optic fabric, a prototype already registered as a new industrial design that allows the integration of adjustable and programmed lights between the wool yarns.
2021 -Revista Oficio y Arte núm 155. Digital.
16/07/2021
Craftsmanship R&D&I
Is craftsmanship in danger? Is craftsmanship in danger?
07/07/2021
From Inés Rodríguez, soul of the textile workshop Rir & Co. whose fabrics -some as experimental as vagalume, spun with optical fiber- reach the whole world from the town of Allariz (Ourense).
Textile craftsmanship with a seal of quality from Allariz
14/04/2021
From her shop-workshop in rúa Hortas, in Allariz, Inés continues to take giant steps. The promoter of RIR&Co has not been satisfied with her participation in the Fashion Week in Madrid by the hand of Leandro Cano.
Fundesarte, EOi RiR & Co Finalist of the National Crafts Awards 2020. Entrepreneurship category.
21/11/2020
A textile workshop located in the magical setting provided by the historic center of Allariz (Ourense). In this space Inés Rodríguez makes designs aimed at a global audience by combining the knowledge of traditional textile techniques with current market trends.
INÉS RODRÍGUEZ RECEIVES THE 2ND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION FOR RURAL WOMEN FROM THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE.
14/10/2020
Inés Rodríguez has received from Luis Planas, Minister of Agriculture, the 2nd prize in the category of diversification of the economic activity of the rural environment in the XI call of the Awards.
XI RIR & CO HD Awards
18/12/2020
XI Excellence in Innovation Awards for Rural Women
21/10/2020
XI Rural Women Awards
21/10/2020
GALICIAN WOMEN SOWING INNOVATION IN THE FIELD
09/10/2020
The Ministry of Agriculture awards recognition to innovative companies in the rural world, among which is our commitment to the production of fabrics with milk fiber.
RIR&Co from Craftsmanship to Sustainability
02/07/2020
From Allariz, Ourense, Inés tells us about her slow path. Textile craftsmanship is the basis of the work of our small Textile Studio.
"COMPETING WITH CHINA IS POSSIBLE IF WE FOCUS ON QUALITY".
23/09/2020
Interview in the newspaper Innova Spain: "The sector has to open its mind when it comes to work. The fourth industrial revolution in which we are immersed does not only encompass new technologies for craftsmen.
Textile craftsmanship as a resource: a look back in time
23/09/2020
Inés Rodríguez, textile designer and owner of Estudio Obrador Inés RiR & Co, explained how traditional craftsmanship is nowadays a paradigm of circular economy.
The value of being an artisan 4.0
01/12/2019
Inés Rodríguez was invited to share the experience of innovating in craftsmanship from a rural environment at the TEDx talks held in Ourense in December 2019, along with 14 other people selected for their innovative or inspiring ideas.
TEDx turns the city into a space for sharing ideas
02/12/2019
With a view from Ourense, Inés Rodríguez put on stage her personal experience of the possibilities of innovating from a village of Allariz.
A firm from Ourense produces handicrafts 4.0 with milk and fiber optics
Located in Allariz, Rir&Co has focused part of its work on researching new fabrics to produce its 100% handmade pieces. Its promoter has focused in the last year on its own creations after a long period of collaborations with other companies.
INÉS RODRÍGUEZ: "I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT ANYONE WORKS FOR ME FOR FREE".
25 /11/2018
She is a craftswoman, and that is how she defines herself. With her you feel that design makes sense and meaning when it draws on the history, tradition and sustainability of craftsmanship.
To be competitive you cannot be 100% traditional.
10/09/2017
Today (from 11.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.) the main and lower squares of Allariz will have a constant activity around craftsmanship.
Textile craftsmanship evolves
18/16
Craftsmanship has always been part of Inés Rodríguez's life, but it came to the forefront after she took a leave of absence from the civil service, her previous life.
GALICIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP: QUALITY AND TRADITION
08/16
Rir&Co Deseño Textil Artesán is a workshop specialized in hand-woven pieces, located in the historic center of Allariz. In addition to its own collections
NEW GALICIAN FASHION INJECTED WITH ART TO AMAZE AT MADRID FASHION WEEK
14/02/2016
The brand is AirovA presents "Le silence".
SAN LORENZO BECOMES FASHIONABLE
04/08/2015
Galician handicrafts inspired in Gijón, leather and linen bags imbued with the colors of the beach huts of San Lorenzo.
15 GALICIAN CRAFTSMEN LEARN HOW TO USE FEATHERS IN FASHION FROM THE HAND OF THE PRESTIGIOUS DESIGNER SERKAN CURA
02/09/2015
EASD Mestre Mateo.
THE POTENTIAL FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN CREATIVE SECTORS
08/05/2015
ZINC SHOWER: Networking day between artisans and other creative sectors.
INÉS RODRÍGUEZ:
"ADDED VALUE WITH ARTISAN FABRIC".
22/03/2015
Inés Rodríguez is an artisan weaver, she recently participated in Madrid Fashion Week contributing fabrics to designer Leandro Cano. March 22nd, 2015
A dolphin made of recycled plastic sails in Pedra do Sal
The sculpture, created as part of the I Rejoice-Baldaio program, aims to be a symbol to raise awareness against marine pollution.
INÉS RODRÍGUEZ COLLABORATES WITH LEANDRO CANO
18 /02/2015
Leandro Cano contacted the Galician artisan to develop a fabric that could be seen in the two garments.