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Color was a central element in all of Verner Panton’s designs for interiors and furniture, and in particular, textiles, which became his most important vehicle for color in the futurist environments...
View ArticleLearning by Crocheting
There is something very seductive about mathematical models and equations. Whether it is their complexity and conciseness, orderly arrangement of symbols and numbers on the page, or their beauty as...
View ArticleSilk Banksia
The natural world is inspiration for British textile designer, Jennifer Robertson, whose jacquard woven Silk Banksia, displays the vibrant color and luminosity of the Australian wildflower, banksia....
View ArticleUnited Nations Fever
This past week has been a whirlwind of openings at the United Nations in celebration of newly renovated chambers: the Secretariat, Economic Social Council, and today, the Trusteeship Council chamber....
View ArticleShindigo
Over the last fifteen years I have been fortunate enough to visit Japan a number of times and usually with the goal of researching and finding textiles for exhibitions. There have been many textile...
View ArticleProtecting Your Back
Ainu culture in Japan has some of the oldest continuing creative traditions in the world dating at least twelve thousand years ago.1 Textiles, and clothing design specifically, have been an important...
View ArticlePaper Clothes
Paper dresses of the 1960s are memorable but they are hardly innovative. Japan has been weaving with paper since at least the sixteenth century when woven paper– called shifu in Japanese – was most...
View ArticleWallpapers rich in design, not resources
In the current wallcoverings market, environmentally friendly examples are extremely limited, and papers made with toxic inks, vinyl, and other noxious elements still plague the industry. In 2006,...
View ArticleMade in the USA
Felt Lace X-Change was designed by Paula Verbeek-Cowart in 2008, and was woven by Oriole Mill, founded by Bethanne Knudson and Stephan Michelson in Hendersonville, North Carolina in 2006. The mill...
View ArticleA continued tradition
This dress, woven by Lydia Novillo in a women’s cooperative in Formosa, Argentina, illustrates the continuation of an important South American textile tradition through a contemporary lens. The...
View ArticleTurbo
Jorge Lizarazo is the owner and founder of Hechizoo, a textile firm based in Colombia. Lizarazo originally worked as an architect, which has influenced his textiles in terms of structural clarity and...
View ArticleFinesse
Color was a central element in all of Verner Panton’s designs for interiors and furniture, and in particular, textiles, which became his most important vehicle for color in the futurist environments...
View ArticleA tablecloth for 'easier living'
Russel Wright was one of the most important pioneers in American design, especially in his efforts to revolutionize how people live and relate to their domestic environment. As Donald Albrecht wrote in...
View ArticleRaw Elegance
Claudy Jongstra is a contemporary textile designer who practices the ancient technique of felting. Jongstra’s fabrics have a raw elegance that comes from her use of materials such as wild silk, wild...
View ArticleInspiration and Production
In 2004, the Museum commissioned Hella Jongerius to create a series of ten textiles, collectively titled Sampler Blanket, in conjunction with her Collection Selects exhibition. Each work in the show...
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