On February 19th, 2020, a massive retrospective of nearly seventy works by Rosie Lee Tompkins (1936-2006), an accomplished African-American quilt artist, opened at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). A new awareness of her creations as true pieces of art, encompassing masterful color choices, sharp social commentary, and brilliant composition, is emerging.
Read MoreMerry Christmas! And Happy Birthday to Marion Dorn, a trail blazing print and graphics designer. She designed for many companies, creating textile designs, wall hangings, carpeting, rugs, wallpaper, graphics and more. She contributed to some of the best known interiors of the time including the Claridges, Berkeley of London, Savoy, the Orion and the Queen Mary. In the 1920s, she was dubbed “The Architect of Floors” in praise of her influential modern carpet designs. She raised the status of rugs with her modern designs; she is best known for her sculpted carpets and using batik techniques on rugs.
Read MoreHappy birthday to Josef Hoffmann, born on this date in 1870! Most known for his architecture, Hoffmann’s vast body of work includes furniture, glass, metalwork, porcelain, and textiles. Hoffmann’s main goal with his work was in unifying architecture with interior elements. He joined with Moser in 1903 to establish the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop).
Read MoreOnce in a while, you get called upon to do a project that sparks your creativity AND makes a contribution.
I was thrilled to be invited to do just such a project: transform a dinner plate into a collectible art piece to auction off for a good cause.
Read More2020 has been a year of crisis, tragedy and challenge. The economic, social and health upheavals of the year have also ushered in a time to dig deep while pausing for reflection and reevaluation.
For creatives, whose output is intrinsically tied to mood, it has, by necessity, become a time of learning.
Read MoreI had the pleasure of meeting the multi-talented Deborah von Donop at the Design Influences Conference this past spring; we connected immediately over a shared love of color, texture, and textiles. Deborah is a Connecticut-based home, kitchen and bath designer, a textile aficionado, and a widely recognized blogger.
Read MoreI’m excited to share my guest post, which appeared recently on Interior Insider, the Kravet blog! It’s called Diving Into Teal, and is about the growing popularity of this mysterious color.
Read MoreSan Francisco-based interior designer Kristin Riccio recently tapped me for some input on the best newly-introduced botanically-inspired designs for rugs, home-textiles and wallcoverings. Having visited Paris Deco Off and Maison et Objet before going into shelter-in-place (and starting my own quarantine garden!), I came armed with lots of botanical inspiration.
Read MoreMany thanks to master colorist Leatrice Eiseman for featuring me on her Color Blog; what an honor! Leatrice is the founder of the Pantone Color Institute, and is an internationally recognized color guru, author, and educator. It was a pleasure to share some of my process on how I build palettes and create cohesive textile collections with my clients.
Read MoreOur Heimtextil special report just went live! Here is a round-up of some favorite themes spotted at the show.
Read MoreI’m jazzed to share my guest post, which appeared recently on the Kravet blog! It’s called Digging Gold, and is about the continuing popularity of metallic gold and silver, the emerging rainbow of metallics spotted at this year’s shows, and balancing warm and cool tones.
Read MoreAs the year winds down and work begins on our winter report, I have been looking back over this new project and thinking about the purpose behind the report. What compelled me to create The Textile Eye?
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