Purple Moods
June 06, 2022
Pantone has selected Very Peri, for its 2022 color of the year. According to Pantone, the color expresses “carefree confidence and a daring curiosity that animates our creative spirit, inquisitive and intriguing . . . helps us to embrace this altered landscape of possibilities, opening us up to a new vision as we rewrite our lives.” read more
Carpets in Bloom
March 10, 2021
Floral patterns have been a leading trend in interior design in the last few years. Whether on walls, upholstery, or underfoot, blossoms look wonderfully fresh and optimistic. Floral and botanic patterns, be they large and bold, or small and delicate, radiate positivity and bring the natural world inside. read more
Balance and Harmony: Geometric Minimalism
October 28, 2020
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.” –Le Corbusier read more
A Certain Blue Enters Your Soul
November 28, 2018
Henri Matisse, whose quote above captures the magic and mystery of blue, speaks for all who adore this color. But although blue seems intrinsic to art and design, you may be surprised to know that for millennia this color didn’t, in a sense, exist. Although two of Earth’s most prominent features—the oceans and the sky—are blue, the world’s earliest texts, from any culture, make no reference to the color. read more
Why Gray Matters
October 31, 2018
“The single most important lesson of architectural color is that every color only appears to be what it is relative to its surroundings,” explains Donald Kaufman, the famed color consultant. This is a lesson long known to artists who value gray for its supporting role—in the Renaissance gray was the preferred portrait background to emphasize the richness of the sitters’ costumes, while the Impressionists and Fauvists, for all their love of color, often used gray to make their other colors spark with life. read more
Marion Dorn
August 01, 2018
Marion Dorn is an iconic textile designer who was born in California on December 25, 1896. In 1916, she graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Graphics. First, Marion tried her luck in San Francisco, later in New York, where she gained recognition as a designer of batiks. Her career really started to take off during the 1920s when she discovered her passion in textile design. read more
Vibeke Klint
August 01, 2018
Vibeke Klint is Danish textile artist born on December 13, 1927. She is famously known for her wide variety of tapestries, carpets, silks and home textiles. Her designs were all initially inspired by functionalism, and often featured geometric motifs. read more
Wiener Werkstätte Carpets (1903-1932)
May 21, 2018
The Werkstätte’s mission was to break down the barrier between the fine and applied arts to “raise the aesthetic standards of objects of daily use.” The integration of beauty and utility became the Werkstätte’s mantra. In addition, the rejection of hierarchy within the arts and their commitment to craft over machine production linked the Werkstätte’s manifesto to the many reformist and art movements taking place throughout Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. read more
Mohair: The Diamond Fiber
August 18, 2017
Mohair is an extraordinary fiber. It comes from the fleece of the Angora goat, a breed that originated in Tibet, and compared to other fibers from Far Eastern and South American goat breeds, mohair is exceptionally unique for its unparalleled luster, resilience and an ability to fully absorb dyes. read more
Woven Heritage
April 25, 2017
FJ Hakimian’s new collection Woven Heritage offers sophisticated hand-woven mats in custom sizes in a variety of sustainable, heritage plant-fibers and patterns. Materials such as of palmas de iraka, ramie and southern cattail have been used in the basketry traditions of Africa, Southeast Asian and South America for millennia. This collection offers an assortment of elegant woven designs that are perfectly in harmony with contemporary design modes both modern and traditional. read more