Anni Albers, often referred to as one of the most influential textile artists of the twentieth century, has been on my design-icons-to-write-about list for…
The distinctive Shell Chair, designed by Hans J Wegner for Danish furniture manufacturer Carl Hansen & Son celebrates its fiftieth birthday this year. To…
Je Vous En Prie: ‘my pleasure, you’re welcome, please’ Despite sounding thoroughly French, Je Vous En Prie – a company specialising in woven silk…
Above: Archway, screen-printed cotton furnishing fabric, made in 1968 (image via V&A) Grimsby-born textile designer Eddie Squires (1940-1995) joined Warner & Sons Ltd (now…
I didn’t really plan to be writing about knitted textiles in the middle of May, but what with the properly cold weather we’ve been…
The history of Marimekko, the iconic Finnish textile company, is a fascinating one. Or at least I think so! Marimekko fabric, along with their…
In 1937, London Transport commissioned Enid Marx to create customised seating fabrics for its tube trains and buses. The colourful, graphic upholstery patterns on…
Jonathan Adler is one of my style/colour/pattern heroes and I’m a huge fan of his bold, colourful “happy chic maximalist minimalism”. No surprise, then,…
This week’s pattern is our pick from the new Liberty London Art Fabrics Spring/Summer 2013 collection – ‘The Flower Show’. The wonderfully retro ‘Richard…