Textiles

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…

One of my favourite magazines – Selvedge – is very soon to be staging a pop up event at one of my favourite places…

As an award-winning and pioneering textile designer, Margo Selby has pushed the boundaries of woven textiles. She combines industrial and technological innovations with hand-crafted…

It wasn’t just the joyously colourful display of woven home and fashion accessories that caught my eye on the Zuzunaga stand in the Super…

If the more traditional seaside or nautically themed home accessories leave you feeling a bit high and dry style-wise, then these clean, graphic designs with a touch…