Nasia Burnet is a textile and interior designer from Amsterdam that designed Flower Explosion. Inspired by mass production, the unique fabric is made of 100% wool and is completely modular. Each cut flower shape is designed to connect with another identical shape, creating a repeating pattern that’s adaptable to your needs.
Noting that messages are now more often sent digitally, a group of creatives got together to make digital messages become more tangible, yet still somewhat cryptic. The Cryptographer that they created makes a pattern using bleach on fabric that is actually a special, encoded message.
Whisper is an acoustic panel that was created by Finnish designer Tapio Anttila for Woodnotes. Designed to eliminate sound problems for any space, these panels come in different sizes and colors. The panels are made from an acoustic cellulose fiberboard that is upholstered in a classic cotton fabric from Woodnotes.
Michelle Forsyth’s work has taken a dramatic turn lately with regards to style and subject matter. The new series entitled Dark Watercolors & Weavings combines watercolor and colored pencil on paper, along with some hand stitching. They are gorgeous and intense and full of hyperfocused detail.
While pixelated can be a dirty word in the field of photography, in design we welcome it. This collection is just a bit (ha!) of all the fun pixelated design out there. Here are over 15 of our favorite pixelated designs:
Let’s start out with Cristian Zuzunaga who might as well be the king of all things pixelated. We’ve featured his to-die-for Pixel Couch before but check out his Digit rug collection for nanimarquina.
Textile designer Nancy Mims, who works out of her backyard studio in Austin, Texas, is the founder of healthy home fabric and wallpaper company Mod Green Pod. Hers was one of the first to create textiles and wall coverings that merged innovative, colorful designs with organic cotton and chemical-free production. Among them is the Butterfly Jubilee pattern you see above, which you may recognize. For this week’s Designer Dailies, Mims takes us through her color-drenched world via a day’s worth of documentary and absolutely gorgeous photographs, which she’s been dedicated to snapping every day.
San Francisco-based Soft Cities creates blankets and napkins, or Mapkins as they call them, which feature a map with a location of your choice. The company then prints your map with special markers that you’ve chosen (like “I was here” or “Mom’s house”) and prints them locally on a soft fleece for the blankets or 100% Kona cotton for the napkins. They are completely customizable and the options are endless.
Lund School of Architecture, clockwise from top left: Kim Ohrstrom, Kajsa Nillson, Christopher Polteg and Freja Elvin-Nowak
Greenhouse, the hall at the Stockholm Furniture Fair for design schools, students, and independent designers, was one of the most exciting sections of the fair.
Penelope is a recent installation from Tatiana Blass – the name for the exhibit is taken from Homer’s Odyssey. Penelope was Odysseus’ wife and she remained faithful for twenty years while he was away at war. To keep her suitors at bay, she kept herself busy for three years weaving a burial shroud for her father-in-law while secretly unweaving parts of it at night. She promised she would choose one when she was done but delayed it to remain faithful.
Chloe Scadding is a young designer that creates high-end textiles used for fashion and interiors. Her combined use of contemporary and traditional techniques, along with her creative use of materials, makes her work innovative and original. She pushes the boundaries of what textiles normally are and what they can be — truly unique. Her latest work consists of printed and laser cut wood and fabric that was exhibited at Designersblock London in September 2011.
