Architects are increasingly incorporating bold patterns inspired by African textiles into building facades. These patterns add visual interest and cultural significance to structures, making them ...

African weaving techniques are influencing Scandinavian textiles in a big way. The colorful and intricate patterns of African ...

Maharam is a fourth-generation family-run business that was once known for making children costume patterns. It has been reinvented by each successive generation, which probably accounts for its ...

The role of textiles in the history of modern interiors and design, often unrecognized, gets the spotlight at an exhibit at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History and Material ...

Olga de Amaral, “Woven Gridded Wall #66" (Muro tejido cuadriculado #66) (1970), wool and horsehair, 119 x 70 x 20 inches (all photos Julie Smith Schneider/Hyperallergic) A current of cross-cultural, ...

Have you discovered midcentury-modern style and gone hunting for a great piece of furniture from the era? Vintage pieces are pricey, and even well-made reproductions can challenge the bank account. So ...

A sampling of places to find vintage and modern versions: • Maharam carries upholstery patterns by American designers like Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Alexander Girard. ( www.maharam.com) ...

Many young international designers are drawing on heritage, folklore and their imaginations to create contemporary textile, ceramic and wall-covering patterns. Some are finding larger audiences ...

Bold, colorful, and surprisingly modern designs on silk kimonos and other textiles from the 70's and 80's for wearing or decorating a wall, on display adjacent to The Language of Cloth Pop-up Shop, ...

It was around this time of the year when the days began to get longer that Korean grandmothers would rummage through their attics to find bamboo curtains to hang in a bid to keep the sweltering summer ...