I’m always interested in deepening my knowledge of other people’s professions and have often wondered about the seemingly complex world of textile design. I have invited textile designer and artisan ...
Every year the fashion landscape stuns the world with its intricate designs, opulent silhouettes, and refurbished colour palettes, bringing forth trends that establish the tone for the forthcoming ...
"Our world is changing and textile designers are ideally equipped to face the challenges. With colour, pattern, functionality and sensuality as our guide, we constantly reinvent the realm of fibres, ...
A textile designer and weaver in Halifax, N.S., says people can begin to tell stories through their clothes again if they become in control of the designing process. “Right now we purchase all of our ...
The field of textile and fashion design represents a dynamic amalgamation of traditional craftsmanship and cutting‐edge technological innovation. Design methodologies have evolved from hand‐crafted ...
A new Circular Design Toolkit has been released by the UK government’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), with the aim of assisting the textile industry in reducing the environmental impact ...
For centuries, Japanese farmers repaired worn clothing using a handsewing technique known as sashiko, with textile surfaces punctuated by rain-like patterns of countless single stitches. This practice ...
Canadians tend to think of Inuit art as something that adorns a gallery wall, not your living-room curtains. For a brief period in the 1960s, however, a handful of artists at Kinngait Studios in Cape ...