Fine art and textile design have always been close companions. From da Vinci to Raoul Dufy, textile patterns have often been a physical manifestation of the forms and colors of their era, as fine ...

The design of textiles now demands speed, accuracy and embedded data. The patterns we create are no longer single use, and in a digitized world, their final product form, material application, and ...

TEXTILES IN THE RENAISSANCE: Highlighting the origins of textile design and patterns from the Renaissance, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present “Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the ...

Medieval textiles are scarce due to time, heavy reuse, and recycling, as items were repurposed until they disintegrated. Wall hangings, for instance, were cut for upholstery or other domestic uses.

To understand the history of surface pattern in textile design is to understand that each pattern will have a cultural and regional dimension as well as that of a general historical perspective. This ...

Student-designed textiles greet visitors first Immediately to your right upon entering is one of the student textile displays. This display was created by students in the class DES 160 Textile Surface ...

To demonstrate the sheer creativity and vision of over 150 designers across the globe, Kristi O’Meara and Audrey Victoria Keiffer—founders of Chicago’s The Patternbase design studio and online archive ...

Originally crafted from silk, brocade is a lustrous, high-quality woven fabric featuring intricate designs. Frequently used for upholstery and drapery, the luxurious textile is now made from a wide ...

This summer, IKEA Museum’s exuberant textile exhibition will debut at Dovecot Studios on 18th July 2025, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh Art Festival, through to 17th January ...

In the years after World War II, most of Europe was devastated, both physically and financially. From this drab reality, one country began producing bright, technicolor textiles, including a print ...