WARDROBE // Block Shop

These are the most beautiful scarves I've ever seen (and I am a scarf addict). They are from an Indian based printing company called Block Shop run by two sisters from the United States. The company makes each scarf by hand using hand carved wooden blocks and non toxic vegetable dyes. The scarfs are a blend of Indian silk and Indian cotton. Its too bad that they've been so popular that they've completely sold out. 

Images from Block Shop.

Embroidery and Geometry

Lovely quilt from UK designers Custhom. I love the contrast between the modern geometric pattern and the craftiness of the embroidery. Nice subtle tones too. 

Images from FAO Ltd.

A Pop of Colour on a Cloudy Day

Nice embroidery sample from an embroidery workshop organized by Karen Barbe in Santiago, Chile.

CORIUMI

The beautiful work space of makers Inga and Arvydas of Lithuanian Etsy store CORIUMI.

Waxed Canvas

Waxed canvas bags by HOI BO

Page from a Book

Material Revolution Sustainable and Multi-Purpose Materials for Design and Architecture by Sascha Peters.

Memory hood, an abstraction of human emotion, designed 

by Max Schath. 

Pattern

Sven Markelius, Pythagoras textile produced by Ljungbergs Textilyck for Nordiska Kompaniet, 1952

Wiener Werkstatte fabric designs c.1910

Vanessa Bell, White printed on linen, Omega Workshops, 1913

Roger Fry, Amenophis printed on linen, Omega Workshops, 1913

The Tactility of Textiles

Lately I'm inspired by textile design. I love the colours, textures and warmth that are possible in textiles that are made by hand. These are a few stitch studies that I've re-posted from Karen Barbe's blog of her own textile designs and inspirations. Her blog is here if you would like to take a look.

Tactile Way Finding by Haptic Lab

Haptic Lab are a relatively new group started in part by architect Emily Fischer. The quilts are part of a project called Soft-Maps which was an academic experiment inspired by Emily's mother who started to lose her vision. The quilts were an experiment in tactile way finding, using the quilt as a tool for someone to orient themselves.


I love the meeting of the graphics of cartography with textile design. I find that maps bring with them memories of locations and that combined with the warmth of a quilt and the emotions that go with a quilt made by hand make this project such a beautiful combination of ideologies.