Benno Premsela (1920 – 1997) Dutch textile and exhibition designer
2022-06-24
Benno Premsela (1920 – 1997) was a Dutch textile and exhibition designer. He studied interior design at the Nieuwe Kunstschool, Amsterdam. Read More →
Lucienne Day (1917 – 2010) influential textile designer
2022-01-24
Lucienne Day was one of the most influential post-war British textile designers. She developed a unique style of pattern making. READ MORERead More →
Gerhard Munthe (1855-1929) Norwegian textile, furniture, Interior Designer
2022-01-18
Between 1877-82, he lived in Munich. As a pictorial artist, he brought about the break with historicism in Norway. Drawing on Norwegian folk art and poetry, he illustrated books and designed tapestries for firms including DNB (Det Norske Billedvaveri).Read More →
Allan Walton (1891 – 1948) British painter, decorator, architect and textile designer
2022-01-09
He commissioned some of the most innovative screen prints of the 1930s, designed by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, as a principle of Allan Walton Fabrics. Read More →
Marie Teinitzer (1879 – 1960) Czech textile artist and producer
2021-12-07
Marie Teinitzerová was born in a little town near Pelhimov called kov. However, she and her parents soon relocated to Jindichv Hradec. In Vienna and Brno, she studied painting. She attended the School of Applied Arts in Prague from 1905 to 1906, then a weaving school in Berlin in 1906. Her research tour took her to Denmark, Sweden, and France, where she attended tapestry workshops in Paris. She returned to Prague in 1908.Read More →
Nanna Ditzel (1923 – 2005) Danish architect and furniture designer
2021-12-06
Nanna Ditzel, a leading Danish 20th-century designer, had also worked in furniture, textiles and jewellery design for many decades and has been one of the few women designers in the country to achieve celebrity status.Read More →
Alexander Girard (1907 – 1993) American interior, & Textile designer
2021-11-27
Alexander Girard (1907 – 1993) was a man of many design talents. He trained asRead More →
Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx (1902 – 1998) British textile and graphic designer
2021-11-22
Designs for London Underground seats. She studied painting and wood engraving at the Royal College of Art in London, as well as at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.Read More →
Marjatta Metsovaara (1927 – 2014) Finnish Textile Designer
2021-11-11
Metsovaara’s style ranged from designs made up of organic forms in vibrant hues to muted neutral tones. She designed for 10 mills in Finland and abroad by 1967, and she made both printed and woven textiles. She ran her design studio and weaving mill in Urjala, Finland.Read More →
Margaret Simeon (1910 – 1999) British Textile Designer
2021-11-10
She worked as a freelance designer of garment and furnishings textiles. Allan Walton Textiles, Edinburgh Weavers, Campbell Fabrics, and Fortnum and Mason were among her clientele. She taught textile printing at the Royal College of Art.Read More →
Thomas Lamb – Industrial Designer – “The Handle Man”
2021-11-08
Thomas Lamb founded his textile design studio at seventeen, specialising in advertising, fashion, and magazine illustration. In the 1920s, his bedspreads, napkins, and draperies were immensely popular. Many New York department stores carried them, including Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, and Saks Fifth Avenue.Read More →
Fujiwo Ishimoto Japanese born textile & ceramic designer
2021-11-08
The natural world and its phenomena influence Ishimoto’s works. His designs have basic forms that are coupled with vibrant exterior constructions and lavish ornamentation. Ishimoto has won the State Industrial Arts Prize, the Kaj Franck Design Prize, and Honourable Mentions at the Finland Designs show in 1983, 1989, and 1993, among other awards. He was given the Pro Finlandia Medal in 2011. His ceramics and textiles have been featured in several private and group shows. Fujiwo Ishimoto has also designed opera stage sets and costumes.Read More →
Jacqueline Groag (1903 – 1986) Czech textile designer
2021-11-07
Jacqueline Groag (1903 – 1986) was a Czech textile designer and ceramicist. Born in Prague she studied in Vienna at the Kunstgewerbeschule during the 1920s. In 1937 she moved to Paris where she designed dress prints for Jeanne Lanvin, Elsa Schiparelli and others.Read More →
Gere Kavanaugh American textile, industrial & interior designer
2021-11-04
Kavanaugh worked for General Motors as a stylist, primarily designing exhibitions to demonstrate autos and creating displays, model kitchens, and interiors. She was one of the company’s first female designers, called the “Damsels of Design” by design director Harley Earl. Read More →
Primerose Bordier (1929 – 1995) French textile designer
2021-10-26
Primrose Bordier (1929 – 1995) was a French designer known for her colourful and innovative home textiles. She studied at the Atelier Charpentier in Paris.Read More →
Marianne Strengell (1909 – 1998) Finnish Textile Designer
2021-09-27
Strengell is the daughter of Finnish architect Gustaf Strengell and interior designer Anna Wegelius born in Helsinki, Finland. Her mother, Anna, was the director of Hemflit-Kotiahkeruus. Read More →
Ruth Reeves (1892 – 1966) American Textile Designer
2021-09-23
Her works were influenced by current innovations in France, such as Cubism, when she returned to the United States in 1927. The American Designers’ Gallery in New York hosted Reeves’ debut exhibition, which featured textiles. Read More →
Boris Kroll (1913 – 1991) American Textile Designer
2021-09-23
In 1938, he founded Cromwell Designs, which began by weaving Modern furniture fabrics on a handloom with a bathtub for dying yarns. He began employing power looms in 1939. Boris Kroll Fabrics, New York, was founded by him in 1946. Cotton and novelty spun rayon was used.Read More →
Australian Fabric Designer – John Rodriquez
2021-08-28
John Rodriquez became well known for his textile designs in the early 1950’s. He introduced a unique Australian Style. Read More →
Anni Albers (1899 – 1994) German Textile Designer, artist and teacher
2021-07-26
Anni Albers was a German Textile Designer, artist and teacher. She was born in Berlin and was the Wife of Josef Albers.Read More →