Antonin Kybal (1901 – 1971) Czech Textile Designer & Painter
2021-09-24
Antonin Kybal (1901 – 1971) was a Czech designer in the Decorative and Applied Arts.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 →
Allan Walton (1891 – 1948) British painter, decorator, architect and textile designer
2021-06-24
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 →
Minnie Macleish (1876 – 1957 ) British textile designer
2021-06-22
She collaborated with Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Constance Irving at London’s Foxton textiles and Amsterdam’s Metz store. Macleish was a prolific designer during the 1920s and 1930s, creating patterns for Morton Sundour fabrics.Read More →
Alexander Girard (1907 – 1993) American architect, interior designer, industrial designer and textile designer
2021-05-26
Alexander Girard (1907 – 1993) was a man of many design talents. He trained asRead More →
Margaret Leischner (1908 – 1970) German textile designer
2021-05-26
She began teaching weaving at the Bauhaus in 1931. She worked at the Dresdener Deutsche Werkstatten in 1931, designing woven textiles, and was the head of the weaving department at the Berlin Modeschule from 1932 to 1936. She worked as the head designer for Gateshead, a British fabric manufacturer.Read More →
Laura Ashley (1926 – 1988) British fabric and fashion designer
2021-05-18
Laura Ashley was one of the first British designers to experiment with the concept of lifestyle marketing. Her romantic vision of nineteenth-century rural life, adapted to modern domestic realities, inspired a generation of middle-class Britons who returned to country life in the 1960s and 1970s.Read More →
Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx (1902 – 1903) British textile and graphic designer
2021-05-18
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 →
Masakazu Kobayashi ( b.1944 ) Japanese textile designer
2021-05-14
Masakazu Kobayashi is a Japanese textile designer. He studied at the University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan. Between 1966 and 1975, he worked as a textile designer for Kawashima. He manifested traditional textile techniques and aesthetics in his work. He developed both production fabrics and large-scale fibre works.Read More →
André Mare (1885 – 1932) french painter, decorator and furniture designer
2021-05-01
Mare André was a french painter, decorator and furniture designer. He studied painting, at the Academie Julian, Paris. Read More →
Ray Komai (1918 – 2010 ) American Graphic, Industrial and Interior Designer
2021-04-21
Ray Komai was a Japanese American; he was a graphic, industrial and interior designer. He studied in Los Angeles at the Art Center College.
He settled in New York in 1944, where he worked in advertising and set up a graphic design and advertising office (with Carter Winter). J.G. Furniture created Komai’s 1949 moulded plywood chair with a split seat and bent metal legs. They produced his other designs of chairs, tables and upholstered seating as well.Read More →
Junichi Arai (1932 – 2017) Japanese textile designer and producer
2021-04-19
Junichi Arai (1932 – 2017) was a Japanese textile designer and producer born in Kiryu, Gunma. As the sixth generation of a mill-owning family, Arai grew up with fabrics being woven for obis and kimonos. He held traditional weaving methods in high regard and the skills that only the human hand can have in the art of fabric making. Read More →
Angelo Testa (1921 – 1984) American fabric designer
2021-03-30
Angelo Testa (1921 – 1984) was an American fabric designer. He studied at the Institute of Design, Chicago, to 1945. As well as being a fabric designer, he was a painter and sculptor.
He designed the 1941 Little Man abstract floral fabric, widely published and hailed as a new direction in textile design. It all began, in fact, with a doodle. A free-form sketch with a dancing shape that intrigued its artist.Read More →
Primerose Bordier (1929 – 1995) French textile designer
2021-02-27
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 →
Helen Abson Australian Architect and Fabric Designer
2021-02-02
Helen Abson, who trained as an architect, is an Australian designer. She pursued architecture for five years; founded ZAB Design where she designed fabrics that exhibited a preoccupation for texture achieved through pattern and colour.Read More →
Marianne Straub Swiss weaver and designer
2021-01-16
Marianne Straub was a Swiss designer and weaver and designer she was born in Amriswil.Read More →
Gertrud Preiswerk Swiss textile designer
2021-01-15
Gertrud Preiswerk was a Swiss textile designer she was born in Basel. Between 1926 andRead More →
Candace Wheeler (1827 – 1923) American textile and wallpaper designer
2021-01-11
Candace Wheeler was an American textile and wallpaper designer. She was born in Delhi, New York and professionally active in New York. Long before there was Martha Stewart, Candace Wheeler helped bring a woman’s touch to the male-dominated field of interior design in 19th century America by teaching wealthier women how to make their homes more comfortable.Read More →
Maya Romanoff American textile designer
2021-01-09
Maya Romanoff was an American Textile Designer. He studied at the University of California atRead More →