Vera Neumann

The prints of Vera Neumann from the 1960's and 70's are classic and timeless.

Bee's make Bespoke Furniture...

A collaborative event between The Honeybees, Kevin Hill (industrial designer), Vanessa Harden (concept designer) and Ben Faga (artist). The bee's a building a form within the constaints as set by human interaction. This was featured in Designersblock but I have not found a direct link online about the project specifically - will continue with the search.

Bokja - patchwork textile furniture

Wonderful textiles - there are other companies / designers who do some similar works but I am quite drawn to the particular selections of fabrics for this work.

www.bokjadesign.com

Refreshment Room

This interior was created before The Peacock Room but has clear similar influences. Designed by Philip Webb & William Morris, 1865-70. It seems to me that this room did have some inluence on Whistler for the Peacock Room.

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Eastern influence & Peacocks

The Peacock Room was an interior created by the painter James McNeill Whistler. Originally created in a Kensington (London) residence it now is located in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. There is such a strong influence of east asian art and ornament within the interior. Created in 1876-77. The book titled The Peacock Lounge by Linda Merrill is beautifully illustrated and informative.

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Paola Lenti

Some cracking textiles at large scales from this italian company who specialise in rugs and seating furniture. They seem very experimental with materials and like to upscale techniques.

www.paulalenti.com

John Lindsten: Embroidered Chairs

John Lindsten is a sweedish furniture designer, in these pieces (spotted at Designersblock) he has utilised found embroideries for the back panels.

http://www.lindstenform.com/

Matisse

I have not checked out the rest of this blog but this article on Matisse is lovely:

http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/2010/03/artists-i-love-meeting-m.html

maths & nature

Fibonacci Spiral

I have long been fascinated by the idea of Fibonacci since a graduate based her project on this, in a former life she had been an accountant but the maths application remained in her practice.

Symmetry is another aspect that is seen a lot in nature and textiles.

This site seems very informative: http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html

pattern / nature / pattern ....

Hairpin Banksia
Fern detailing.
Bright Feathers.Arctic Char (not sure what it is but looks good - will go and look it up)(up close it looks like fish scales)

This links to 30 amazing nature images:

http://www.technology.am/patterns-in-nature-130055.html

Pomme Chan

This work by designer Pomme Chan has a strong graphic but feminine feel. Her work includes car design, fashion, illustration, textiles.

www.pommepomme.com

trompe-l'oeil, architecture

This is an amazing facade for a building in the centre of Paris.

Manish Arora

Indian born designer Manish Arora clearly feeds off cultural imagery but seems to just absorb pattern and colour from numerous cultures. Very textile based, glocal (recognition of roots without ignoring the reality of globalisation), infusion, rich.

www.manisharora.ws

Kim Parker - florals

Kim Parker: Rose Trellis, 2004

Kim Parker: Morea Garden, 2010

Self taught textile designer Kim Parker with signature florals. www.kimparker.tv

traditional samples

Panel produced by Lancaster Prints, England, 1856.

Panel designed by Claude Camille Pierre Pernon, France, Lyon, 1788

Cape (section) Spain, 17th Century.

These examples demonstrate time, craftsmanship, vision.

They are all from the The Art Institute of Chicago collection. Source: 27

Toile de Jouy

Toile de Jouy is a french term which refers to cloth that was manufactured specifically in Jouy-en-Josas, south west of Paris. Printed cottons that depict scenes (traditionally) of rural life.

See Timorous Beasties for a contemporary translations.

loop.ph

Metabolic Media, 2008.

New Orleans - experiment in architecture, 2009.

A long time fan of the work by loop it continues to develop in the space between technology, computers, design, nature.

Design duo Rachel Wingfield and Mathias Gmachl work together and with nobel scientists through Central St Martins to develop disigns / products that have the intention of making a difference.

http://www.loop.ph/

Timorous Beasties

Toile de Jouy, nature meets contemporary society, repeats, interiors.

http://www.timorousbeasties.com/

Kahori Maki

Design

Interior commision ( themagentalinks.com/2009/02/12/kahori-maki/ )

Comme des Garcons commision.

Car exterior commision.

Illustrator, designer, interiors, fashion. commisioned by Comme des Garcons, vehicle manufacturers as well as fashion and interiors. Maki is succesfully recognising the wide variety of opportunities available.

Japanese born artist and designer is heavily influenced by nature, insects etc.

http://www.k-maki.com/ Source: 26

Karen Nicol

Quite traditionally british textiles but with clear influences from a more global platform.

Birds, plants, floral Source: 26

http://www.karennicol.com/