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[TRENDING NEWS] A Designer Who Lives With ‘Pickled’ Balloons and a Jellyfish-Shaped Lamp

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Author: BY MEARA SHARMA - Publish Date: December 1, 2021 at 02:53AM Bethan Laura Wood has made her name dreaming up transportive rainbow-hued furniture and housewares. Her own London home is just as fantastical.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Wandering Creativity of Sophie Taeuber-Arp

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Author: BY JASON FARAGO - Publish Date: November 27, 2021 at 01:57AM The Swiss artist did it all — paintings and puppets, sculpture and tapestry — and was underestimated because of it. At MoMA she joins the major leagues.

[TRENDING NEWS] Got Rags? Weave a Rug

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Author: BY EMMA GRILLO - Publish Date: May 2, 2021 at 10:03AM It’s easy to turn unwanted pieces of cloth into fun home décor.

[TRENDING NEWS] Beneath a Full Moon, a Healing Ritual

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: December 12, 2020 at 07:05AM A recent textile work by Diedrick Brackens responds to a startling statistic about the ongoing AIDS epidemic.

[TRENDING NEWS] Weaving a Way Out of Isolation

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Author: BY HILARIE M. SHEETS - Publish Date: March 27, 2020 at 06:49AM You can craft your way to a sense of community, says the artist Liza Lou. She’s creating her “comfort” project on Instagram in real time.

[TRENDING NEWS] Wear Clothes? Then You’re Part of the Problem

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Author: BY ELIZABETH L. CLINE - Publish Date: November 4, 2019 at 07:00AM Making, washing and tossing apparel has a big environmental cost.

[TRENDING NEWS] Woodstock Was the Birthplace of Festival Fashion

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Author: VANESSA FRIEDMAN - Publish Date: August 7, 2019 at 07:00AM Once upon a time, it wasn’t a commercial opportunity, it was a statement of identity.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Ins and Outs of Knit Theory

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Author: SIOBHAN ROBERTS - Publish Date: May 17, 2019 at 07:00AM For physicist Elisabetta Matsumoto, “knitting is coding,” and yarn is a programmable material.

[TRENDING NEWS] Dior and the Line Between Cultural Appreciation and Cultural Appropriation

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Author: VANESSA FRIEDMAN - Publish Date: April 30, 2019 at 07:00AM The French brand holds the first cruise extravaganza in Africa, and tries to start a new kind of conversation.

[TRENDING NEWS] Long Live Eccentric English Design

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Author: NANCY HASS - Publish Date: February 11, 2019 at 07:00AM Uninterested in disciplined minimalism, a group of defining interior designers is championing England’s long-held preference for color, wit and wackiness.

[TRENDING NEWS] In Florence, an ‘Undiscovered Jewel’ of a Fabric Mill

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Author: KATHLEEN BECKETT - Publish Date: December 5, 2018 at 07:00AM The Antico Setificio Fiorentino boasts looms that date to the 1700s, and the ability to create any fabric you want.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Dutch Laboratory That Paints in Yarn

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Author: DIANE DANIEL - Publish Date: December 5, 2018 at 07:00AM TextielLab is a highly specialized work space focused on innovations in woven and knit fabrics.