RESEARCH POINTS

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RESEARCH POINT 1

Research the colour work of some textile artists and designers, starting with the names listed below.

-Voyage Decoration

-Wallace&Sewell

-Paul Smith

-Marimekko

-Cole & Son

-Vlisco

-Mary Katrantzou

-Norma Starszakowna

-Ptolemy Mann

Voyage Decoration

footage copied from Voyage Decoration web site

Interior design fabrics made to create cushions and furniture upholstery: the painting style is bold with playful shaping, detail and content, using an opulent colour palette portrays richness and personality  making you feel welcome in a cozy and relaxing environment.

a voyage decoration cushion with pale easy in the eye colours with a vintage and nostalgic colour palette

Marimekko

Marimekko is a Finnish lifestyle design house celebrated worldwide for its original prints and colours :there are monochrome designs as well as really vivid and bright colour prints which create a great contrast and colour coordination.

footage copied from Marimekko web site

monochrome combined with vivid coloured floral design top . Colour combinations that make the coloured print stand out even more.

Mary Katrantzou

Mary Katrantzou– or as fashion world likes to call her, Queen of Prints – is unrivaled in her innovative, architectural approach to fashion design.

Her catchy and bold colour coordination along with carefully selected prints and jacquard patterns create a unique handwriting.

Colours are bold and in proportion either they are in colour block designs or stripes:

footage copied from Katrantzou web site

The Mary Katrantzou  Cardigan in Malachite features. A knitted print reminiscent of the organic earth malachite patterns(malachite is a green gemstone with characteristic concentric eye like rings) in optic prints and earthy fresh and vivid rainbow colours: ideal for Spring Summer outfits.
A colourful marble print adorns this jersey off-the-shoulder dress : It skims the figure for a flattering silhouette, while the curved pattern enhances a feminine hourglass shape  
Famed for its use of vivid patterns, Mary Katrantzou showcases an eclectic mix of textural prints on this multicoloured long striped dress  

The kaleidoscopic print which adorns Mary Katrantzou’s Uni Marble Placed skirt is ideal for summer – inflected with warm hues of orange and pink which then fade to cooler tones towards the hem. It’s crafted from textured crepe and pleated for a feminine drape which accentuates the abstract pattern  


Wallace & Sewell

Wallace&Sewell are renowned for their range of quality throws and blankets and scarves.Inspired by paintings, they create individual contemporary fabrics with strikingly bold, asymmetric blocks and stripes of varying scales.

pale oil painting lookalike colours along with design create wearable or (in case of throws) everyday use work of art.

Cole & Son

Wallpaper inspired fabrics , colours used to give a dramatic and loud outcome: Colour is celebrated at it’s best used as a background as well as the main element.

Footage copied from Cole & Son web site

A mid-blue, Petrol’s green base bestows a warm core, whilst its blue overtones offer a bright, light finish. A perfect pairing with the gentle earthiness of golden ochre, a mid-yellow whose tone enhances the warmth of this contemporary palette. 

Norma Starszakowna

The artist has used colour to help convey her feelings about Scotland’s history and achievements – there are dark tones of Celtic standing stones and local mining industries, greens and blues of agricultural land and seascapes, bright colours of philosophy, education, science and medicine through to the gold and silver that the artist uses to convey her feelings about the Scottish Enlightenment period.

source of the footage Victoria and Albert Museum

Each piece is inscribed with fragments of graffiti and messages that are highly evocative and include subtle references to both universal truths and highly personal experiences.  Born in Scotland, Starszakowna remembers as a child standing on her father’s shoulders, pinning his political pamphlets high up on walls beyond the reach of human destruction .
source: Victoria and Albert Museum

Paul Smith

Sir Paul Smith is almost the last of the great indie designers. A gentleman who has built a global brand on style and cool clothes. His signature design include stripes: lots lots of stripes in different colour and different size in order to avoid repeat as much as possible.

footage from Paul Smith website

His signature logo is a Zebra : Zebras have stripes which are unique to every animal . Paul smith uses colour in order to emphasize uniqueness.
Signature stripe beach towel: Uneven stripes in a non uniform repeat in pale earthy colours create a unique fabric
Men’s signature stripe silk Pocket Square : earthy colours that stand out and create a beautiful contrast

Vlisco

Vlisco has been designing and manufacturing distinctive fabrics loved by African women since 1846. Inspired by Africa, made with a technique derived from Indonesian Batik, designed in the Netherlands, Vlisco’s heritage and design signature is a multicultural melting pot of beauty and industrial craftsmanship.

footage from Vlisco website.

colours warm bold and exotic , inspired from Africa

Ptolemy Mann

Ptolemy Mann is a rug designer with a unique handwriting , working in collaboration with Julian Blair with whom she is sharing the same passion.

Her designs are colourful and unique inspired by weavers and dyers from India and Nepal.

footage taken from Ptolemy Mann website.

each rug is hand-dyed and meticulously hand-finished a unique look

MISSONI

colour in its best!

Missoni has a unique way of using colours and colour combinations in order to create high end fashion items.

Starting with a few simple chevron-patterned wovens produced in a small factory in Gallarate, Italy pioneered the now widely used space-dying technique for yarn — still the magic ingredient in the house’s signature kaleidoscopic knits. 

footage taken from MISSONI website

one of the House’s signature designs multicolour zigzag pattern
I found these pillows really interesting.

they’ve got the Missoni signature chevrons created with pale earthy and subtle colours .
Easy on the eye, simple colour combination but along with the signature design they stand out !

These pillow pictures come to compliment my comments regarding Missoni handwriting: no matter the product , colour selection plays significant role to the design house and shows the unlimited colour coordination possibilities.

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