Freelance by KR

If you or your company is in need of a graphic designer, textile designer, crafter/maker, blogger, image researcher or a pair of eagle eyes—contact me! I am now available for freelance. The past few months I’ve been home schooling myself, making various textile based objects (I’ll share soon). Now it’s time for me to get [...]

PETER MAX

Freak flag is flying high. Peter Max, 1968. via LIFE

GUNTA PROCESS

I love to see process drawings for textiles. Often they’re just as beautiful as the final product. Designs for Jacquard Wall Hangings and Fabrics, 1928-29. via Gunta Stölzl discovered via per termeritas

MARIMEKKO BOOK LOOK

Get real—street style pics of ladies, gentlemen, and youth! Realness from Finland. Everyday people living their lives adorned in smashing colors and patterns. This Marimekko look book looks to be from the 1960s. I found at the FIT library‘s special collections. It’s just an average staple bound book overblown with energy of the people. Click [...]

SWEET WRAPS.

Sweets protected by carefully designed folds & twists. Illustration showing three of the wrapping styles performed by the FWT R75 sweet cutting and wrapping machine designed and made by Rose Forgrove Ltd., and winner of a Design Council Award in 1973 (top to bottom): fold and twist, double end fantail and single point turned under [...]

Mud Match?

Vivienne Westwood Part II Are these sweater vests a punk rock match? 1 : pauer by helga paris, from “berlin teenagers” 1982 via l’ombrello 2 : poss. Vivienne Westwood Nostaglia of Mud sweater vest I found posted via westwoodandmclaren (now not available to public) Possibly. The dates are correct. And the Berlin dude is punk. [...]

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