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The textile and fashion industry has had a bad reputation when it comes to sustainability and transparency of supply chains. First, there is the di...

We love the work of Josef Hoffmann! He was an architect, furniture and pattern designer who founded the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) in 1910...

The Great Picture Book of Everything was intended to be a pictorial encyclopaedia of life and nature in China and India. Because Japan was isolated...

Take a trip back in time to the Swinging Sixties and visit the King’s Road in Chelsea for the hottest looks! This exhibition examines the influence...

I first came across Silver Studio through my collection of Art Nouveau book covers. It was one of the major pattern design studios of the late 19th...

William Kilburn (1745-1818) was an illustrator, designer and printer of textiles. He specialised in producing printed calico, a popular light cotto...

I recently visited the Charlotte Perriand exhibition at the Design Museum, London. She was a ground-breaking designer who worked with architect Le ...

I recently visited the amazing cliffside botanic garden in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. It seemed appropriate to write about it this week as we la...

Igshaan Adams is a South African artist who uses sculpture and weaving to create installations. His latest exhibition, Kicking Dust, references a i...

The Brutal Beauty exhibition is a retrospective of one of the art world's outsiders, Jean Dubuffet. He was a playful artist who liked to experiment...

I recently visited the permanent displays at the Tate Modern, including the installation by Yinka Shonibare CBE. This work entitled The British Lib...

For this week’s pattern blog, I want to focus on round shapes and curved lines as I use them a lot in my designs. There is something satisfying ab...