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The Design Showcase feature in each issue of ELLE Decoration looks at home grown artists, designers, architects and innovators. You’ll find more of these under the Profiles pulldown menu at the top of the page, and right here, we’re featuring textile artist Karen Suskin in an interview by deputy editor, Kelly Berman. Karen Suskin is a [...] Leading UK wallpaper company, Graham & Brown has teamed up with US fabrics maven, Amy Butler, to bring out a tremendously pretty range of wallpapers. Amy Butler is known for her modern, relaxed and romantic approach to design, and this has translated brilliantly into wallpaper designs. Take a closer look at the collection here. I’m quite fascinated by this extraordinary flexible wooden carpet from German designer Elisa Strozyk. Yes, I didn’t spell “woollen” wrongly – this carpet is made of wood! By attaching veneer offcuts in geometric patterns, Strozyk is able to build up flexible and highly tactile textiles that can be used in the home, like this adjustable [...] Furoshiki is the Japanese tradition of using a large piece of fabric to wrap things in a multitude of ways (image of Furoshiki folding styles below from Gyroglyph). The concept of Furoshiki has become quite popular lately because it is so much more eco-aware to use reusable fabric than throwaway wrapping paper. I’m loving the contemporary spin [...] This is a little peculiar, because here I am posting about myself on the ELLE Decoration blog, which seems a rather self-reflective thing to do. But the reason for this narcissism is that Heather Moore (that’s me) and my label Skinny laMinx are the focus of this issue’s Design Showcase! Turn to pages 44 – 46 to see [...]  |
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