In the UC Davis Design Museum’s current exhibition, Appreciation and Adaptation: Homage to Global Textiles, traditional textiles from around the world are displayed alongside textiles created by ...

As we become increasingly overloaded with complex data about climate change, the Dutch studio Raw Color wants to make information more tangible. These striking blankets visualize the COVID-19 genome ...

Molly Fitzpatrick is a textile designer and founder of DittoHouse, an Ohio-based home textile brand for ethically produced textiles. Having designed textiles for a wide variety of markets, including ...

There's no better way to experiment with pattern and color than through textiles, whether it's a bright bath towel or striped sofa slipcover. That said, accents like area rugs and brand-new bedding ...

Hiroko Takeda is threading shimmering golden strands through the warp of a giant wooden loom in her Gowanus, Brooklyn, studio. She has just started the third in a series of four woven wall panels that ...

Achieving sustainability in home furnishings is a work in progress. Saana Baker (Photo by Rayon Richards) For example, over the past five years, the most significant development in the textile ...

Does limitation breed possibility or does freedom and individuality? That’s an interesting question that designers will be facing in the next decade as more and more AI customization programs come ...

After five years of representing high-end fabric, wallpaper, and rug designers like Amanda Nisbet, Katie Ridder, and Flat Vernacular, Kate Reynolds and Stacy Waggoner of Studio Four NYC are increasing ...

One person’s ick is another’s inspiration. Like fingernails, human hair is something that’s considered normal and fine when it’s attached to the body, but gross in any other context. Hair clogs our ...

A fellow designer once told Elizabeth Whelan that Americans buy 45 pieces of clothing a year. That's a lot, she says, and it's prompted by the many fashion houses that buy fabrics from Asia at a low ...

Textiles span everything from design for fashion and interiors, to industrial products and gallery exhibitions. Learn to innovate in material, pattern and surface design, and consider environmental, ...