LEFT // Seema Krish Manhattan in Dutch Gold
MIDDLE // Clay McLaurin Drift in Lavender
RIGHT // Carolina Irving Ludwig in Rose/Delft
PS // We are thrilled to be representing each of these gorgeous textile lines in our Showroom and Shop. Give us a hollah if you're interested!
WALLPAPER // INTERIOR DESIGN FOR YOUR DESKTOP
Enjoy our latest collection of free downloadable desktop, tablet & smartphone wallpapers, courtesy of one of our favorite textile designers, Schuyler Samperton. Check out her entire collection and if you love 'em as much as we do, get the real deal to swath your home and make it look as good as your tech.
Click to download // Nellcote Apricot
Click to download // Nellcote Montego
Click to download // Nellcote Petunia
Click to download // Nellcote Wisteria
Click to download // Nellcote Sky
Click to download // Firefly Ocean
Click to download // Firefly Deep End
Click to download // Doshi Lake
Click to download // Doshi Persimmon
Click to download // Pendleton Spring
Click to download // Black Currant
Click to download // Pendleton Academy
Click to download // Celandine Sunset
Click to download // Celandine Azure
Click to download // Celandine Mulberry
Click to download // Celandine Sangria
Click to download // Caledonia Peony
Click to download // Caledonia Sapphire
Click to download // Cordoba Juniper
Click to download // Cordoba Spice
DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS // Click on the links to the patterns you love above. Once on the large image of the pattern, simply right click to download and save the image to your desktop. Here at CLOTH & KIND, we save all of our favorite Wallpaper downloads to a folder and set our Desktop & Screen Saver preferences to pull from that folder and rotate the images frequently for maximum gorgeousness while we're working.
IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT STUFF // Y'all know this, but it's worth saying that all images in our Wallpaper column are the exclusive property of the textile and wallpaper designers that have so graciously shared their proprietary designs with us so that our tech can look all kinds of cool. Under no circumstances may any part of their work be copied, duplicated, manipulated or used in anyway without their express written permission.
RIGHT // Malatya in Basil by Clarke & Clarke for Duralee (#F0798-03)
BOTTOM LEFT // Roxy in Jade from Cowtan & Tout (#11192-03)
TOP LEFT // Rufus in Ink from Larsen (#L9017-07)
Please welcome a new and extraordinarily talented guest editor to CLOTH & KIND! Molly Velte has joined our team and will be periodically writing in our Journal as a contributor to our Hue and Fab Five columns.
Molly is a textile artist & stylist based on the east coast, by way of France & California. Her surface patterns are represented by select studios in New York, whose clients include Kate Spade, Anthropologie and Free People amongst others, and she is regularly commissioned to create custom textile prints for companies around the globe. Molly is a past contributor to Bri Emery's wildly popular and well-loved blog, Design Love Fest... check out her Patternfest posts here, and also be sure to spend time on her fantastic personal blog ROOT for a peek into her process, inspiration & creative happenings.
With a similar vibe for textiles, color & interiors, we are nothing short of thrilled to have Molly contributing to CLOTH & KIND's Journal. Welcome aboard, Molly! We hope you all dig her first Hue post below, inspired by Madeline Weinrib's Lavender Remy Ikat fabric, as much as we do.
FABRIC // Remy Ikat from Madeline Weinrib // Lamp // Fabric // Art // Pillow // Accent Table
EDITOR CREDIT // This post was developed and written by guest editor Molly Velte.
For the specific fabrics & wallpaper used in Palette No. 20, please subscribe to CLOTH & KIND’s emails. Details are provided exclusively to our email friends.
A special thanks to Travis & Company at ADAC, who has graciously provided all three of the memos used in today’s post. Happy Friday!
For the specific fabrics used in Palette No. 15, please subscribe to CLOTH & KIND’s emails. Details for each textile are provided exclusively to our email friends. Happy Friday!
what is your idea of perfect design happiness?
COPYRIGHT LAWS THAT PROTECT DESIGNERS
AND NOT BIG BUSINESS.
what is your greatest fear in design?
FEAR CAN LEAD TO BETTER DESIGN.
which historical design figure do you most identify with?
FORTUNY.
which living designer do you most admire?
JACK LENOR LARSEN. I ADMIRE HIM NOT ONLY FOR HIS WORK,
BUT ALSO FOR HIS SUPPORT OF OTHER DESIGNERS.
HIS COLLECTIONS ARE WONDERFUL AS WELL.
what profession other than design would you like to attempt?
COOKING.
what is your greatest design extravagance?
MY STUDIO. IT’S A BIG, LIGHT-FILLED SPACE
AND A PLEASURE TO WORK IN EVERY DAY.
when and where were you happiest with your design?
I’M VERY CRITICAL OF MY OWN WORK.
FROM CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION, THE PROCESS CAN TAKE ONE TO TWO YEARS. IT’S A HAPPY DAY WHEN I FEEL A DESIGN IS FINALLY FINISHED.
what do you consider your greatest achievement in design?
CAN YOU ASK ME THAT AGAIN IN ANOTHER 20 YEARS?
if you died and came back as another designer or design object,
who or what do you think it would be?
IRONICALLY, I WOULD NOT BE A RUG.
I DON’T LIKE TO LET PEOPLE WALK ALL OVER ME.
what specific design related talent are you lacking
that you would you most like to have?
THINKING IN SQUARE FOOTAGE.
what is your most treasured design related possession?
MY FORNASETTI CONSOLE.
I FOUND IT YEARS AGO IN A SECOND HAND SHOP.
what do you regard as the lowest depths of misery in design?
SEEING MY HANDMADE DESIGNS COPIED AND MASS PRODUCED.
what curse word do you most frequently use?
I USE THEM ALL.
what is your favorite design related word?
HARMONY.
what is your least favorite design related word?
KITSCH.
what turns you on in design?
AUTHENTICITY AND ORIGINALITY.
what turns you off in design?
KNOCKOFFS.
what is your motto in design?
KEEP IT SIMPLE.
ABOUT PROUST ON DESIGN // Answered by our design icons, these must-ask questions come from a 19th century parlor game made popular by Marcel Proust, the French novelist, essayist & critic. Proust believed the direct questions and honest responses that they elicited revealed the true nature of the individual. For this column, we have put an interior design related spin on the traditional questions. While this method has been used by many journalists throughout the years, we were primarily inspired by The Proust Questionnaire, which appears monthly on the back page of one of our all time favorite magazines, Vanity Fair (also Krista’s alma mater). Read all of our previous Proust on Design questionnaires here.
IMAGE CREDITS // Lead image of Madeline provided by Madeline Weinrib & taken by photographer Jason Frank Rothenberg, Painting of Moroc wallpaper pattern, Moroc wallpaper, Jack Lenor Larsen photograph, Larsen Retro fabric, Madeline's studio image provided by Madeline Weinrib, Bedroom image provided by Madeline Weinrib & styled by Lili Diallo.
