KLS Textiles is the brand of British designer and artist Kate Loudoun-Shand. Kate’s designs are balanced deftly between her strong sense of the contemporary and her love of textiles tradition. As a graduate of Saint Martin's College of Art and the Royal College of Art, and having worked with pattern for 20 years, she is sought worldwide as a trend consultant, and has worked with craftspeople and makers from across the US, Europe, India, & China.

Kate has championed mark-making techniques and innovations in textile design and has spoken on textiles history at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum. She has been an SVP Design at leading manufacturer CHF Industries in New York, and Creative Director of design consultancy ny-lon USA Inc.

Drawing inspiration from all sorts of places and following no rules,Kate tries to bring a sense of joy and adventure to everything she does. She and her family divide their time between New York and Wiltshire in the U.K. You can follow Kate on instagram, twitter, or facebook.

june 14, 2019

CLOTH & KIND Showroom
3010 Washtenaw Ave. Ann Arbor, MI

9:30-10:30 AM

Mingle and chat with Kate and Chris, her husband and business partner, while Kate paints live in the showroom

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Panel workshop on creating new patterns from historical prints, plus how to collaborate with artisanal textile designers like Kate to create a custom pattern and/or colorway for your design projects

Light bites and refreshments will be served