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The pop! of modern African textiles meets Roy Lichtenstein
Over the river, and through the woods, but your scribe isn’t going to grandma’s house. A visit to the British Museum’s African Textiles Today requires perseverance to cross multiple… more →
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The pop! of modern African textiles meets Roy Lichtenstein
wrote 2 months ago: Over the river, and through the woods, but your scribe isn’t going to grandma’s house. A … more →
Fabulous textile Christmas stocking stuffer under a fiver? Artisan du Chocolat!
wrote 5 months ago: Chocolate is your scribe’s Achilles heel. Never ever ubiquitous cheap chocolate, but always lu … more →
Mermaids, cherubs & cheer: Lana MacKinnon's mid-century designs
wrote 5 months ago: “Victory in Europe” day was celebrated 8 May 1945 to mark the end of World War II. A flo … more →
Rumble in the rhombus: TEX Tile weave inspired ceramic tiles
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wrote 6 months ago: Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay are the Raw-Edges Design Studio. Their TEX Tile ceramic tile collection fo … more →
Textiles for Chocoholics
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wrote 6 months ago: Edible Surfaces is a collaborative project by London based textile studio Pinaki Studios and Amsterd … more →
Joshua Ben Longo's Monster Skin is where the wild things are
wrote 6 months ago: Guy Fawkes night is past; the crypt is closed on Halloween; Alla helgons dag is no more, and the Day … more →
Crochetdermy
wrote 7 months ago: Editor Ben Evans picked up the Metro on the way to work this morning and discovered crotchetdermy. W … more →
Venetian splendour
wrote 7 months ago: The sumptuous damasks of the illustrious Italian fabric house Rubelli have been teamed with a shoe c … more →
Celebrate Mickey Rourke's 60th Birthday with Bute Fabrics!
wrote 8 months ago: Sunday sees the sixtieth birthday of Hollywood legend Mickey Rourke, the star of your scribe’s … more →
Neue Galerie's superlative Wiener Werkstätte inspired bed rest
wrote 8 months ago: “Give me a beach, something to eat, and a couple of broads, and I can get along without materi … more →
Fine Cell Work Launches Pop-Up Shop in Mayfair
wrote 9 months ago: Last night was the opening reception for Fine Cell Work’s pop-up shop at 5 Grosvenor Street in … more →
Belén Mena designs celebrate Ecuador's winged beauties
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wrote 9 months ago: A sleek splash in the Olympic pool by Samantha Arevalo Salinas of Ecuador in the women’s 800-meter f … more →
Enrich your world with the J Robert Scott Golden Collection
wrote 9 months ago: Goooooold! crow the headlines on most British newspapers this morning following Olympic victories ye … more →
Kiyoshi Yamamoto's textile designs for Aurlandskoen Shoes
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wrote 10 months ago: Should we have a staff shoe at COVER? Yes. Time to start that e-petition so COVER’s big Kahuna … more →
Winning textiles from Arjumand's Summer Game
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wrote 10 months ago: The Olympics aren’t the only game in town. Savvy fans of Milan-based textile designer (and fri … more →
Marc Jacobs - The Resort 2013 collection
wrote 10 months ago: Marc Jacobs’s fantastically fun 2013 ‘Resort’ collection was apparently inspired by Cind … more →
Letting Go....
wrote 10 months ago: Letting Go is a large-scale installation piece conceived by Minneapolis-based graffiti artist Hottea … more →
The Comfort of Objects by Rebecca Lefèvre
wrote 10 months ago: Central Saint Martins Textile Design graduate Rebecca Lefèvre presented a fabric collection at New D … more →
Elvis Robertson Embroidery
wrote 10 months ago: COVER likes this embroidery work by Elvis Robertson. It appears that the table cloths are marked and … more →
