Tag textile design

September 27, 2013
in Humanities

Notes from the Field: The Medium is the Message

September 27, 2013
in Humanities

View the New York Times ‘Interwoven Globe’ Exhibition Slide Show Follow @yaleARTbooks Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800 tells a fascinating history of global textile design through the intertwined narratives of trade across continents, oceans, and eras. Drawing on The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s incredibly rich textiles collection—much of which the

August 18, 2011
in History, Humanities

Unlikely Beginnings: Knoll Textiles and WWII

August 18, 2011
in History, Humanities

The founders of the Knoll furniture company, Hans Knoll and Jens Risom, would never have assumed that they were beginning a leading, imaginative firm that would influence other designers for decades. In their early careers, their methods were more patchwork quilt than handmade upholstery. When the two men began collaborating,