Dorothy Liebes at the Cooper Hewitt
Up now through February 4, 2024, at the Cooper Hewitt in New York City, is...
Textile Designers & What They Know
Textile design is a complex, fascinating, and ancient field of study. Every human on this...
The Life Cycle of a Trend
Trends impact every aspect of our lives. At Design Pool, we are endlessly fascinated by...
Summer Reading, Textile Edition
Summer is officially here, NeoCon 2022 is officially over. We all deserve a little downtime,...
Color Riot! at the Montclair Art Museum
Textile lovers in the northeast should absolutely add a visit to the Montclair Museum of...
The Rabbit Hole Where Interior & Textile Designers Intersect
Designers Today is a digital and print magazine that promotes itself as the link between...
Inca Insistence, the Relevance of Symmetries
What could possibly be meant by the term The Inca Insistence? I will get to...
Luise Stromberg’s Plain Weave Challenge
“I have to find a light somewhere,” thought Luise Stromberg as spring turned to summer...
A Look at Manufactured & Synthetic Fibers
Humans have been turning fibers into materials with which to clothe themselves, warm themselves and...
Create Your Own Texture Library
As a textile designer, one of the best tools in my designer toolbox is my...
A Closer Look at Natural Fibers & Materials
Picking the right material to use for digital printing is an important one. If you’re...
Airstream Reproduction; Recreating a Fabric
Occasionally, at Design Pool, I receive a request to replicate an antique textile, and I...
Coordinate Patterns Perfectly with these 5 Tips
If it wasn’t obvious by now, I’m a pattern lover! I love designing patterns and...
Textile Design, 8 Fun & Interesting Facts
Everyone at Design Pool may have different roles, but we all have one thing in...
Kristen Dettoni Explains Her Design Process
At Design Pool, we like to say that our creative process is client-driven. We do...
Common Pattern Repeats, Learn the Basics
Computer software may make it easy to take a motif and tile it out, but...
