Posts tagged Rugs
Change Underfoot: Interview with Jodie Fried of Armadillo Rugs

Charting new waters in ethical and sustainable rug design, Armadillo was a natural choice for our Made in India Report. Co-founder Jodie Fried tells The Textile Eye about her big career pivot, being the first Australian and American rug maker to achieve B Corp status, and what slow living means to her.

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Merry Christmas, and Happy Birthday to Marion Dorn!

Merry Christmas! And Happy Birthday to Marion Dorn, a trail blazing print and graphics designer. She designed for many companies, creating textile designs, wall hangings, carpeting, rugs, wallpaper, graphics and more. She contributed to some of the best known interiors of the time including the Claridges, Berkeley of London, Savoy, the Orion and the Queen Mary. In the 1920s, she was dubbed “The Architect of Floors” in praise of her influential modern carpet designs. She raised the status of rugs with her modern designs; she is best known for her sculpted carpets and using batik techniques on rugs.

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Botanical Textiles with Kristin Riccio Design

San Francisco-based interior designer Kristin Riccio recently tapped me for some input on the best newly-introduced botanically-inspired designs for rugs, home-textiles and wallcoverings. Having visited Paris Deco Off and Maison et Objet before going into shelter-in-place (and starting my own quarantine garden!), I came armed with lots of botanical inspiration.

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