- Alexander Girard
Alexander Girard was one of the foremost designers of American textiles in the 20th century. Girard's work is characterized by lively, bold, and colorful geometric patterns. He created fabrics for Herman Miller that were used on the designs of Charles and Ray Eames. In addition to designing textiles, Girard was a serious collector of folk art. He and his wife amassed a remarkable collection of artifacts comprising folk art, popular art, toys, … - Celia Birtwell
Celia Birtwell is a textile designer. Born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1941, she studied Textile Design in Manchester, where in 1959 she met the fashion designer Ossie Clark, whom she married in 1969. Theirs was an almost perfect marriage of style, and their work together defined the era. The collaboration began with a 1966 collection for the "Quorum" boutique in London, which they shared with the designer Alice Pollock. - William Morris
William Morris was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British arts and crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain. His family was wealthy, and he went to school at Marlborough College, but left in 1851 after a student rebellion there. - Laura Ashley
Laura Ashley CBE, (7 September 1925–17 September 1985) was a Welsh designer. She became a household name on the strength of her work as a designer and manufacturer of a range of colourful fabrics for clothes and home furnishings. - Vuokko Nurmesniemi
Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi (born 1930) is a Finnish textile designer. She joined the Marimekko company in 1953 and designed patterns for many of their printed fabrics in the 1950s. Nurmesniemi left Marimekko in 1960 and founded her own company, Vuokko Oy, in 1964. This company closed its doors in 1988. In 1990 Nurmesniemi founded a second company, Vuokko Nurmesniemi Oy. She received the Lunning Prize for design in 1964 and the Kaj Franck Design Prize in 1997. - Candace Wheeler
Candace Wheeler (1827 - 1923) was one of America's first woman interior and textile designers, credited with helping open the field of interior design to women. Associated with the Colonial Revival, Aesthetic Movement, and the Arts and Crafts Movement throughout her long career, Wheeler was considered a national authority on home decoration. Wheeler was a member of the Associated Artists, along with Louis Comfort Tiffany. - Silver Studio
Silver Studio was one of the most influential textile design studios in the UK from its formation in 1880 until the middle of the twentieth century. The studio, founded by Arthur Silver, designed some of the most famous fabric, wallpaper, carpet and metalwork designs for companies such as Liberty's, Turnbull and Stockdale, Sanderson and Warner and Sons Ltd, all of which used the Silver Studio's designs for their own ranges of wallpapers and textile. - John Henry Dearle
John Henry Dearle or J. H. Dearle (1860-1932) was a British textile and stained glass designer trained by Pre-Raphaelite artist and craftsman William Morris. Dearle designed many of the later wallpapers and textiles released by Morris & Co., and contributed background and foliage patterns to tapestry designs featuring figures by Edward Burne-Jones and others. Beginning in his teens as a shop assistant and then design apprentice, … - Lily Chin
Lily M. Chin, born in 1961, is a crochet and knitware designer. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and Queens College, City University of New York and lives in New York City. She is perhaps best known outside the crochet design world for crocheting an entire sweater for David Letterman in 40 minutes during an appearance on his show.. Some debate her "World's Fastest Crocheter" title, since she never held the title through a recognized organization, … - Hiroshi Awatsuji
was a Japanese textile designer. After World War II, he produced numerous innovative designs which inspired the beginning of a new era. His works are characterized by the use of vivid colors and daring compositions which combine Japanese traditional arts and Western textile design. Awatsuji was born in Kyoto, Japan, graduated from the Kyoto City College of Fine Arts in 1950 and subsequently established the Awatsuji Design Studio. - Helen Berman
Helen Berman (April 6 1936) is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist with an artistic style that varies between realistic impressionism and lyrical abstract expressionism. She has exhibited in Israel, Germany and the Netherlands. Helen Berman was born in Amsterdam and as a young girl survived the Holocaust. She was trained as a textile designer at the Eindhoven Academy of Industrial Design. While at the academy, she took extra-curricular coursework in the free arts. - Campion Platt
Campion A. Platt (b. Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an architect. He established the architecture and design firm Campion A. Platt, P.C. in NYC after attending Columbia University School of Architecture in New York City. He is frequently published in Architectural Digest magazine as one of the Top 100 Architects and Designers in the world. He completed the Time Warner showhouse at Columbus Circle and the "Esquire Magazine" Astor Place showhouse, … - Lily Goddard
Lily Goddard was born on March 14th 1916 in Vienna, Austria. She attended the Vienna School of Art where she was taught by, among others, Professor Ernst Gombrich, Professor Joseph Hoffmann and Professor Czisek. She joined the Chartered Society of Designers (then the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers) in 1950, being very active in the 1960s and 1970s in the Fashion and Textiles Group. - Liz Jardine
Liz Jardine is a New Yorker and artist working on a wide range of arts including textile design, clay forms and acrylics. She is best known by her simple but vibrant and powerful watercolors (especially florals, landscapes, still life and abstracts). Gustav Klimt's style is preeminent in her works. - Ortifus
Antonio Ortiz Fuster, more commonly known as his psuedonym, Ortifus, is a political cartoonist, born in Valencia, Spain in 1948. Widely considered to be one of the best cartoonists and illustrators to come out of the Valencia Community, he started his professional life as a musician, jewellery maker, and textile designer. His music gained notability during the 1970s, when he was bassist for the bands "Control" and "Orquesta Valencia", … - Jane Clive
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every day i get closer to running away with the circus... until then, there's roller derby:. - Rachel Shusman
I am probably one of the most easygoing people you will ever meet! - Tracy Garay
I like change. I can't eat the same thing everyday, or walk to the subway the same way. I like trying new restaurants and shops and I go to different places for vacations. Sometimes I need to be quiet and sometimes I'm outspoken. I tend to tell it like it is but I'm very kind, loyal and fun. I like places that aren't chi-chi but are cozy and down to earth. - Rae
I AM SUPER SARCASTIC, I WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER 7 TIMES, YET I DIDN'T TURN INTO SPIDERWOMAN (I DON'T GET IT! I THOUGHT THAT'S HOW IT WORKS)SOMETHING THAT CRACKS ME UP EVERY TIME I HEAR THE SONG..IS THE INTERVIEW WITH VANILLA ICE "QUEENS VERSION GOES.. DING. DING. DING. DIDA-DING. DING. AND MY VERSION GOES.. DING. DING. DING. DIDA-DING. DING. - Katy Dika
East Side Prov Town 4-eva! Come to Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID= 3650563&Mytoken=20041112150336;. - Kate
Packing to move. - Lana Williams
i really just want to constantly follow the sun! - Kelli
I am "make small children stare in amazement" tall. I like friendship. I am a natural blonde. I like crepes and books. I can carry my own suitcase, thank you. My dreams are vivid and frequent. I brush my teeth with warm water. I used to ride a bus that looked like a milk carton. I have a twin in Minnesota, and believe me I'm making our kind look good out here. I am a member of Pale Force, no really, I am. I love to win at Fafarazzi. - Lesley Merola
a little shy, most think im snobby at first- im not, i just like to figure people out first before i come out of my shell, thats all, a little obnoxious- i dont act like im 30, a little weird, artistic, kind, funny, animal lover, left handed. - Roseanna Preston
I love to travel and daydream of travel senarios. I've always wanted to be a Bond girl. I have a dog. I like to lay in bed when it rains and watch documentaries. I've always wanted to live in Paris. I really enjoy a game of scrabble although I'm not great at it. I enjoy the occasional cigarette, and the not so occasional drink. I like to bake scones and cook for friends.I am a designer. I want to make men wear kilts on a day to day basis. - Tracey
A dizzying melange of flayed-open heart and sometimes- disciplined grey matter. As it turns out, I make a very respectable bourbon ball, and a light-and-fluffy merengue. - Dana
made with the Cosmoedit. - Amelie
Amelie is part of the "METUO" music project and is also "squirrel with headphones" music J'AIME : ........... NYC, elmo le monstre rouge, cookie le monstre bleu, rire, l'amour, manger, les playmobils, les chats, les gros animaux amateurs d'eau (baleine, morse, hippopotame), la paix, l'humilite, le calme, la musique, la composition, la creation/tivite (musicale, visuelle, culinaire... etc...), l'independance, mon lit, les gens qui savent ce qu'ils veulent. - Ryan Rook
I decied today that the world would be a better place if there were more big fluffy FUSHIA plants for me to lay down on.....and im sicking to it. - Angela Chen
fun party fashion girl who likes to go out and hear some great deep house music. i love music and dancing c'est ma raison d'etre. also travelling to go shopping isn't such a bad life either. i love cielo in nyc, deep in la, and dna/the end up in sf. milk in toronto, and BUGGEDOUT at the end in london, the WMC in miami every year and IBIZA!!! anyone for the afterparty? - Boach Basip
Moved to New York about a year ago from San Francisco. Recently became single again after five years. Looking to meet new people in New York... to laugh and have a good time.. Isn't that what life is all about? - Vanessa
I am a connoisseur of good movies like Wild at Heart, music most types, food par example humbolt fog, etc. I enjoy having serious conversations and an off color sense of humor.I've been known to takes long walks to buy local bus tickets while eating fried chicken from Merritt Bakery (like I did today). I am an artist. I have painted murals, studied textile design, dabbled in ceramics, and I sell a line of collage accessories. I'm taking an African drumming class. - Paul
I'm a fun lovin' lad with an unhealthy addiction to Gin, Jack Daniels and Sambuca. I was a student at the Glasgow School of Art for many years until recently; I now have a hide like a rhino with all the positive criticism. According to my work mates I have healing hands and should consider a second career as a masseur but I fear it would only get me into big trouble if I did ; ) I like to think of myself as a friendly, fun and loyal type of guy. - Lionel
Ask. - Jenni Stein
I am a Coo Coo crazy lady! - Adam Miller
single, gay, jewish I bite my nails but i'm trying to quit, anyday now. I am short and bearded. and hairy too. - Amy Agogo
Kooky, nutty...doesn't get soggy in milk...a real listener, i like to know people...i have eyes, ears, a nose, hair, 2 arms (with hands), 2 legs(with feet), boobies(means i'm a girl) and other homo sapien traits... - Laura Clifford
I'm a cat loving, compulsively tidy, bruises very easily, red haired, blue eyed, sometimes disillusioned with life, sometimes overwhelmed, rather bouncy (in all respects), compassionate, helpful, loving, creative, practical, useful girl....
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