Clodagh Country
-- Interior Design, 6/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Every nomad roams in search of new resources, but it takes a visionary to know what to do with them. After 25 years of traveling across more than 90 countries, one Interior Design Hall of Fame member is exploring Africa—in the Clodagh for Perennials outdoor fabrics collection. The 10 Perennials designs pulse with energy, balanced by the calm of an earth-toned palette. Seven are jacquards in solution-dyed acrylic, including the thatched roofs of It Takes a Village and the tribal shield of Amazed. The diamond grid of Kuba riffs on grass cloth, the recurrent X's of Katanga represent an ancient currency, and Mancala recalls a seed game. Sea turtles swim playfully in Madagascar, while rugged tones zigzag across Kilimanjaro. The three final patterns are dobby weaves in an acrylic-hemp blend: the self-explanatory Raffia and the bold textural strokes of Pygmy Stripe and Zulu Stripe. Lab-tested to meet or exceed industry standards for resistance to soil, water, and UV rays and finished with Nano Seal, which bonds molecularly for extra strength and protection, each 54-inch-wide fabric is appropriate for indoor or outdoor upholstery, particularly where children and animals roam. 888-322-4773; perennialsfabrics.com. space 1800
Yes, the African theme is a trend that started this spring with Moroso,s inspiring project at Milan Design Week, but here it shows another side of African design - a more calm earth-toned and black-and-white palette. This one fits better to modern interiors, but Stephen Burks' view adds more optimism to our gloomy time.
Temenouzhka Zaharieva - 2009-09-17 04:20:00 EDT
I love this collection!
Samantha Hawkins - 2009-06-16 17:04:00 EDT
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Clodagh's Continent
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