June 4, 2019

Designtex Interweaves Past and Present in Bauhaus Fabrics

a stack of books about Bauhaus

Like other women drawn to the Bauhaus, Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers were frustrated by being restricted to “feminine” disciplines such as weaving. But once at the loom, the pair amassed product portfolios to rival any of their male contemporaries. Now, as the legendary design school marks its centennial, Designtex gives Stölzl and Albers their due.

a book open to a photograph of Anni Albers
Anni Albers. Photography by Dean Kaufman. 

Conceived by president Susan Lyons and creative director Catherine Stowell in collaboration with the pioneers’ estates, the Bauhaus Project faithfully recreates vintage patterns while adapting them to the requirements of contract interiors. “We wanted to explore their lexicon and contributions to the contemporary textile canon,” Lyons says. Wall covering Black Red Yellow and fabrics like Jacquard I and II replicate the straightforward geometries of Albers’s original wall hangings. Textural graphics dominate Stölzl’s fabrics: Double Weave, Geometric II, Circle Jacquard, Large Scale Geometric, and tweedy Woven Texture.

a book open to a photograph of Gunta Stölzl
Gunta Stölzl. Photography by Dean Kaufman.
Designtex's Jacquard I fabric made of Bauhaus style patterns and colors
Jacquard I. 
Designtex's Jacquard II fabric made of Bauhaus style patterns and colors
Jacquard II. 
a stack of Designtex's Geometric II fabric with Bauhaus style patterns and colors
Geometric II. 
cushions with Designtex's Doubleweave fabric with Bauhaus style patterns and colors
Double Weave. 
Designtex's Double Weave fabric reminiscent of Bauhaus style
Woven Texture. 
Designtex's Circle Jacquard fabric with Bauhaus style patterns and colors
Circle Jacquard. 

Designtex's Large Scale Geometric fabric in a Bauhaus style
Large Scale Geometric. 

> Read more from the May 2019 issue of Interior Design 

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