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Posts from — July 2011

The Art and Passion of Rugs

by Deb

Just in time for market here’s a wonderful video produced by Surya Rugs that documents the rug making process. A great tool to show your clients to help them understand the process, price and provenance.

Do you have a video documenting your design process? If so, please share!

July 7, 2025   No Comments

Genius: Target Does it Again!

by Deb

Target teams up with the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, to launch a collection of clothing and accessories July 11th. The museum houses rare collectible typography, the likes of
which are not found anywhere else in America. Hamilton created unique graphics and was the design inspiration for ‘Vintage Varsity,’ Target’s Fall Collection.
The collection will be featured as part of Target’s Cool Never Fades campaign. Target crisscrossed the U.S looking for places where Cool Never Fades. They’ve posted their favorites on Facebook and have asked you to watch the videos of their choices and then mark the map where you think cool is everlasting…

Come on you gotta love it – a bit of Americana to tug at your heart strings; mix in a killer tagline and top it off with a oh-so-right-now crowdsourcing contest. ( Not to mention right on trend with the typography inspiration. Hint: if looking for a way to puch up your Fall interiors think type, text, vintage graphics, etc.) Genius!

July 7, 2025   No Comments

Windows with a View

by Deb

I am a BIG fan of digital printing and have followed its evolution across several product categories in the last several years. One category that is underserved is window coverings. Here are some great examples of design opportunites in that category:

Three years ago Creatively Different launched its highly-creative, e-commerce concept for custom Roller Blinds. Their range of fabulous images that can be printed on window coverings is approaching 6,000 pictures, patterns and special-effect options for truly unique printed blinds to create the ‘wow’ factor. They also offer inter-related products – panel tracks, wallpaper, murals and art canvasses as well as help with a variety of special effects, including wallpaper/tiling effects, and image stylization and coloration. Personally I like the idea of putting art on the window, so I might pass on the murals, and wall effects.

The company has recently launched a range of versatile Panel Track blinds. Seen here is a room divider, printed with ‘Chrysocolla’, one of Richard Weston’s amazing ‘Earth’ images- orginial blown up scans of the interior of rocks and minerals.

They’ve added to their art collection with the recent recruitment of several artists offering some super limited-edition artwork, great cityscapes of London, Paris and New York; wonderful contemporary art; and some sizzingly seductive and vibrant artwork.

One of my favorites is Cafe de Paris….This dresses up any window with or without a view.

July 4, 2025   No Comments