Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roddy Clarke is a UK-based design writer and speaker. After completing her studies in fashion and upholstery, Sonia Laudet decided ...

From Amish quilts through to contemporary makers, this exploration of abstract textile art includes practical tips on how to progress your own designs from the realistic to the abstract.

WASHINGTON, DC — By confronting old, narrow definitions of what abstract modernist art is, Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction at the National Gallery of Art makes the case that textiles ...

Does limitation breed possibility or does freedom and individuality? That’s an interesting question that designers will be facing in the next decade as more and more AI customization programs come ...

"Our world is changing – and textile designers are ideally equipped to face the challenges. "With colour, pattern, functionality and sensuality as our guide, we constantly reinvent the realm of fibres ...

Textiles span everything from design for fashion and interiors, to industrial products and gallery exhibitions. Learn to innovate in material, pattern and surface design, and consider environmental, ...