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Parsons And Lidewij Edelkoort On The Value Of Imperfection And Why Textiles Matter

Forbes 22 Oct 2018

Do textiles keep our integrity together and maintain our values? Parsons School of Design and Lidewij Edelkoort of Trend Tablet are creating a program to protect traditional crafts and our future ... ....

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Unregulated parking adds to traffic congestion

The Hindu 22 Oct 2018

The problem has aggravated by the unregulated parking along the Shastri Road and Karur By-pass Road and poor enforcement ... The Shastri Road which runs parallel to the Thillai Nagar Main Road has in recent years emerged as a commercial destination with the opening of a clutch of textile showrooms, a few hospitals and hotels. Typically, most of the buildings housing the commercial establishments do not have designated parking space ... .......

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‘If you love something, it can’t cause you stress’ – 45 quotes from Indian startup journeys

Your Story 22 Oct 2018

From labour to love, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous post here) ... Entrepreneurship isn’t always about running behind billion-dollar valuations ... - Virat Kohli ... It’s great to see the new generation of designers are inspired by local textiles and crafts ... ....

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On show: Dior’s India inspiration

The Telegraph India 21 Oct 2018

An exhibition on Christian Dior at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London will include a section on how the iconic French designer and his successors at the House of Dior have been inspired by India ... “The exhibition will have a feature on dresses inspired by Indian textiles and designs from Christian Dior himself to the creative directors who succeeded him at the House of Dior....

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Khadi gets cool

The Times of India 20 Oct 2018

Since April, the 25-year-old designer has been working closely with weavers in Tamil Nadu to create khadi saris that would appeal to young women ... the work of four sustainable designers ... As designers began using it, the price tag got heftier," says textile expert Sabita Radhakrishna, who designed a range of khadi garments for Cooptex in the 1980s....

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Talk of the Times: It's time for those lobster roll lunches

Gloucester Times 20 Oct 2018

26 ... Army kettle time ... This Saturday, Oct ... Burton was the founder of the textile collective Folly Cove Designers and was a well-known illustrator and children's author, penning the classics "The Little House" and "Katy and the Big Snow" among others. The Virginia Lee Burton Writing Cottage was designated a historic building by the Gloucester Historical Society and reconstruction was funded by a Gloucester Community Preservation Act grant....

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British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme sheds new light on the history of Africa and Islam

The National 20 Oct 2018

The creation of the digital archive, copies of which will also be held at Djenne’s own manuscript library and at the British Library in London, is the result of the efforts of a local team of Malian archivists, librarians and volunteers, as well as Sophie Sarin, a Swedish textile designer and art historian who has spent the past decade co-ordinating its collation ... “The manuscripts were destroyed as the jihadists left Timbuktu....

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Las Vegas art galleries

Las Vegas Review-Journal 20 Oct 2018

Bobbie Ann Howell. Cut paper, drawings, photographs and sculptures by native Nevadan artist Bobbie Ann Howell are on display in the exhibit “Silenced Snowstorm.” The artist talk, workshop and reception will be at 6 p.m ... Tuesday ... Mixed-media textile artwork by El Salvador native artist and designer Leila Hernandez are on display in her exhibit, “La Visa Negra.” College of Southern Nevada Fine Arts Gallery, 3200 E....

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RISD Museum exhibit delves into repair, renewal

The Brown Daily Herald 19 Oct 2018

The Rhode Island School of Design Museum’s latest exhibition, “Repair and Design Futures,” opened its nine-month run Oct ... In the Donghia Costumes and Textiles Study Center down the hall in the Museum, “Repair and Design Futures” continues with “Lost in the Museum,” an exhibit curated by Anna Rose Keefe, the costume and textiles department conservation assistant....

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Indian artistry meets Aussie aesthetics

Live Mint 19 Oct 2018

A showcase of Australian designers at the Lotus Makeup India Fashion Week explores new avenues for Indian crafts. Australian designer Cassandra Harper, who runs her eponymous label from Brisbane, has been working with Indian weavers and artisans for 20 years ... “India has such fantastic textiles—what if we were to build a collaboration with Australian designers and create an Australian aesthetic around Indian textiles....

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Cross-Stitch Murals Bring a Traditionally Domestic Craft Out Into the World

Web Urbanist 19 Oct 2018

The 22-year-old Portuguese artist and graphic embroiderer fell in love with textiles while working on her bachelor’s degree in graphic design, and now she works to “deconstruct, decontextualize and transform a traditional technique into a modern graphic, connecting cultures and generations.” ... A textile piece that takes the cross stitch technique to a new scale....

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Biz Beat: Elkton company signs huge Chinese contract

The Oneida Daily Dispatch 19 Oct 2018

Air Clear President David O’Connor said Ningbo Daqian Textile Co ... Officials from Ningbo Daqian came to Air Clear in August to see the different systems the company has to offer for its textile plants. “We design industrial air pollution control systems,” said Roxanne Sayers O’Connor, who is in charge of sales and marketing for the company that began in Delaware in 1992 and moved to Cecil County three years later....

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PPG Appoints Vincent Robin as President, Asia Pacific Region, and Vice President, Automotive OEM Coatings, ...

Waco Tribune-Herald 19 Oct 2018

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