After sourcing new imagery and finding a new way of thinking in terms of pattern, this week I have been researching into designers and existing companies that work in a similar way.
Missoni are a company that specialise in fabrics for the interiors market, in the form of both woven and printed pieces. Founder Rosita believes that 'the home is alive, its constantly evolving and never finished'. It was her personal vision and ideas that have moulded the face of the company and turned it into the world renowned business it is today.
She talks about the fabrics with affection;
"Unusual, captivating fabrics; innovative, simple shapes for sophisticated settings; a feeling of artiness but with a light touch; important, seemingly simple elements that blend easily into existing environments, adding vibrancy and colour. Forms for separating and uniting, easy to move around including from indoors to outdoors or vice versa, enabling the magic atmosphere of the garden to be brought indoors."
The above selection of Missoni fabrics link in well with the images gathered last week, enabling me to feel confident about my new choices in regards to pattern and structure. It is my aim to try and in some way add the same qualities that Missoni have captured into my own work. My colour choices are, somewhat more muted, but I feel the decision to stick to a familiar palette is at this stage the right thing to do.
Below is a digitalised version of what I envisage my warp plan to be, I have strived to pick out colours according to the proportions in which they appear in my imagery, then using the proportions to create a repeated plan. The warp will be separated into 2 blocks, which through the process of sampling will be woven with different sized twills and satin/sateen's to further enhance the idea of colour blocking and layering.
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