Sentences with phrase «functional textile designs»

Initially joining the weaving workshop, being one of the few options open to women students, Albers took on textiles in just the same way as she might have taken on painting, creating brilliantly patterned abstract wall - hangings alongside more functional textile designs.

Not exact matches

Albers explored the functional possibilities of textiles with focus and passion; in 1930, she designed a cotton and cellophane curtain that simultaneously absorbed sound and reflected light.

Handwoven textiles, carpets, steel, and sculptural works point to the distinctions that we make between art (a conceptual object) and design (a functional object); painting (two - dimensional) and sculpture (three - dimensional); and representation (illusion) and reality (the actual object).

Ranging from the decorative: «Greener Than Grass,» the latest rug from German textile designer Mary - Ann Williams; to the functional: Ecopod, the compactor and sorter that can make recycling fun (in the middle, above); to the futuristic: Leaf, the LED lamp designed by Yves Béhar for Herman Miller that we were impressed enough with to cover not once but twice (it's on the right).

Craft artists create handmade objects, such as pottery, glassware, textiles, and other objects that are designed to be functional.