http://www.designsponge.com/2007/05/so-about-surtex.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:41:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.designsponge.com/2007/05/so-about-surtex.html/comment-page-1#comment-36919 Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » surtex pre-show coverage: samantha hahn Tue, 06 May 2008 15:00:48 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/05/25/so-about-surtex/#comment-36919 [...] year i wasn’t able to cover as much of the show as i’d hoped, but this year i’ll be there to cover all of the highlights as promised. [...] [...] year i wasn’t able to cover as much of the show as i’d hoped, but this year i’ll be there to cover all of the highlights as promised. [...]

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2007/05/so-about-surtex.html/comment-page-1#comment-36582 giuseppe Thu, 01 May 2008 06:09:15 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/05/25/so-about-surtex/#comment-36582 wow, the embroidery is quite thick, those yarns... they must be done by hand. i don't know any machine that works with thick yarns/threads (usually it's like fine sewing thread). i always thought these trade shows were about selling your designs to agents/companies and they'd mass-produce it using machinery, but perhaps it's possible to also make a living, selling work made by hand... --that's what i'm hoping for anyway :-) wow, the embroidery is quite thick, those yarns… they must be done by hand. i don’t know any machine that works with thick yarns/threads (usually it’s like fine sewing thread).
i always thought these trade shows were about selling your designs to agents/companies and they’d mass-produce it using machinery, but perhaps it’s possible to also make a living, selling work made by hand… –that’s what i’m hoping for anyway :-)

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2007/05/so-about-surtex.html/comment-page-1#comment-14596 all black Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:51:00 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/05/25/so-about-surtex/#comment-14596 is it just me, though, or is her logo a bit Kate Moss-for-Topshop-font? is it just me, though, or is her logo a bit Kate Moss-for-Topshop-font?

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2007/05/so-about-surtex.html/comment-page-1#comment-14592 design hole Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:38:00 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/05/25/so-about-surtex/#comment-14592 Will someone please find Julia a Rep so she can sell her work! Can't you see a Julia Rothman line of wallcoverings? She is really spectacular. Will someone please find Julia a Rep so she can sell her work! Can’t you see a Julia Rothman line of wallcoverings? She is really spectacular.

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2007/05/so-about-surtex.html/comment-page-1#comment-14591 platinum blonde Wed, 30 May 2007 20:53:00 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/05/25/so-about-surtex/#comment-14591 her work is always beautiful her work is always beautiful

]]> http://www.designsponge.com/2007/05/so-about-surtex.html/comment-page-1#comment-14590 Hopscotcher Wed, 30 May 2007 15:26:00 +0000 http://designspongeonline.com/2007/05/25/so-about-surtex/#comment-14590 yay for the SCAD love! i am continually impressed with their current students and alumni... especially a painter named nathan abel (his stuff is now in the SCAD online shop - check it out!). yay for the SCAD love! i am continually impressed with their current students and alumni… especially a painter named nathan abel (his stuff is now in the SCAD online shop – check it out!).

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