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Join Kristen in summer in Phoenix, Arizona at Digital Textile Printing 2021! Kristen will be discussing print-on-demand design and production opportunities. Starting an e-commerce business has never been easier. In fact, Design Pool launched its own online shop last December, Domanda Design. With on-demand technology comes the opportunity for a world of products that can […]
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Recently, I interviewed Lisa Lev, of Lisa Lev Design based in Toronto. I asked her, “What is your most challenging, yet satisfying, project to date?” She replied, “the Clarendon job.” This modern rehab of a heritage home for a repeat customer, was challenging for her. This client has a bad reaction to color and Lisa […]
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At Design Pool, we understand that licensing designs isn’t always the best solution for every business. For those customers, we’ve put together a special collection of proprietary designs. Every design in this collection is individually priced and available for purchase. With this collection, you pay a flat fee upon purchase with no royalty structure. This […]
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Our collection of proprietary designs has been growing, thanks to recent collaborations with independent designers such as Rebecca Pry. Rebecca is a talented illustrator and designer whose bright, bold, energetic patterns we can’t get enough of. Rebecca’s Design Pool collection is currently for sale in our Proprietary Library. You can gain access to that library […]
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Our March Trend Letter was all about trends we spotted while poring through the look books from the 2021 Ready-To-Wear shows. As designers created yet another collection in various stages of pandemic lockdown, collections were quite different from each other. However, an overarching theme did emerge: texture. Huge knits, pleats, leather, satin, faux fur. These […]
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In this month’s trend letter, we’re talking all about the trends we see on the Fall 2021 Ready-to-Wear runways. (Are you subscribed? If not, do it today!) We pored through designer look books and watched films created in place of traditional runway shows, it was clear that this season’s overarching theme is coming out of […]
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We are so excited to welcome Image Craft as the newest Design Pool partner. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, Image Craft is nationally recognized for its design, production, and execution of visual communications, with a focus on environmental graphics. Our partnership makes it possible to print any pattern from the Design Pool library on any Image […]
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On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Kristen joins a panel discussion moderated by Colorkarma’s Shoshana Burgett as part of the Texprocess America Virtual Symposium. The discussion, How Direct-To-Consumer Is Transforming the Supply Chain, begins at 2:30PM EST. Joining Kristen on the panel is Koskia Bello, Design Director Retail Markets at Greg Norman and Ryan Stanley, Senior […]
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Kate Huot Bruzzi is a graphic designer based in East Providence, Rhode Island. Throughout her career, she has designed for companies with a focus on branding and marketing. She has skills in packaging design and most recently works building digital marketing packages for businesses. When she’s not working at her day job (or running a […]
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Chintz, glazed cotton prints, were the rage in over-the-top interiors in the 1980s and an excess associated with interior designer Mario Buatta, among others. This pattern-upon-pattern riot eventually died out, giving way to the minimalist and ubiquitous mid-century modern aesthetic –first in beige, and then in all white- we have been living with since. Polychrome […]
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