22 Feb Window Film and Its Many Uses

What is Window Film? Window film is a thin, multi-layered polyester material often treated with reflective coatings. It is usually applied to the interior of pre-existing windows. Manufacturers produce window films in a variety of different ways to suit different needs for home, commercial, and even vehicle use. A Variety of Uses Interior designers use […]

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30 May Recipes from Swallowtail Farm

Want to incorporate the benefits of plants and herbs into your daily routine? You’re in luck. we asked Lauren Pignatello to share a few of her favorite recipes from Swallowtail Farm with us. She assured us that anyone can make one of these easy recipes with ingredients from your favorite place to shop. (No foraging […]

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20 Apr Sustainable Manufacturing: 5 Terms to Know

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines sustainable manufacturing as “the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources.” As society continues to become more aware of the impact we have on our environment and the responsibility we have to protect our planet, many businesses have […]

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27 Dec New Mapping Library & Other Updates

In case you missed it, we made two significant updates to our website this year. We are constantly tweaking our website to make it as user-friendly as possible for our printing partners and interior designers. Thank you to everyone who gives their feedback as they use the site. We truly value your opinion. The most […]

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11 Aug The Design Pool Toolkit

Over the past few months, we have been working on a series of blog posts to help you navigate the Design Pool website more easily. We’re calling it the Design Pool Toolkit. All posts tagged Toolkit focus on our most frequently asked questions. In addition, we also have posts on features you may not know […]

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2 Aug How to Request a Custom Pattern

Though Design Pool is primarily a licensable pattern library, we occasionally do custom design work to create original patterns. When do we do custom work? Our custom work usually falls into two categories. First, sometimes our pattern library just does not have the perfect design. We try to have something for everyone, but sometimes a […]

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13 May How To Request a Custom Color

Each pattern in the Design Pool licensable and proprietary libraries come with a full colorline with a variety of color options. On average, our colorlines have five different colorways to choose from. Occasionally, there are up to ten colors. Though we do our best to have options for everyone, we understand we can’t create every […]

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29 Mar What Do We Mean by Customize?

We throw around the words customize and customization a lot around here when we talk about how much we love sustainable print-on-demand technology. In the three years we’ve been operating, we’ve learned that customizing sometimes carries negative connotations. Customizing sounds exciting but also overwhelming. If you can have anything, where do you even start? Design […]

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22 Feb How To Plan an Inspiration Day

Vacation days, sick days, mental health days. There are lots of reasons people take breaks from work. At Design Pool, we’ve added inspiration days to that list. I think any creative entrepreneur will agree that running a creative business is both rewarding and challenging. On the rewarding side, the creative pursuits that inspired you to […]

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6 Jan How does a non-inventory system work?

At Design Pool, we talk a lot about how print-on-demand technology is changing the way interiors are designed. Also, how printing only what you need when you need it is a more sustainable means of manufacturing. One of the reasons this is true is because this type of manufacturing is a non-inventory system. To understand […]

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16 Nov How to Search the Design Pool Library

We’ve been working to make our website even more user-friendly. If the thought of searching through over 600 designs seems daunting, don’t worry. It has never been easier to search the Design Pool library and all 600+ patterns. It’s easy to search the Design Pool library. When you visit the Licensable Designs Page of our […]

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19 Aug How To Use Design Pool as a Design Resource

At Design Pool, our goal is to make digital, print-on-demand technology accessible to interior designers. Our whole team has worked in the textile industry for many years and has watched this technology grow exponentially. It is exciting to see fashion designers using it to revolutionize the apparel industry. We think it is time for it […]

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16 Nov Design Pool Library, Tips for Digital Printers

At Design Pool we’re excited about how quickly print-on-demand technology is growing. We see its potential to change the way manufacturers and designers have traditionally done business. Using our expertise and industry knowledge, Design Pool connects interior designers directly to both a rich library of patterns and the latest in print-on-demand technology through our partnerships. […]

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