Author - Kristin Crane
20Sep

Introducing FabriTRAK Systems

We are so excited to introduce FabriTRAK Systems as the newest company licensing Design Pool patterns. Now, interior designers can have any of our patterns in the licensable library printed on FabriTRAK Systems’ unique stretch wall and ceiling acoustic systems. These systems create premium sound solutions for interior spaces. The best part? Custom work is their standard. It’s the perfect collaboration! What is the FabriTRAK System? The FabriTRAK System was invented in 1977 to create an acoustic stretch wall system that...

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06Sep

New! The Cryptology Collection Book

One of the most popular collections in the Design Pool licensable library is The Cryptology Collection. This collection debuted at NeoCon 2021. There it won a HiP Award from Interior Design Magazine and was named a #MetropolisLikes from Metropolis. It was inspired by Elizebeth Smith Friedman and the many women codebreakers from WWI and WWII. Their work went largely unrecognized during their lifetimes yet was critically important to winning the wars. The idea of incorporating coded messages into patterns...

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23Aug

Trends in Educational Spaces

Well-designed spaces in healthcare environments have been known to have a positive impact on patient outcomes. Similarly, educational spaces with well-designed spaces promote positive outcomes for students. At this particular moment in time, many educational spaces are rethinking their environments.   As we’ve seen in most public spaces such as hotels and restaurants, COVID forced schools to make a lot of changes quickly to adapt to changing conditions. And we’re seeing a lot of those changes become permanent fixtures. The...

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17Aug

Wide Format Experience Center Field Trip

Last spring Kristen and Kristin took a field trip down to Trenton, New Jersey, to meet with the team at Lindenmyer Munroe and see their printers in action. Why? Because, as Kristen puts it, “I like machines!” When she exhibited at their Wide-format Expo in the spring, she knew she wanted to return and see some of those machines in action. At the Wide Format Experience Center, the team showed off those machines by printing Design Pool patterns. This...

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15Aug

The New Ikat Collection by Design Pool

The Ikat Collection, designed entirely by Kristen Dettoni, is new in the Design Pool licensable library. This new collection is inspired by the resist dye technique known as ikat and the beautiful textiles it produces. But first, what is ikat? To describe ikat in the simplest of terms, it’s a resist dye technique. However, unlike other shibori techniques, ikat is not done to fabric but to the yarn before it is woven. In her book Ikat, Lydia Van Gelder describes ikat...

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01Aug

Summer Activities to Slow Down & Be Inspired

Our culture is obsessed with being busy. Instead of hobbies, people have side hustles. Yet, one of the secrets to super creative (and productive!) people is slowing down and making space in your brain for new ideas to form. You’re not going to have a flash of inspiration if you’re constantly in the weeds of work or tasks of daily living. You need to make space for inspiration to arrive. Plus, you need a break! For the Design Pool...

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12Jul

Visiting the Airstream Heritage Center

Earlier this year, Kristen visited Airstream in Jackson Center, Ohio. Kristen had worked with Airstream to create a reproduction of a vintage design. That design has since been printed and installed in a vintage Airstream in the Airstream Heritage Center. While there, Kristen also got a tour of the factory and visited the Airstream Heritage Center. After the visit, Samantha Martin, Heritage Center Curator, talked to us about the center and Airstream's rich history. Can you describe the Airstream Heritage Center? The Airstream Heritage Center...

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05Jul

3rd Annual Wide-Format Summit, July 2023

This July, Kristen will be returning to the 3rd Annual Wide-format Summit. This invitation-only, relationship-building event takes place July 24 – 26, 2023, at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The summit is produced by Wide-format Impressions and Printing United Alliance, both part of NAPCO Media. The producers describe the event as "the leading educational and networking event for wide-format professionals who are contemplating their strategic and technology futures." Kristen is speaking on Tuesday, July 25...

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29Jun

Summer Reading: Books About Color

Summer is here. NeoCon 2023 is over. It's time for some relaxation, right? Last year we shared a few of our favorite books about textiles with you. Maybe it was Kristen's 2022 Color Diary, but this year we have color on the brain. Summer is one of our favorite times of year to play with color because we can actually get out of the studio. It's the perfect time to do some outdoor dyeing or just go outside with...

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27Jun

NeoCon 2023 Color Trends

Walking the floors of the Mart this year, we weren't stuck by any overwhelming new color trend. In fact, NeoCon 2023 color trends didn’t feel like a huge departure from the colors we saw trending in 2022. Instead, they felt like more of a continuation and expansion of that palette. There were still a lot of super saturated, rich pastels, earth tones, and colored neutrals. Overall, the colors we saw felt grounding, warm, and inclusive. If we compare the colors...

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