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Trend: Window Stories

March 12th, 2009

Windows are symbolic of many things.  For the poetic bunch, they emote hope and a one way ticket to the soul.  For the voyeuristic crowd, each window reveals a hidden story emerging at sunset.   In recent months, window patterns have been popping up throughout textile and home categories. UK designer James Nash conveys this through his t-shirt graphic entitled House, where type and structure become one.  Illustrating a curious overview of an apartment building at dusk, fellow Brit, Peter Jensen brilliantly merges upscale fashion with the banalities of daily life.

Aino-Maija Metsola’s Mökki kitchenware patterns are an abstract snapshot of life along Finland’s Porvoo River while Wood Wood’s eco-graphics promote bare-bones living for the fashion forward. Collaging recyclable paper, The Sukie Journal recreates a Brighton city scape, while the MoMA store’s minimalist bird feeder [...]
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