Knoll luxe FINE TEXTILES

photo by Autumn de Wilde Winner of the prestigious 2009 CFDA Award for Womenswear Design, Rodarte is known for exquisite craftsmanship, precise detailing, and creative innovation. Recent runway collections for the LA-based design team have referenced disparate themes, such as Japanese horror films, Gordon Matta Clark, Boris Karloff as Frankenstein, and California Condors. This collection for Knoll Luxe of five upholstery patterns and three drapery fabrics is an abstract translation of Rodarte’s runway inspirations throughout the last several years. Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte

Each unique design is named in homage to poets including E .E . Cumming s, John Keats, W. H . Auden, and Dorot hy Parker.

The color palet te, developed by Rodar te, includes ice blue, copper, plum, wheat , fawn, and royal nav y.

Knoll Luxe fabrics are an understated piece of the whole that complement and enhance a designer’s overall vision of a space. Knoll Luxe: fashion fusion, fine textiles

Photography concept and styling by The Moderns/ Janine James. Product Photography by David Saw yer. Fashion photography by Autumn de Wilde. Drapery installations by Erik Bruce of Mary Bright. Linens by Nancy Koltes Fine Linens. Page 2 drapery: Auden Page 3 drapery: Auden; bed: Keats and Lowell Page 4 drapery: Parker Page 5 chair: Whitman and Lowell Page 6: headboard: Keats and Lowell; seat: Byron Page 7 drapery: Emerson; sofa: Byron, Whitman and Lowell Page 8 drapery: Auden; sofa: Lowell; chair: Whitman Page 10 chair: Cummings; bed: Keats