Output details

Calyx Remix

The design was created using a combination of 2D and 3D processes and is intended to be digitally printed onto fabric. It was part of a wider body of research that explores the traditions of printed textiles, re-contextualising or translating historic subject matter into the digital design arena. In this case, the work drew inspiration from Lucienne Day’s iconic Calyx design to experiment with ways of using digital technology that have not been previously explored in printed textile design. There has been a negligible use of 3D software in the field; Calyx Remix was created with the intention of linking this new technology to historical methods of practice.

The design has featured in a number of surveys or other texts on contemporary printed textile design including Briggs-Goode and Townsend’s Textile design: principles, advances and applications (as the cover image) and Quinn’s Textile Designers at the cutting edge. A digital fabric print of the design was exhibited in the Copying show at Xuzhou Museum of Art, China; a full-page image is included in the catalogue.

Additional design outcomes from this research were made available commercially, exhibited at international trade fairs and were sold to a range of clients including Almedahls, Bjorn Borg, Eco Tapeter, Kendix, Lego, Matinique/InWear, Nanso, Nokia, Schiesser, Speedo, Tom Taylor. Presentations that feature the design have been given at a range of academic institutions.