Lookbook: Mixed Media

Kari Kristensen—Printmaking

“In the last few years,” writes printmaker Kari Kristensen, “I’ve focused on linoleum reliefs, which are entirely monochromatic. There’s a simplicity…to a single color…It’s an illusion of simplicity, however.” Indeed, Moraine Lake and Chasing Shadow, Kristensen’s two wallcovering murals for Wolf-Gordon, are anything but simple. Glacier lakes and mountain ranges are rendered with a series of lines of varying line weights—a product of the different gauges of the cutting tools Kristensen used when creating the original print. 

Studioestudio— Drafting

When creating their wallcovering collection Four Seasons, Studioestudio embraced the hand-drawn line. Designers Pablo Alabau and Laura Alandes combined a rational approach and artistic vision through the medium of drafting. They developed a series of motifs inspired by representations of seasonal weather in Japanese woodblock prints. These motifs—fine rain, long rain, wind and rain, and snow—were drawn individually on translucent tracing paper. This allowed the designers to layer the motifs on top of each other, creating unique patterns from a shared visual vocabulary. 

Mae Engelgeer—Textile Design

Matter, Mae Engelgeer’s groundbreaking collection for Wolf-Gordon, is a pure expression of the complete process of textile design. The textiles in this collection, Mass, Points, and Merge, are the product of her wide-ranging practice and broad artistic inspirations, such as her travels, museum visits, and fashion. Her designs begin as sketches, which she then transforms into digital files. Producing jacquard-woven samples allows her to experiment with color, texture, and yarn type.