This series of tea towels and blankets is essentially an experiment in indexing colour in textiles. It was design studio Raw Color’s first weaving project, and the aim was to translate a graphic design aesthetic into fabric. The collection features a series of three colours. Each series graduates from monotone to duotone to multitone blocks of colour that increase in intensity. The intensity is altered by varying how much of the warp and how much of the weft yarn is visible. The designers have always admired the beauty of colour tests in paper printing and wanted to replicate that effect.
Raw Color is a design studio located in Eindhoven that specializes in visual identities. Led by Daniera ter Haar and Christoph Brach, it focuses on colour, material, tactility and combining these into a system, often in basic, physical solutions. The designs stem from the commercial world while incorporating elements from film, printmaking and photography. The studio has won numerous international awards and designed the new visual identity for the TextielMuseum in 2013.
