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Arts and Crafts Movement reinterpreted

by Tracy Davis on April 30, 2010

At New York Fashion Week in February, designer Anna Sui’s show paid a stunning and creative tribute to the Arts and Crafts Movement. I was intrigued to see the values and aesthetics of the movement re-interpreted in a completely different genre. I had planned to write about this when it was hot off the [...]

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GoodWeave Spring newsletter

by Tracy Davis on April 7, 2010

The GoodWeave spring newsletter is now online. The newsletter features updates from the GoodWeave industry partners (including Guildcraft Carpets, of course), industry events, and details on the progress of various GoodWeave programs and campaigns, as well as other forms of encouragement.
Thanks again to all our friends at the RugMark/GoodWeave organization for their continued support and [...]

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Guildcraft Carpets is one of the companies featured in the 2010 GoodWeave Rug Sourcebook, a full-color, hands-on resource guide for interior designers.
The Sourcebook will debut at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York March 18-21. If you’re there, stop by the GoodWeave booth (#774) to say hello and pick up copy.

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2010 Arts & Crafts Conference

by Tracy Davis on February 21, 2010

This weekend was the 23rd annual  Arts & Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC.  This is the Main Event for devotees of the Arts & Crafts Movement – antiques, reproductions, artisans, educational workshops, you name it. An eclectic bunch of people are drawn in every year by their common love of [...]

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MSNBC video feature on GoodWeave

by Tracy Davis on January 10, 2010

There was a web piece on MSNBC last week about the work of the GoodWeave organization. In addition to being happy every time the work of Goodweave is noted in the media, I was also pleasantly surprised to see that the piece also  included some words of wisdom from an old friend, John Howe, who [...]

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Project update on Ellison-Ashley rug

by Tracy Davis on December 14, 2009

We’ve been woefully lax in our blogging, and I have several project updates to do. I just added this photo of the Prairie-style design we did for a client earlier this year, based on her custom art glass window.
You can read more about the origin of the design, and stained-glass artisan Theodore Ellison, on my [...]

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Design Trade Magazine interview

by Tracy Davis on July 17, 2009

I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Leann Harms of Design Trade Magazine for an article about social media. Design Trade is, as its title suggests, a trade magazine for interior designers.  (Their blog, headed by Leann, is actually a lot more fun.)
You can read the interview online.

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