Spirit Moderne is a captivating collection inspired by our collaboration with the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, N.M. Alluring ethnographic textiles from the world over breathe inspiration into new motifs and bring historical source material into the context of the modern era. The rich history behind textured garments spanning ceremonial to everyday use is revived and infused with a contemporary aesthetic for a hospitality audience.
Our designers considered both the patterning and cultural tradition from which these textiles originated to conceive a new design language infused with the soul of its creators. The museum’s 30,000 piece textile and dress collection provided a wealth of inspiration incorporating unique resources from 100 countries across six continents. The collection’s influence is representative of both the culture’s and the artist’s soul, and now of the carpet designers, while still referencing the integrity of the original materials.
Translating the cultural material into flooring, the design team honored the original motifs by creating an amalgam of new patterning instead of simply replicating them. The goal of the collaboration was to translate the textile inspiration into a new language that would connect the history, creativity and soul of the original material with hospitality end users to illicit the same emotions felt by designers when first surveying the Museum textiles.
