Textiles with a sense of PLACE

Kristie Strasen has spent more than 30 years designing, coloring and styling textiles for both residential and commercial clients. She launched her own collection, Place, in January 2006, and we've been following her ever since. As its name suggests, Place is inspired by distinct locations, both in each collection's color palette and textures. She never introduces more than one or two collections a year, focusing on presenting an edited, refined assortment.

Her latest, Moon Festival, was unveiled this winter and is now available at Pollack at the DDB, David Sutherland at the PDC in L.A., DCOTA in Florida and DCH in Texas. Future Fortune, a polyester, is pictured above. It takes inspiration from an ancient Chinese tradition that found its way to Thailand over 3000 years ago. In Thailand, it honors the summer harvest and pays homage to the moon.

This is Sky Lantern, a polyester with 1 percent cotton added:



Lanterns are set afloat in the sea and launched into the sky, and participants let go of their negative thoughts and celebrate their good fortune. Strasen's collection pays homage to this idea with a shimmering, though subtle palette of silver and golds, made even better in their high-performance. Each is incredibly durable making them ideal for commercial applications, with a soft hand that makes them workhorses in residential projects, too.

A Moon Festival assortment: