Organic Cotton Textile Spotlight
Nobody would fault you for assuming that organic cotton fabric came bundled in comparatively dull, cream-colored bolts. A couple of design revolutionaries are challenging existing perceptions, however, with yummy prints that are as easy on the eyes as they are on the environment.
Designed in San Francisco and produced in South Carolina, the organic cotton sateen and twill prints by Harmony Art are printed with water-based inks. “The Industrial Revolution started with the textiles mills, and for the next 50 years if you said the word ‘industry’ it meant cotton,” Harmony Susalla, the company’s founder and creative director, told Sustainable Industries Journal. “If cotton can lead the Industrial Revolution, I have this vision that it can also lead the next revolution.” With Harmony Arts, Susalla wants “to bring together [the] pleasing elements [of] organic fiber and fair trade.” (The crafty Canadian behind City Girl Designs makes some of her bags with Harmony Arts fabric.)
Mod Green Pod was founded by sisters-in-law Nancy and Lisa Mims. With offices in Austin and Boston, the duo aims to “create products that won’t harm the planet, its manufacturers, or users, all without sacrificing style.” The company also produces vinyl-free wallpaper in the same scintillating neo-baroque designs.
Ariane said,
June 5, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Hi! Ariane of City Girl Designs here, I just caught wind of this post, how great! Harmony’s fabrics are so amazing, I am so greatful for her work, it is by far the prettiest and most vivid organic cotton out there!
By the way, your website looks really interesting, I’m definately bookmarking it!
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