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Lucía Echavarría, a designer from Bogotá, Colombia, has been immersed in traditional Colombian craft since she was a child. She has worked with craftspeople to create various items using traditional techniques, such as braiding iraca fronds and inlaying werregue weaving. Echavarría's work puts a contemporary spin on these techniques while preserving the traditional colors, motifs, and construction methods. She has also observed shared qualities between her cultural heritage and other cultures' crafts, highlighting the universality of craft. Echavarría's designs can be seen at her solo exhibition in London's Lamb gallery. [Extracted from the article]

De Gournay's new Los Angeles residence is a captivating space that combines hand-painted papers and hand-embroidered fabrics to create a fantasy-like atmosphere. The house, which serves as a pied-à-terre for the family of Claud Cecil Gurney, the founder of de Gournay, is open by appointment to select clients and showcases the company's designs in a living portfolio style. The interiors of the house were carefully designed by de Gournay's own team to reflect the light and landscape of Southern California, with the dining room featuring Mughal Trees, a wall covering adorned with raffia threads, beadwork, and other appliqués. The ceiling of the dining room showcases Dawn Chorus, a stitched pattern of songbirds in flight around a radiant sun. [Extracted from the article]