A new film celebrates the life and work of textile designer Barbara Brown

Haptic & Hue and Gray MCA have just released a new film to celebrate the 90th birthday of the iconic British textile designer, Barbara Brown. It’s been released through Haptic & Hue, and is on Vimeo  with a free trailer. 

Textile designs by Barbara Brown

Barbara is one of the most renowned European textile designers of the mid-20th century. Her strongly geometric work was the very essence of 60s art and style and today is highly sought after by collectors. This film explores her life as a designer and talks to Dame Zandra Rhodes who was taught by Barbara Brown and Ashley Gray, an expert on British and American textile design. It is the first time Barbara has spoken about her life, the influences that led her to become a textile designer, what inspired her and the ideas she was trying to express in her extraordinary work. View the film.

Barbara Brown

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