A collection of eye-swirling patterns, intense colors, and oh-so-subtle gradations, Helle Abild's new family of designs displays the potential of digital printing technologies. The traditional printing process limits most jobs to 15 different colors. Abild, a Danish-born, San Francisco-based designer, used a Stork inkjet textile printer that can handle more than 16 million. A few of Abild's creations have been selected for the International Design Yearbook 2000. Plus, a few were bought by DuPont, which, as a major producer of inks and fibers, has a natural interest in printing technology. And just to emphasize that this is the wave of the future, Abild calls her line of patterns the Y2K Quilt.
ELECTRIC WORD
Shooting Stars
Hall of Sound
Need a Hand?
Through the Looking Glass
Techtile Design
Plug and Play
