The Textile Blog is going in for a name change. Some of you might have noticed that Design Decoration Craft turned up on the banner a while ago in tandem with The Textile Blog. The old title will remain underneath the new for a short while until removed entirely leaving just the Design Decoration Craft banner as seen above. This was by no means a glib or spur of the moment change and was part of a longer, more fluid change in emphasis.
The name change has come about for a number of reasons; one important one being that the blog itself has outgrown the original premise of documenting historical textiles. Although textiles will always be an important part of the blog, creativity, decoration, interpretation, sustainability, inspirational pathways and the role of hand production past, present and future, as well as a number of other contemporary issues in a range of creative disciplines has become an important element of The Textile Blog and the direction it has found itself pursuing.
The title of Design Decoration Craft can loosely be interpreted as Design being seen as within the field of industry and the role of the designer, Decoration as all forms of pattern and embellishment, and Craft as being associated with hand production and the maker. By linking the three words together it is the intention to, as much as possible, place them within a framework of discussion. Although, as previously said, these are loose interpretations and open to expansion; it is perhaps a good guide to what may follow.
The site itself will not change radically, purposely so, and will continue with all the usual features you have grown to expect from The Textile Blog site. However, changes will occur over the coming months but it is hoped that these will be organic in nature and will help add to the experience rather than diminish. There are a number of new avenues I am wanting to explore with the blog and it hoped that these will add significantly to the new Design Decoration Craft experience.
The presence on twitter, facebook and google+ will continue and their significant role as a feature for contemporary design and craft work across the planet will be both maintained and indeed increased under the new banner. Please feel free to explore these sites as part of the Design Decoration Craft experience as they feature work, ideas and issues that complement the main site.
The Textile Blog has been a large feature of my life experience for four years and I would like to think that it is not being retired as such, but organically moving on to its next phase as the Design Decoration Craft site. I hope that you will continue to follow the blog in its new title format and that the experience will be even better than that engendered by The Textile Blog.
