Visit us at Via Tortona 15, 20144, Milano, Italia space C4 from April 15th to 21st.
Coming soon! The Shadow Play collection launches April 15, 2024 during Milan Design Week. Visit us at Via Tortona 15, 20144, Milano, Italia space C4 from April 15th to 21st.
Night time walks reveal a new side to the beauty of the natural world with light shining through the branches and shadows cast providing inspiration for this collection which celebrates the forms revealed.
The process for this collection used photos taken during these evening strolls and multi-coloured shadows were photographed in studio with flowers, leaves and branches. Patterns have been built up with many layers of light and shadow revealing unique qualities of form and depth.
Innovative pattern layout and colour stories create a vibrant harmony and signature style.
The Shadow Play collection pioneers the use of digitally printed wool fabric for upholstery.
Coming soon! The Shadow Play collection launches April 15, 2024 during Milan Design Week. Visit us at Via Tortona 15, 20144, Milano, Italia space C4 from April 15th to 21st.
Night time walks reveal a new side to the beauty of the natural world with light shining through the branches and shadows cast providing inspiration for this collection which celebrates the forms revealed.
The process for this collection used photos taken during these evening strolls and multi-coloured shadows were photographed in studio with flowers, leaves and branches. Patterns have been built up with many layers of light and shadow revealing unique qualities of form and depth.
Innovative pattern layout and colour stories create a vibrant harmony and signature style.
The Shadow Play collection pioneers the use of digitally printed wool fabric for upholstery.
Inspiration from urban sophistication to natural beauty is found in my travels, and brought together though sketching, photography, painting and collage which all comes together in digital painting – freely combining any or all of these elements. I hope people experience my sense of adventure in the work.
Sustainability is a inherent part of Mushaboom Design™. Creating durable products, choosing renewable recycled and recyclable materials, and better processes. Digital printing has dismantled allows reduced sampling, inventory, and water consumption.
Bespoke service for exclusive designs and materials can meet the needs of any project.
The Shadow Play collection is a digitally printed collection of wool upholstery fabrics.
Sustainability is a inherent part of Mushaboom Design™. Creating durable products, choosing renewable, natural, recycled and recyclable materials. Digital printing is one of the fastest growing sustainable developments in
textile production with drastic reductions in factory size, power use, overproduction waste, chemical and water use as well as introducing on-demand capability.
– 94% reduction in the use of colourants from the simple elimination of waste by replacing processes that require quantities of chemicals and colourants that don’t end up on the fabric.
– The printing facility can be about 90% smaller than required for tradiional print.
– 40% reduction in green house gas production through energy efficiency.
– Reduced overproduction by made-to-order eliminates 30% of production waste.
– Water reduction savings up to 600%
– Wool is durable, natural, renewable, biodegradable and recyclable.
Barry Roode, Creative Director, and Owner is an artist and designer based in Mushaboom, Nova Scotia, Canada and Mantova, Italy. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the Statens Høgskole i Kunsthåndverk og Design (‘State School of Art and Design”), in Bergen, Norway.
His work has been exhibited at many venues nationally and internationally including:
Futura Projects, Fuori Salone, Milan
Maison et Objet, Paris
ID, Toronto
Decosit, Brussels
Neocon, Chicago
During the course of his career Barry has worked on projects for such prestigious design houses as Design-Tex, Maharam, Arc-Com, and Pollack. Created exclusive products for OEM’s such as Teknion, Global, Kimball, Steelcase, and Herman Miller. Designed custom collections for corporations such as Bell South, Guinness, UCLA Medical Centre, and Capital One in partnership with major firms such as SOM, Perkins and Will, and Gensler.
I am a bit of an adventurer…leaving my home of Nova Scotia for Montreal with a caravan of fellow art students after college and have just kept going! I’ve lived in eight countries on three continents, speak five languages, am a lover a dogs, hiking, and a dancer. Don’t let me sing where you can hear me.
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