Nigerian\nfootball squad\u2019s wildly popular green, black, and white team kit for the World\nCup in Russia is now on exhibition at the Design Museum in Kensington. The\nlicensed versions of the strip got sold out in a few minutes in London during\nsummer\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The part of the appeal was exuberant zig-zag design patterns,<\/strong> which have seeped into the cultures across the world. Today, you will find it woven into fabrics, rugs, and baskets, and even painted on pottery. A simple \u201cV\u201d is man\u2019s earliest symbol, dating back 75,000 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The V shape has since evolved into triangles, diamond forms, and chevrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discerning decorators now crave \u201ctribal\u201d furnishings brought to the United Kingdom by entrepreneurs, such as Jim Gaffney and Diane of Textile Traders. They have been sourcing handmade Asian fabrics since 1984, while Bob Irwin and Magie Relph scour Africa for their website, \u201cThe African Fabric Shop\u201d. Prices at this store are modest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Martin Waller\ntravels to the South Kensington store. Martin Waller also adjusts kelim motifs\nand angular ikat for chic modern fabrics, from \u00a335 for a linen blend-up to \u00a3120\nfor a printed velvet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saffron Hare,\na creative director at designer fabrics, explains that you only need a simple\nloom to create a V or diamond. These basic geometrics are decorative without\nbeing too specific and are great for floral layering purposes when updated into\nthe Western design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a large\nscale, Angular geometric wallpapers for new London caves, when presented flat\non walls, deliver a powerful slug of the pattern. Sophia Leppard of Yonder living\nsays that triangles are symbols of protection in Berber culture, and early\nmodernists like Le Corbusier, Charles, and Ray Eames loved them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n West London\nbased Bethan Gray says, \u201cmy travels and research inspired my designs\u201d. Bethan\nGray\u2019s new furniture, which is now at Anthropologie in Regent Street, draws on\nV motifs, interpreted in excellent materials and pretty colors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bold angular\ngeometrics that is stripped down to Vs, diamonds, triangles, and chevrons are a\nstylish foil to the season\u2019s lush green leaves, splashy florals, and printed\nvelvets. Martha Coates, design head at Habitat, says, \u201cI design tribal sources\nbut also add a contemporary palette, and we are using triangles for furniture.\nIt is a modern take on a tribal look\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Scottish\nembroiderer, Laura Lees, trading as The Might Stitch, is updating triangles\nwith her confident collage, piecing together felted wood, leather, and even\nsilk for furniture. Claire O\u2019 Brien, design head at British Ceramic Tiles,\nsays, \u201cJust use simple tiles and make your V-chevrons on the wall or floor.\nPlay around with different sizes\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nigerian football squad\u2019s wildly popular green, black, and white team kit for the World Cup in Russia is now on exhibition at the Design Museum in Kensington. The licensed versions of the strip got sold out in a few minutes in London during summer\u2019s tournament. The part of the appeal was exuberant zig-zag design patterns, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3551,"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/3551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.family-feed.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The whole story<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n