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Max Osterweis and Erin Beatty, the design duo behind SUNO, created seven new upholstery fabrics and two drapery textiles from recent SUNO runway collections. And take it from me and the rest of the Vastu team when we say these fabrics are beautiful!

Arber

“Based on a dress from SUNO’s Spring 2012 collection, Arber upholstery is inspired by microscopic cells. This organic pattern features a watercolor-type effect. It is printed on 100% cotton velvet in Austria and available in four colors. Arber is named after Agnes Arber, a famed British botanist.”

Besos

“Besos is based on an Indian embroidery pattern featured in the Fall 2010 runway collection. Now produced in Germany on a sheer ground, it is made of 100% Trevira polyester and comes in four neutral colors. What makes this fabric unique is the precision of the high speed laser-guided embroidery.”

Diamond Days

“Named after a song by Vashti Bunyan, Diamond Days upholstery is woven in the US of 100% cotton, and comes in five colors. This pattern is composed of bands of triangles and has a hand-drawn quality. It is based on a design from the Spring 2012 runway collection, which featured a fabric inspired by a vintage Art Deco print. Diamond Days is a delicate balance of complex weave structure and placement of color.”

Matondoni

“Named after a fishing village off the coast of Kenya, this fabric was originally developed from a vintage Kanga cloth used in a dress from the Fall 2010 runway collection. A digitally printed diamond pattern is placed on top of an exaggerated herringbone ground. The resulting fabric has a hand-printed quality. The interior fabric is woven of 81% linen, 15% cotton and 4% polyester.”

Millicent

“This drapery fabric borrows the theme from Diamond Days, but expands the space between stripes so they appear like ribbons across a simple linen ground. It is composed of 46% Linen, 25% rayon, 22% cotton viscose and 7% polyester.”

Olema

“Originally a vintage Origami paper, this fabric was created for a dress in Spring 2011. Now interpreted as a woven upholstery depicting a budding branch, Olema is made of 100% cotton in six colors. This elegant floral appears as if floating on top of a textural ground. Made in the US, Olema is named after a town in Northern California.”

Piper

“The original fabric from a dress featured in the Fall 2012 runway collection, Piper is based on a vintage sketch from France. Visually delicate, this geometric pattern has a hand drawn quality. It has been named after Erin Beatty’s sister, Piper, and is made in the US of 79% cotton and 21% linen.”

Rosemund

“This cotton/linen blend is the solid coordinate in the collection. It was based on a fabric from Holland and included in the Fall 2011 runway lineup. Slubs of linen and cotton come together to create a beautiful all-over texture. Six colorways. 73% cotton/27% linen. Rosemond is Elizabeth Taylor’s middle name.”

Rutledge

“This glamorous upholstery pattern is created using the lamination of an exaggerated flame stitch pattern on top of a refined velvet ground. It is based on a fabric from Spring 2012 line. Rutledge comes in five colors and is made in Italy of 60% viscose, 30% cotton, 10% polyester.”

And here’s a video of Max and Erin further explaining their inspiration behind this collection and what it was like working with Dorothy Cosonas and Knoll Luxe.

Visit the Vastu showroom soon and ask one of our designers to see the SUNO Collection for Knoll Luxe.

Part of The Chelsea Collection, Soon, Glider and Biscayne  feature lively colors and graphic, modern imagery.

And even more interesting than Cardenas’s designs and use of color is the inspiration behind Soon. This digitally printed, 100% cotton sateen fabric comes in four colorways and was inspired by a song of the same name by one of his favorite bands, My Bloody Valentine.

“The song is interesting to me because it uses rhythm and noise in an unexpectedly harmonious way. A strong beat shrouded in an instrumental haze creates a textured field where the instruments all blend into each other.”

So what do you think? Does the music match the fabric?

To give you that little extra push, here’s an amazing set of photos from Herman Miller of their collection.

So remember, you have until Monday (close of business) to take 15% off all Herman Miller products and orders over $500 that are delivered to the DC Metro Area receive Free In-Home, White-Glove Delivery.

Click Here to View the Herman Miller Collection on VastuDC.com

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Rogers’s work in encaustic last graced Vastu’s walls in September of 2011 and we’re excited to welcome him back with new art on Monday, June 3rd.

The works in Me Two represent for Rogers a reconciliation that reaches beyond the combination of paint and encaustic materials. These images attempt to depict the geography of his past and present, sharing tautness and spontaneity in an exploration of duality and contrast.

“I’m interested in the delineation of opposing forces, aspects of polarity, the movement of small particles, gravity, the overworked, the reductive and finding the spaces in between.”

WHO:
Rob Rogers

WHERE:
Vastu
1829 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.234.8344

WHEN:
June 3rd – August 4th, 2013

The Herman Miller Summer Sale – Friday, May 31st through Monday, June 10th

Receive 15% off the entire Herman Miller catalog of living, dining, lounging, working and outdoor furniture. If your order is over $500 and you live in the DC Metro Area then you receive FREE in-home, white-glove delivery!

Click here to check out the full Herman Miller catalog at Vastu.

Richard Schultz

We’re entering the final few days of the Spring Richard Schultz sale from Knoll and time has almost run out to take advantage of 15% savings. In celebration of the awesome line of outdoor pieces included in the sale, here’s some interesting history on Richard Schultz and his relationship with Knoll (from Knoll.com).

“Richard Schultz has long been an integral part of the Knoll story. After studying mechanical engineering and design at Iowa State University and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Schultz joined Knoll in 1951. His first assignment was to assist Harry Bertoia on the development and production of the Bertoia Wire Collection. This led to an 18-month assignment in Europe, establishing and supervising production of the Bertoia designs for Knoll subsidiaries and licensees. After returning to the U.S., he joined the Design Development Group at the Knoll factory in East Greenville, PA.

Schultz is best known for his outdoor furniture designs. His graceful Petal Table, introduced in 1960, received the design award from Industrial Design magazine. The steel wire-formed 715 Chaise Lounge, which was introduced the following year to complement the Bertoia collection, was selected in 1963 by the Museum of Modern Art for its permanent collection of contemporary furniture. After Florence Knoll moved to a seaside home in Florida, she started sending the design team rusty pieces of furniture, asking them to develope something that could perform in the salty climate. Schultz responded with the aluminum Leisure Collection in 1966.
After leaving Knoll, Schultz continued to have a successful career designing outdoor collections for his own studio. Knoll acquired Richard Schultz Design in 2012, enabling the re-release many of Schultz’s classic Knoll designs.”

1966 Lounge Chairs & Petal Tables

Pieces in the Richard Schultz collection of outdoor furniture are 15% off through Friday, May 24th.

The time has come again for the MidCity Artists Open Studios!

Tour the neighborhood and visit with local artists in their own studios. Here at Vastu, you can chat with and see works from Colin Winterbottom and Brian Petro.

Click the link below for a map of this weekends’ participants:

And if you have a smartphone, click here or the main image above for a mobile-friendly app.

In a surprise announcement, Knoll delivered details of its first sale on the entire Richard Schultz line of outdoor collections since its acquisition in March 2012.

Through May 24th, you can take advantage of 15% OFF on Richard Schultz outdoor designs including 1966®, Petal®, Topiary®, Swell® and Fresh Air Collections. Click here to see Vastu’s Richard Schultz online catalog.

What:
Richard Schultz Sale

Where:
Vastu
1829 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

When:
May 10-May 24

We’ve all seen the rampant construction in the 14th Street area during the last couple of years. At this point it’s almost impossible to ignore. With cranes, trucks and blocked lanes it can get kind of tiring. But one of the upsides of all this work is the influx of new restaurants opening, with more to open in the coming months.

Just today Prince of Petworth confirmed, via CityPaper, that Tico Taco would be coming to the Louis project at 14th & U St.

Here’s a short list of the other establishments we can expect soon within walking distance of Vastu:

• Taqueria Nacional
• BakeHouse
• Stub’s Kitchen & Wine
• Doi Moi
• Ted’s Bulletin
• Ghibellina
• Black Whiskey
• Barcelona
• Piola Pizza

And this is all in addition to the two new restaurants that have opened in the past few months: Le Diplomate and Matchbox 14th Street.