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The Art of Design

or the Design of Art.

We at Design Team Fabrics

see it as a combination
of both.

ith an artist’s eye we see
design and colour in nature
Wand take those designs and
incorporate them into our fabric designs.
This can be seen in our Growing Africa
range where we pay homage to the hands
that grow small crops for their family to
the large-scale farmers who feed nations.
This is clear in the Crop Field designs
which project an aerial view of the large-
scale grain fields displayed in various
stages of growth. The Okra range is based
on the cross section of the seed pod of the
Okra plant. The Okra is a flowering plant
originating in Ethiopia and cultivated by
the Egyptians from the 12 Century.

“We have invented nothing” Picasso

This same design concept can be seen
in the Protea range where the focus lies
on the large range of our national flower,
indigenous to our country. By using a
full range of drawing styles from full near
perfect replicas to simple line type sketches

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