Textile Designers visit MTL: amazing textile manufacturer

On March 19th, 16 students and 3 faculty involved in a semester-long textile design/furniture collaboration visited MTL in Jessup, PA.  We had a wonderful tour and discussion, along with a great "show and tell" of beautiful fabrics.  Joy Alaoui, Design Director, and members of her team were wonderful ambassadors of sharing the great work they do.  Thank you very much to MTL for the ongoing partnership!  Please see a few images from the day.

Beautiful MTL jacquard fabrics.

A bold interiors fabric on the loom.

Unique velvet weaving at MTL

Alum Nina de Vassal, an MTL designer, leads students on a tour of the jacquard weaving area.

Another gorgeous, complex jacquard velvet.

In the design archives.

Students examining great textiles in the design studio.