Spent today revisiting Sonia Delaunay and the Orphism movement. Delaunay was known for her use of geometric abstraction, modernist pattern design, and crazy lyrical color combinations. In a recent interview, Rachel Comey mentioned Sonia is one of her favorite designers. Makes sense. They both use textiles and color in unexpected ways.

While I don’t like everything Delaunay created (some of her colors and compositions hurt my feelings) there are others I really enjoy. Especially those using subdued hues or fewer colors or involving costuming.

Here are some I find inspiring

These images are from FIT’s archives, blog entries at swim two birds,the textile blog and of course google images

There are some nice colors here. Very serene 1930′s (or early 1980′s) going on.