Designer Kara Mann paid tribute to Maya Romanoff by utilizing hand-dyed
installation art from the rich Maya Romanoff archive, and emphasizing the
craftsmanship upon which he founded his studio.
The arrangement consisted of each wall draped in a different archival
material, in the style that launched Romanoff’s career in the 1960s. The table
and stools were worn and marked, outfitted with items from the Maya Romanoff Chicago Studio, such as pigment covered aprons,
gloves and sponges, along with vials of paint and bundles of Anniversary collection wallpaper,
hand-folded and dyed in the Chicago studio.
“I wanted this space to have a bohemian feel to pay tribute to the
fact that Maya’s business was built upon his tie-dye art,” explains Mann, “And,
though the company has evolved greatly, true artistry remains at its core.”
Maya found his life’s passion as a Berkeley student selling tie-dyed
shirts from the back of a VW van at Woodstock. He fell deeply in love with
material dyeing, and set out to learn all he could about the history and
process. After intensively studying the craft in Japan for some years, he
returned to his native Chicago, where he designed hand-dyed leather garments,
theatre curtains, and large-scale installation art before focusing on wall
coverings. As his small company grew, his wife, Joyce, joined him in instilling
in every team member a deep respect for material balanced with a lawless sense
of play. A passion for purity of form and exquisiteness of craft echoes from
every level of Maya Romanoff, the company and the design studio.
Photo Credit: Keith Scott Morton
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