Installation view of Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics; items from right to left: Bodoko (mat), late Edo to early Showa period, (1800-1950s), hemp and cotton; Kotatsu blanket, late Edo to early ...

New York architecture firm SO-IL has designed an exhibition to present a Japanese handicraft that uses remnants of hemp fabric. SO-IL created the Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics exhibition for ...

Boro is a style of fabric mending that became known for its use of limited, natural materials. Several brands these days, from Patagonia to Reformation, upcycle their clothes to make trendy new ...

While museums around the globe are closed to the public, we are spotlighting each day an inspiring exhibition that was previously on view. Even if you can’t see it in person, allow us to give you a ...

Lessac, France, July 10, 2013—Domaine de Boisbuchet, a country estate in the Southwest of France renowned as an international site of experimentation in design and architecture, presents BORO: THE ...

Dezeen Showroom: informed from patchwork-like Japanese Boro textiles, Ellinor Eliasson designed the Quilt rug for Kasthall to look complex and richly textured. The Quilt rug references the works of ...

Southern, African American quilts, and their distant cousins Japanese Boro textiles have distinct origins, histories, and cultural contexts, but they share some commonalities in terms of their ...