How many cultural references, personal tales, and feelings can you layer into a fabric design? At Zak + Fox, Zak Profera’s textile house in NYC, each pattern comes with stories both hidden and told.
The same goes for the places he chooses to present his work: Zak has photographed his designs in a 15th-century palazzo, a historic Connecticut nautical setting (see Swept Away: Zak + Fox Launches a Maritime Collection), and, recently, in County Tyrone, Ireland, where Harvest, his earthy, multi-nuanced latest collection, was unveiled at the Ulster American Folk Park, an open-air museum of Irish and American frontier-era buildings.
Zak describes Harvest as “a fantastical journey into the intricacies of the human condition: at its heart, the collection represents a complex tapestry of emotions born from profound feelings of love, loss, and hope.” Come see.
Photography by Evgenia Arbugaeva, styling by Andrew Stewart, courtesy of Zak + Fox (@zakandfox).
Several locations at the Ulster American Folk Park were chosen as backdrops “for their sheer beauty,” says Zak, explaining that he wanted to present the new designs—which have no ties to Ireland—”in an unspecified land, in an unspecified time.”
As for the bushy tailed model, Zak says: “Yes, he’s a real fox! His name is Silver and he has a long resume of film and TV work. He was very serious but also loved a good head scratch.”
Zak & Fox recently opened a new NYC showroom at 235 Park Avenue South; it’s double the size of its previous quarters and designed in the same grand, old-world spirit.
More textiles we’ve been admiring:
- The Campbell Collection: Textiles for All Over the Cottage
- Wayne Pate’s Pompeii: The Artist’st Latest Fabric and Wallpaper from Studio Four NYC
- Summer’s Backdrop: Block-Printed Table and Bed Linens by Studio Ford
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