Gossip
STYLE: Medium Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 5rem
3 resolutions means you can knit, embroider, & cross-stitch various type sizes all together on one piece!
STYLE: High Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 5rem
Quick wits and whispered gossip form vibrant safety nets.
STYLE: Low Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 5rem Whispers and stitches intertwine as crafty women boldly quilt jazzy secrets, vibrant tales, and bonds of resistance into the fabric of history. Jovial quilters exchange vibrant gossip, weaving complex threads of truth, fiction, and rebellion into every stitch.
STYLE: Med Res WEIGHT: Square SIZE: 12.5rem
Tea
STYLE: Mes Res WEIGHT: Cross-Stitch SIZE: 12.5rem
Scoop
STYLE: Mes Res WEIGHT: Cross-Stitch Small SIZE: 12.5rem
Juicy
STYLE: Mes Res WEIGHT: Needlepoint SIZE: 12.5rem
Spill
When Gutenberg set his first lead type in Textura, blackletter became the visual language of mass communication, used to shape narratives and define truths. The words text and textile etymologically come from the same place—Textura, which can be defined as a weaving, a web, a texture, a structure. Gossip takes Gutenberg’s Textura, digitizes, and pixels it back into the new platform for information dissemination, the web, while also being designed to be easily translated back into textiles.
The act of pairing these two challenges hierarchies of knowledge and language. Gossip becomes a tangible archive, while blackletter sheds its past exclusivity. Together, they weave a complex narrative—one that honours the voices often relegated to the margins. Gossip isn’t diminished but magnified, claiming its place in history, no longer fleeting.
STYLE: Low Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 2.5rem
STYLE: Medium Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 5rem
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STYLE: High Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 10rem
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STYLE: Low Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 20rem
STYLE: Medium Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 10rem
STYLE: High Resolution WEIGHT: Pixel SIZE: 5rem
Designed by Susan Kare, 1982–1983
69 pages of various designs hand-drawn ink designs against a printed grid. At back of book there are several designs in color.
Germany, 1596
45 pages of designs for weaving and embroidery
Augsburg, Germany, 1529
Photograph by Chris Porsz
Germany, 1489
Written by Ulrich Molitor Printed by Johann Otmar
Designed by Susan Kare, 1982–1983