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michal
silver
products profile
By Matt Dougherty
Photo by Simon Brown

DREAMWEAVER
A former fashion designer finds her
true calling

While working at Mulberry, Michal Silver
felt a sudden change of heart. Though she'd
been in the fashion industry for 15 years,
she says she realized "the potential and the
passion I had was for fabrics."
Roger Saul, the company's founder,
suggested she create a fabric collection for
the lifestyle brand, and she fell in love with
it. "Whenever I design, everything starts
with the fabric," she says. A meeting with
Christopher Farr and Matthew Bourne,
owners of rug design studio Christopher

Farr followed, and in 2003, they opened
Christopher Farr Cloth, with Silver
spearheading the new fabrics division.
Among one of their earlier clients
was Kit Kemp-who became the first
designer to collaborate with the company
on an original collection, and the
relationship naturally grew from there.
"We understood and cherished that
process.," says Silver. "She could start a
sentence, and I would finish it."
Soon after, she teamed up with
Belgian weaver Thierry Van Damme-a
fruitful parternship that has culminated
in two collections per year since they
started working together. With their
combined efforts, Christopher Farr Cloth
has made a name for itself in printing on
fine linen. "It's so organic and natural,

and the way it absorbs colors works for
us," Silver says, adding that patterns are
illuminated and exalted on the seemingly
weightless fabric.
Silver's creative vision is the
underlying theme throughout all of their
products. "Art is part of our DNA," she
says. "Our collections have a point of
view." Products have made their way into
Soho House, Four Seasons, and Indigo
properties, to name a few. Their next range
launches in January and continues the
relationship with Kemp and Van Damme
with a colorful, hefty embroidered feel to
a series of four to five weaves. As "I always
say to Kit, 'I am here to make your dreams
come true.'" hd
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Kit Kemp and Silver pick
fabrics for a collaboration

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Hospitality Design - November 2019

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - November 2019

Hospitality Design - November 2019
Contents
from the editor
from the guest editor
memoir
places: london
interview: kit kemp and martin waller
interview: makers
project breakdown: color story
interview: ones to watch
designing the details: headboards
5 questions for: nash robbins and cate olsen
profile: michal silver
lighting
wallcoverings
seating
collaborators
curating art: alan cristea
bringing a room to life: lewis miller
painting a picture: eileen cooper
for the love of books: philip blackwell
projects
crosby street hotel
ham yard hotel
charlotte street hotel
ad index
back space: ruby kean
Hospitality Design - November 2019 - Intro
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - from the editor
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - 5 questions for: nash robbins and cate olsen
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - profile: michal silver
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - lighting
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - wallcoverings
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - seating
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - collaborators
Hospitality Design - November 2019 - curating art: alan cristea
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - bringing a room to life: lewis miller
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - painting a picture: eileen cooper
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - for the love of books: philip blackwell
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - projects
Hospitality Design - November 2019 - crosby street hotel
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - ham yard hotel
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - charlotte street hotel
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - ad index
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Hospitality Design - November 2019 - back space: ruby kean
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