Nov 3, 2013
Wear your love like heaven. I was doing some research on my long lost love; carthamus pink. A Windsor Newton Gouache discontinued years ago. the dye derived from safflowers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safflower Discontinued not because of toxicity but because the...
Jul 5, 2013
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/overdrive/ I am really loving LA. I was just in LA debuting my collection for the new Korseal Digital Studio and I saw this show at The Getty. As an east coast designer it’s sometimes hard to make a statement without a nod to the...
May 12, 2013
Hi, Please visit me if you are attending HD Las Vegas 5/15-5/17. It’s a three year dream in the making for me. A room of my own designs featuring carpet and wallcovering. Durkan and RJF Koroseal Digital Studios.
Apr 29, 2013
Thank you Katherine Salant and The Washington Post for this wonderful shout out! “For a singularly bold statement, Rhode Island School of Design professor Oren Sherman’s digitally printed wallpaper is also intended as a feature wall, or, as he put it, “to be the star...
Apr 20, 2013
Today I am paying tribute to the great artist and fashion illustrator George Stavrinos. His work has been on my mind lately. He was at RISD just before my time. In my early days as an illustrator I would wait for the NY Times every Sunday to see his amazing full page...
Apr 7, 2013
Hi my friends, Lots going on, the wallcovering debut is right around the corner and great new press! A major national profile is about to happen, shhhhhh.
Mar 7, 2013
Mad for Paid just got featured for spring, Durkan and I get noticed again. My concept for this piece was what would happen if flowers and plaid had a little fling and had a baby? Maybe I spend too much time in my studio…… Read the full article here.
Nov 25, 2012
As I’m frequently asked what influences a collection, here goes the first of the series. “Barocco” At The Rijks in Amsterdam. Rembrandt looks a little peeved with me as I can’t stop looking at the wallpaper. This was my first artwork that was entirely based on...
Nov 25, 2012
An exciting month! Along with the influential Design Milk and Architects and Artisans blogs, we’ve been picked up up by over 30 blogs internationally. Are we “almost famous” yet? Oren Sherman’s Mid-Century Moderns Mid-Century Modern Prints by Oren Sherman Oren...
Oct 29, 2012
My Mid -Century Modern prints featured on Design Milk and Notcot! Thanks for the shout out! Read the full article here.
Oct 21, 2012
The Rijks has the great Haston Mondrian dress on display. It got me thinking about the famous Dutch restraint. We found this great store, Joe Marino, they do just one thing, the perfect V neck sweater in Merino wool. One design, four sizes, 30 colors. Go get one or if...
Oct 20, 2012
Just got back from a fast trip to Amsterdam, one of my favorite cities. On my first visit I remember getting off the plane, seeing the light and saying; “Rembrant, I get it.” That cold, steel Payne’s graylight he captured so perfectly. Thank you to my RISD foundation...
Oct 7, 2012
It’s official, the licenses are signed! Digital wallcoverings are available from all my existing patterns, and custom design. Coordinate Durkan carpet and Koroseal digital art special edition wallcoverings, a unique offering from Oren Sherman Editions.
Oct 7, 2012
Why I love RISD. Two textile majors off to lunch. Witty, irreverent and completely right. I see them every week and this week, I asked them to pose and they happily obliged.
Aug 14, 2012
Todays subject is design inspiration, subtext being eyebrows. Chanel 2012 on left, the American actress Louise Brooks on the right, circa 1929. Same look, same sulty stare, sexier in the original. A great look, (as in design) comes back but changed, updated. Picasso...
Jul 5, 2012
Here are some new pieces from my new collection called “Rug Burn.” It’s based on lace and paisley. I’m particularly pleased with the pattern below, it’s a flat pattern and the transparencies and sense of movement were built by hand. Next up in custom “Hermes’ orange”...
May 25, 2012
I just got back from The Hospitality Design Expo in Las Vegas, my new collection made it’s debut. “Mad For Plaid.” It was a really exciting show, thanks to the fabulous Durkan team for making this happen, and to my creative director Barb Marcy for always knowing the...
May 21, 2012
I had the pleasure of hosting Todd Oldham http://www.toddoldham.com/ again at RISD. As before, not to talk about himself, he came to speak on behalf of Alexander Girard. I never knew the look of my childhood all came from one person, Girard was an architect, designer,...
Apr 24, 2012
We were at a friends house in Wellfleet MA and she took us for a walk to “see a house.” What greeted us was a late 70′s Marcel Breuer on a marsh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Breuer You know how it feels when you see something that is just perfect? Cape Cod has...
Mar 2, 2012
I think this is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Its from the new the new “Dior Joaillerie” by Michèle Heuzé the magnificent work of Dior’s fine jewelry director Victoire de Castellane. Here is my favorite, a pink opal skull decorated with an elaborate...
