Ikat: It’s an odd little word that is taking the design world by storm. In actuality, it has been around for centuries, but just in the past couple of years has it made designers fall in love.

While original, authentic ikat dates back 5,000 years, today the term “ikat” often is used to describe the pattern that’s created via the ikat process—a blurred effect that’s employed in ...

Freer|Sackler Fabricating an ikat design demands vision as well as time. Before any actual weaving takes place, the lead craftsperson must picture a fully fleshed-out color pattern. Next ...

WASHINGTON -- Seeing a Central Asian ikat design for the first time is a pleasant surprise for many visitors to Washington D.C.'s Textile Museum: "This is a form of creating fabric that I am ...

In doing so, he is credited with launching a trend: Ikat patterns have become enormously popular in both fashion and interior design, with brands ranging from Anthropologie to Target featuring ...

Ikat is a bold and vibrant art form known for its striking patterns and lively colours. Through reimagining these patterns in new materials, modern design collections let homeowners infuse their ...

IKAT TILE: I was tiring quickly of ikat, but these floor tiles are dreamy. From Greige Design: "I have a little obsession with Ikat right now and when I saw these tiles my heart skipped a beat or two.

THE STREAKY CHARMS that have made ikat the ethnic fabric of choice are being challenged by the unpredictable blots and blurs of its Japanese cousin, shibori—a resist-dyeing tradition that dates ...

Ikat prints, with their vibrant patterns and cultural roots, can liven up any space, especially when coupled with neutrals ...

The ikat pattern woven into the blood-red and ocher silk velvet depicted a stylized scorpion, a symbol intended to protect the wearer from the evil eye. Central Asian textile arts got a boost in ...

a Cambodian ikat design of Andhra Pochampally sari, and an assortment of ikat saris from all over Indian clusters are elegantly displayed in the drawing-room of danseuse Anita Ratnam’s home.