Matthias
De Vogel

Matthias De Vogel was born and raised in The Netherlands, Matthias studied fashion design at Utrecht School of Arts.
After acquiring a master degree at the I.F.M in Paris he pursued a career in fashion working for several well known brands including Et Vous, Comptoir des Cotonniers, as well as the designers Isabel Marant and J.C de Castelbajac. This career period establishes his connection to couture and design in Paris.

After 15 years in Paris Matthias relocated to San Francisco, where he worked as Global Concept Designer for the iconic brand Levi Strauss.

This role takes him around the world where he meets many inspiring people, providing the opportunity to work with these artisans and study their cultures, craft and approach to art.

His work is influenced by this research; specifically the meaning of color and use of prints and patterns from all of these different regions.

Returning to Amsterdam, Matthias De Vogel creates his textile lab and studio Fault Lines, founded in 2015. Here he experiments with traditional ideas of textile art and reinterpret this in a new way. Matthias creates unique textile art within three essential design principles: educate, assimilate and innovate.

All “LINESCAPES” are handwoven panels of tactile textures that convey a variety of messages and emotions.This bold graphic world is created by grids and geometric structures, inspired by the aesthetics of

the Mid-century modern and Bauhaus movement. They display a study of acquired weaving techniques

inspired by meeting the masters at work during many inspirational trips to India, Morocco, Turkey, New Mexico,

Japan and Scandinavia. The beauty and richness of their arts are reflected in these compositions by combining

diverse weaving patterns with color gradients and subtle textures. These sophisticated grids are build by re-

designing everyday woven patterns, and turning them into rhythmic structures. A balance of forces presented

in a study of contrasts: intimate yet formal, simple yet complex, both utilitarian and sculptural, traditional and innovative, natural and structured.