Kirath Ghundoo
52 // Kirath Ghundoo is based in County Durham, UK. She studied for a degree in Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern at Leeds College of Art and an MA in Textiles at the University of Huddersfield. Kirath is known for her wallpaper collection, and in 2012 she was an ELLE Decoration British Design Award nominee and joint runner up in the Homes and Gardens Young Designer of the Year award. She is inspired by a multitude of daily encounters, from a cocktail at her favourite bar, to capturing someone’s eclectic look, to travels and architecture. Kirath gathers snippets of sumptuous colour and pattern to work from, exploring mismatched colour palettes and pushing boundaries to create original work. She has recently returned from travelling around India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and can feel India playing an important part in a future collection. Kirath’s clients have included Computer Arts, Lab.C and Harvey Nichols. Her dream commission would be to design a surface print collection for a car such as the Fiat 500 and to create prints for Matthew Williamson. Going forward, Kirath hopes to have stockists in all parts of the world and to explore new collaborations. Kirath welcomes all commissions, and her designs are available to license.
Design Heroes: Matthew Williamson, Lee Broom
‘Mix ’n’ Match 11’ Wallpaper Collection
Featuring seven geometric patterns – Iso, Persia, Geo, Mosaic, Aztec, Lavish and Stack – in strong pastel colours, which can be hung in a mixture of endless combinations or as single strips.
‘13’ Wallpaper Collection
For this collection Kirath explored a dark palette inspired by the aubergine colour trend, dark nights and aspects of travel to Dubai. The designs are all digitally printed in the UK on a nonwoven matt wallpaper.
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Kirath takes snippets of inspiration from a variety of sources and amalgamates them in her designs. Anything goes with her mix-and-match philosophy. The designs are developed from initial drawings and are then transferred to Adobe Illustrator.
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Kirath uses a dizzying array of geometric motifs and arrangements to create striking wallpaper collections for interiors in residential and commercial spaces worldwide.
Spring/Summer 11 Wallpaper Concept
Kirath’s unique and inventive approach to designing wallpaper made her an instant design-press favourite. This collection demonstrates the variety found in her wallpapers – squares, stripes, triangles, chequerboards.