Suzanne Lefebvre

www.SuzanneLefebvreDesigns.com

91 //   Suzanne Lefebvre was born in Montreal, Canada, and raised in New York, where she now lives in Rochester. Suzanne has attended Syracuse University, the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Rochester Institute of Technology, studying Theatrical Costume and Set Design, Textile Design, and Interior and Graphic Design respectively. Suzanne is inspired by Shaker design, Inuit art, the Maine coast, the contrast between nature and industrial structures, and most importantly her mother. She now works as a full-time interior designer and uses her graphic-design skills when developing a space. Suzanne was one of the four winners of the 2012 Surtex designext competition. Going forward, her goal is either to partner with a manufacturing company to produce her own line of textiles for interiors or to just go for it and produce her own with a small mill. Suzanne would then like to move into rugs and wall coverings with someone like Knoll or Maharam.

Design Heroes: Ray Eames, Anni Albers, Vera Neumann

Brooklyn Bridge

This piece – one of Suzanne’s favourites – emerged from another of her designs, ‘Broken Cables’, a hand-drawn/painted sketch created for an album cover project. The sketch was then refined on the computer and developed into its present form.

Seneca

‘Seneca’ was developed for Keka. The pattern features three-dimensional squares from which various random lines have been removed, leaving the motif incomplete.

Binder

Developed for the Surtex show, this piece uses different geometrical shapes to make an overall harmonious composition.

Tribal Folk

This graphic print based on a study of lines features a herringbone stripe amongst its interesting details. Developed for the Surtex show.

Sunset

Subdued warm tones represent stylized sun rays in this stripe design created for a book-cover project

Mogador

Circles filled with quatrefoils are the basis for this ornate design. Developed for the Surtex show.