A shared love of quality design unites Lulan's three primary designers in their collaborations
to create products of unique design, beautiful color, and exceptional quality.
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Eve Blossom
After earning a Master's degree in Architecture from Tulane University and practicing at
Gensler and Associates in Los Angeles, Eve spent two years in Vietnam restoring French
villas for corporate and government offices. Traveling
throughout Southeast Asia, she discovered a passion for the hand weaving traditions
of the region and realized their unparalleled talents and spirit.
The creation of a sustainable market, livelihood, and
wage for the weavers and their villages became a dream that eventually led to Lulan.
"There is an intimacy inherent in the form of a woven fabric, in its purpose in the home and in the
way it has been created -- on one loom that one weaver establishes and returns to every day; in
every line of the weft carefully placed from one side of the loom to the other. It's an honor to
know these artisans, and I hope Lulan will give a louder voice, and a wider audience, to the
talented artists who deserve it."
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Laura Guido-Clark
Laura is an expert in the "skin" of consumer products - their color, material,
and finish - perhaps the area of industrial textile design that requires the greatest
understanding of the human heart.
Laura has spent her life studying the always new and
surprising ways human beings react to the look and feel of any given product,
the conscious and
unconscious influences that drive buying decisions. Her ability to forecast and translate
those influences
into concrete terms of color and finish has helped
companies such as Samsung, Apple, Mattel, and Toyota design products that resonate with
consumers and succeed in competitive markets.
Laura holds a BFA in
Interior Design from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She has taught classes on
color and textiles at California College of Arts and UC Berkeley.
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Michael Koch
Michael is a graduate, with honors, of the Rhode Island School of Design, and continues to
consult with their textile department. He is a nationally recognized textile designer and,
with his partner Andrew Kohler, founded Michael Koch Designs, LLC, in 2003. The firm
designs a range of products, produced domestically and internationally,
including fabrics for contract and residential markets,
manufactured and hand-loomed silks, rugs, and wall coverings.
Prior to starting his own firm, Michael was Executive Vice President and Director of Design at
Wearbest Sil-Tex Mills from 1992 to 2002 and Senior Designer at Jack Lenor Larsen from 1988
to 1992. He established his own New York design studio in 1993. Michael has developed
textiles for HBF, Donghia, Pollack, Pindler & Pindler, DesignTex, Larsen, Maharam and
many others, including many award winners.
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