Palm Springs Series / 14 Painting

Eleanor Nadimi is a British textile designer and design creative living in London. She is a guest lecturer in printed textiles, fashion ethics and sustainable practise at leading universities, alongside being a consultant, collaborator and mentor. Her work is inspired by mid century design as well as picking up on her Iranian roots, the traditional architecture and geometric pattern combinations typical of the region. Her work seeks to explore the interaction of people and buildings focusing on how colour and shape effect our mood and environment in the form of abstract paintings. The pieces are minimal and abstract in appearance but deliberate in their composition, colour and surface texture. “Colour brings me so much joy and energy, it can completely change my mood. I love exploring different combinations and understanding how a single tone and placement can effect our frame of mind.” This series of work, Palm Springs, is an investigative exploration into how the modular nature of mid century homes, in particular desert modernism architecture established in Palm Springs in the 1920s, brought the outside in allowing you to become immersed in the landscape.