Here, we ask designers to take a selfie and give us an inside look at their life.
Age: 32
Occupation: Textile designer and creative director of Tomma Bloom.
Instagram: @tommabloom
Hometown: Tel Aviv.
Studio location: Boston.
Describe what you make: Surface design solutions for interior, so everything surface design: wall covers, tiles, rugs, and upholstery.
The most important thing you’ve designed to date: Milton, my first three-dimensional wall cover design. I was curious to see how I can transform my two-dimensional designs into three-dimensional forms, and it led me to develop this unique structure.
Describe the problem your work solves: I work to redefine surface design and reimagine how it transforms space through form, structure, color, and repetition.
Describe the project you are working on now: A TOP-SECRET rug collection. 🤫
A new or forthcoming project we should know about: A super exciting collection with Astek that explores wall covering and dimensionality in a new and transformative way! Launching early fall.
What you absolutely must have in your studio: Pegboard, coffee as black as possible, and quiet that allows me to be one with my work.
What you do when you’re not working: I was fortunate enough to turn my hobby into a profession, so it never feels like work. Saying that, I’m a new mom and still learning to manage the delicate balance of work-life-motherhood.
Sources of creative envy: Andy Warhol. The Cow Wallpaper (1966) was my first love as a young art-obsessed kid. His work has taught me a lot about color, form, and the power of repetition, in addition to where true passion and persistence can lead you to.
The distraction you want to eliminate: Binging Netflix.
Concrete or marble? Concrete.
High-rise or townhouse? High high-rise.
Remember or forget? Forget.
Aliens or ghosts? Aliens.
Dark or light? Dark.
