Modern Plaid: Blankets and Pillows by Scholten & Baijings

We first became enamored with the textiles from Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings when we spied them at The Gift Fair. Combining bold color and a soft, light blend of merino wool and cotton these plaid blankets and pillows are part of Scholten & Baijings' collaboration with distributor Thomas Eyck...

Check out the fullcollection of products by Scholten & Baijings for Thomas Eyck. Via: designsponge.

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Aaron--

Hate to be the one to tell you...
...but "Modern" or not, this isn't plaid -
- these are stripes.

(And Yes, they're rather pretty.)

posted by bepsf on September 16th 2008 at 12:26pm
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they are lovely, but most definitely not plaid.

posted by twenty twenty-one on September 16th 2008 at 12:44pm
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bepsf and twenty twenty-one, as weird as it seems, Scholten & Baijings actually refers to them as colour plaids. Just click on their website link and you will see.
They are nice. Any mention of price??

posted by hessilou on September 16th 2008 at 12:59pm
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Plaid (pronounced /Ëplad/) is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen cloth.
Plaid is also American English for tartan.
Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours.
who knew? thank you wikipedias. and AT.

posted by kiljoywashere on September 16th 2008 at 1:10pm
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So these are striped plaids.

Hmm. But they are pretty.

posted by Cassis on September 16th 2008 at 1:16pm
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Tartan can be turned sideways and the pattern will remain the same. On the other hand, plaid cannot. I still fail to see the direct connection to plaid as a pattern.

posted by jick on September 16th 2008 at 1:24pm
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the way some of the colors subtly go from dark to bright and vice versa is so pretty!

posted by *heather leaf* on September 16th 2008 at 1:36pm
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They seem to be modern reinterpretations of the traditional blankets sold throughout Latin America. Nice.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1107/1330360495_589f5dba26.jpg

posted by bryan.nyc on September 16th 2008 at 3:47pm
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In Europe this type of blanket is referred to as a "plaid" (even here in France). So "plaid" is not referring to the pattern of the object, but the object itself. Hope that clears the confusion up a bit.

LOVE these!

posted by Hannala on September 16th 2008 at 11:17pm
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Not a fan. Sorry guys. Color combinations aren't doing it for me. Cheap look.

posted by BillyRes on September 17th 2008 at 2:28am
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Very Missoni.... Love!

posted by minty on September 17th 2008 at 7:10am
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Anyone know where to buy in the states? The pillows are available at Rose & Radish, but they don't carry the blanket - I would pay anything for the blanket!!!

posted by 30katie on January 1st 2009 at 6:16pm
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prices for the blankets are posted in euros on thomas eyck's site
http://www.thomaseyck.com/site.php?en,8,4

posted by vhsdr on January 1st 2009 at 8:12pm
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