Patti Carpenter
Patti Yvonne Carpenter is an African American Entrepreneur, Trend Forecaster, award-winning Creative Director, and Micro-Enterprise Specialist with U.S. presidential recognition[1][2] for domestic and international expertise in artisan development, small producer and entrepreneur training, and economic development. Recognized as an international expert in color and trend forecasting,[3] Carpenter is a consultant with Pantone[4][5] and is The Global Design Trend Specialist for the AmericasMart in Atlanta[6][7] and The Global Trend Ambassador for Maison et Objet in America and Paris.[8][9] Her eponymous home textiles brand, Carpenter + Company, is sold internationally.
Personal History
Fashion and housewares designer Patti Yvonne Carpenter was born on May 2, 1955 in Washington, D.C. to Vivian and Horace Carpenter. She graduated with honors from McKinley Technical Senior High School in 1973. She then continued her education at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, receiving her B.A. degree in fashion design and fashion illustration in 1975 and 1976, respectively.[10] Carpenter currently lives in New York City.
Design Work
Carpenter went on to work in the fashion industry, with Scott Barrie, Bill Blass, Oscar De La Renta, Gloria Vanderbilt, Adrienne Vittadini, Cynthia Rowley, Peter Max, The Limited Corporation, Timberland, and Ralph Lauren.
Carpenter became disillusioned with the garment industry after twenty-five years, and turned her interests to home furnishings. She founded Continuum Home, Inc. in 2000 and Carpenter + Company in 2006, which specialized in home décor, personal accessories and gifts, and produced a branded collection of textiles to offer private label development worldwide with a focus on cultural/artisan sustainability and fair wages. As a design, color and trend consultant and merchandiser, Carpenter works with clients such as the Worth Collection, the Exploris Museum, and Agexpront of Guatemala country originals.
Carpenter has designed, sourced, created and licensed private label collections for brands including Bloomingdale's, The Phillips Collection, Sferra, Neiman Marcus, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan Urban Zen, Crate & Barrel, ABC Carpet and Home, and JC Penney. She has traveled and worked in fifty-six countries and has spoken and written on color, trend and design around the globe.[11]
Artisan Work
At age 45 Patti Carpenter took a life-changing project with Aid to Artisans Archived 2009-05-20 at the Portuguese Web Archive that took her to Mali, West Africa. The project inspired her to begin working with South American artisans in Bolivia[12], Guatemala[13], Nicaragua, and Honduras[14] as well as Africa.
Working with the International Executive Service Corps and Aid for Artisans,[15] and The Africa Craft Trust,[16] Carpenter works extensively with artisans in emerging markets to design products that can be produced using indigenous forms and methods, and then sold across broader markets including home design, to well-known American retailers such as Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, and Crate & Barrel.
Carpenter's work has been featured in Metropolitan Home, O, The Oprah Magazine,[17] Essence, Anthology, Lucky, Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple, and Elle Décor Magazine, as well as in catalogues including Gumps, Sundance, Dean & Deluca, Viva Terra, Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales.[18]
Awards
- Patti Carpenter was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award from George Bush in both 2005 and 2006 and from Barack Obama in 2012[19].
- Carpenter is recognized as a "Stylemaker" in The HistoryMakers, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution founded in 1999, committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized, archival collection of thousands of African-American video oral histories, which was donated to the Library of Congress on June 24, 2014.[20]
- Carpenter has also been a recipient of the Caribbean Design Award
Boards & Associations
- SERRV International, Board of Directors
- The High School of Fashion Industries, Advisory Board Member
- Maison & Objet, Global Trend Ambassador[21]
- Pantone Color Institute, Global Color and Trend Consultant
- American University of Paris, Guest lecturer
- Fashion Institute of Technology, Guest Lecturer
- Parsons School of Design, Guest Lecturer
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guest Lecturer
- Design & Decorator (D&D) building in NYC, Guest lecturer
- The Las Vegas Market, Guest lecturer
- The High Point Market, NC, Guest lecturer
- ICON AWARDS at The AmericasMart, Atlanta, Judge
- ARTS Awards at Dallas Market Center (The Accessories Resource Team, a National industry trade organization), Judge
- The Interior Design Society, Judge, Guest speaker
- International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA), Guest speaker
References
- ↑ Patti Carpenter Interview, Million Dollar Decorating]
- ↑ Patti Carpenter Biography, The History Makers
- ↑ Kannoa & Maison et Objet Event feat. Patti Carpenter
- ↑ Patti Carpenter, Presenter, National Candle Association 2017
- ↑ "Interior Design Tips Using Pantone’s Color Of The Year" DMCI Communities
- ↑ Patti Carpenter, Expert Speaker at AmericasMart Live Debut, July 2017
- ↑ Patti Carpenter interviewing Tamyra Bryant for AmericasMart
- ↑ Patti Carpenter at Maison et Objet, Paris, 2017
- ↑ "Paris Trend Sighting: Birds and Butterflies", HFN
- ↑ Business Makers, Patti Carpenter, The History Makers
- ↑ "Patti Carpenter Talks Color and its Importance in the Home", Home Furnishings News
- ↑ Patti Carpenter, Bolivia, Virtuarte
- ↑ "The Heart Of The Mayan World By Patti Carpenter" Life-Styled.net August 12, 2016
- ↑ "Patti Carpenter Brings Artisanal Weavings to a Broader Audience" Aspire Design & Home, June 9, 2015
- ↑ "Patti Carpenter, Entrepreneur and ACDI/VOCA Volunteer, on the Value of Women in Cooperatives", Stories.coop
- ↑ Jody Turner (2018). "Patti Carpenter, Global Trends Ambassador, Brings Indigenous Crafts Forward". Impactmania. Interview with Patti
- ↑ Aimee Lee Ball (December 2009), Oprah.com "Women Who Create Gifts That Give Back", O, The Oprah Magazine
- ↑ Design Life Network Episode 022: Patti Carpenter[dead link]
- ↑ Patti Carpenter, The History Makers
- ↑ "Library of Congress acquires black oral histories", USA Today, June 24, 2014
- ↑ "Patti Carpenter" by Holly Speck, Go Design Go, presenting at Maison & Objet 2018, Video
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