Marianne Kooimans & Steve Wood
about Steve Wood Born in Moscow USA. If you ask him, he’ll tell you he’s a poet, and an artist, Steve exhibits his paintings in the Netherlands, Russia and the USA, and is represented in major corporate and individual collections. He designs and fabricates jewelry, is a regular participant in online blogs, and leads the production and management of textile development for Dosa, Ki Design, Miss O and Koko. He will also tell you that his daughter Oona is a primary consultant in all of his creative undertakings.
about Marianne Kooimans Born in Delft, the Netherlands, She studied landscape architecture at the University of Wageningen, then graduated from the Art Academy of Rotterdam in fashion and monumental design. She developed costumes with MacArthur grant recipi- ent Trimpin for his stage productions Drama Ohno and Singing Textiles. She’s designed costumes for The Paula Abdul World Tour, and was a finalist in the 4th international textile competition as well as a featured fashion stylist for Celestine Agency, among others. Marianne’s work is found in a number of books and catalogues including Metropolitan Living and Techno Textiles (by Sarah E. Braddock and Marie O’Mahony). She has developed textiles over a number of years for Dosa, Ki Design, Miss O and Koko. In addition to having her own personal label clothing collection and private clients, she also enjoys dressing and discussing fashion with her daugher, Oona. styles and techniques