‘Flat pattern and how it is applied to three-dimensional form fascinates me. I seek to create designs with a symmetry and flow that can be likened to the geometric constructions
occurring within nature. I like the way nature organizes its leaves, petals and stamens.’
Neisha Crosland initially studied graphic design at Camberwell School of Art. She fell in love with bold, modern looking 16th Century Ottoman Empire textiles, and she transferred to the textile course. Her 1986 post-graduate   show at the Royal College of Art was applauded, and went on to form a collection for Osborne & Little.The desire to develop her own designs into finished products prompted Neisha to launch her own-label textiles andaccessories in 1994.  
 

‘I believe that decoration should have
an emotional appeal.’
Neisha Crosland has been awarded numerous design awards including the honorary title of RDI, and her work has been collected by the V&A.She has been external examiner for the RCA sat on the
panel for the RSA bursary design
awards.		    
   

‘I adore 18th- century brocaded “bizarre” fabrics, the canvases of the Russian Constructivists, 1920s geometric textiles, prints by Barron & Larcher and Enid Marx, Karl Blossfeldt’s analysis of plant forms and Georgis O’Keefe’s oversize floral paintings. Yet whilst many of my sources are historical, my vision is entirely contemporary.’
Vibrant combinations of colour, dynamic, often oversized graphic designs, and an abundance of style, have become inextricably entwined with the name of Neisha Crosland. Translated into wallpapers and fabricsfor the interior,   on rugs for the Rug Company, as tiles for Alvaro de Ferranti, and collections for Hankyu Department Store of fashion accessories, and table ware, the designer’s aesthetic embraces refined purism, exuberant decoration and playful quirky design.   A superb colourist, Neisha Crosland adores the various moods and impacts that different juxtapositions and colourations can create on different materials and products.  
 

‘‘I want to create and control every stage of the design process, from the initial design on paper through to the fabric and ultimately the finished product.’