zita katona - modern interior textile design

hello, it’s @zitozza here with @teagreenevents on the #teagreentakeover today. my name is zita and i'm a textile designer making architecturally inspired prints for interiors, mostly on rugs, fabrics and accessories. i was born in hungary so i have a very traditionally continental design education (with all the bauhaus worship and all) and even though i'm now based in fife, i still view everything through that modernist angle. i grew up liking a lot of the socialist modernist buildings i used to be surrounded by (yellow safety glass balconies, perfectly repeating windows) and somehow i ended up turning that into architectural textiles. i work from a small studio where i translate buildings into patterns using precision-cut, modular printing blocks - to create abstract patterns for all sorts of interior textiles. everything is hand-printed, heat-set, and designed with the same logic you’d find in architecture: proportion, rhythm, material honesty. today i’ll show you how the system works, what i (and you!) can make from it, and why geometry and texture is so important to my work. thanks for being here - more soon! #teagreentakeover #teagreeninthemaking #architecturaltextiles #textiledesign hometextiles interiors blockprinted printdesign scotland

hello again, it’s @zitozza on the #teagreentakeover by @teagreenevents here’s the “what” and the “how”: every zitozza pattern begins with a modular block. all the blocks are the same size, CAD-designed and precision-cut so they combine, rotate and repeat without friction. it’s basically architectural thinking turned into a printing system, or, as i often call it, "2d lego". each piece is printed by hand: the small variations are what make the surface alive - and then heat-set to make the colours permanent. the system is flexible enough that a single block can become dozens of different patterns, depending on rotation, rhythm or scale. aside of a new collection, i'm currently working on a super exciting digital tool to make bespoke pattern planning quick and easy (if you want to be an early beta tester, you can sign up to my newsletter!) this modularity is why i can create custom rugs, lampshades or cushions that still feel consistent, structured, and architectural, and it's why my motto is: construct / play / decorate. more soon - next up is the “why”. #teagreentakeover #teagreeninthemaking #textiledesign #interiortextiles

hello again, it’s @zitozza for the last part of the #teagreentakeover: the “why”! i’ve always believed that inspiration doesn’t come from ideal worlds, but from the one we already live in. the overlooked buildings that already surround us, even the brutalist "eyesores" and the industrial corners that "scar" the landscape but accidentally line up into perfect geometry - that’s always where i start. my patterns aren’t about escapism or nostalgia. they’re about paying attention to and embracing the present. the architecture around us already has rhythm, proportion and texture; i translate that into textiles that feel abstract and freeing rather than having many heavy meanings. hand-printing adds the human layer: small shifts, marks, impressions that belong to the moment they were made. the result is architectural textiles for real, lived-in interiors, pieces designed to work with the materials and spaces we actually inhabit. i hope that it's a closing thought you can take further - i enjoy sprinkling some curiosity around! i also blog about design and architecture a lot and online you can explore the whole range of prints including bespoke projects and commissions - my website is on the link in bio. if you want to shop in person, you can find me this weekend from friday 28th to sunday 30th november at the @vadundee with another fabulously curated market! open 10am - 5pm on all three days!  thanks for following along today. and thank you to @teagreenevents & @teagreen.marketplace for the invitation.

sunday in the house 📸 i haven't disappeared. i have actually just forgotten to post! the studio has been quietly busy behind the scenes. this year, i’m intentionally moving zitozza toward a slower, project-based model. the focus is shifting towards bespoke commissions like this large, custom-made lampshade recently installed on-site to this glasgow bedroom. a new lookbook is coming later this year, but i am also hoping not to design entirely alone. the future of the grid is collaborative! have you tried my digital pattern tool yet? you can prototype your own logic at zitozza.com. next stop: a flash visit of clerkenwell design week on tuesday to gather research, find the next hot designers and test new concepts. watch this space! #zitozza #colourfulinteriors #interiortextiles #lampshade #bespokeinteriors

a high-contrast study in SEMAFORO. ​we often think of the grid as a static square, but a zigzag is just a shift in the frequency of the line. it's an architectural pulse. ​printing this bespoke commission bur also for the summer market season. we’re moving toward a more bespoke model where the pattern is fixed, but the application is yours. ​find the zitozza system at summer markets soon! ​#zitozza #systemicdesign #architecturaltextiles #blockprinting #bespokeinteriors

sunday inspiration 🇵🇹 love a bit of rem koolhaas!spending time at casa da música is a reminder that a system only works if you commit to the logic. it is a concert hall that is also a fully functional geometric argument. i'm currently documenting the entire system and all details of it, even how the rhythmic tiling in the VIP rooms and the corrugated glass facades translate into my own grid logic at zitozza. full site log is being formed, needless to say there's that to come. for now, we observe the concrete. have a curious sunday. #zitozza #casadamusica #remkoolhaas #portoportugal🇵🇹 #architecturalinspiration

tomorrow! 🖼️ no. 04. is landing and if you’re here for the logic behind the textile, you should be on the list. once a month, i send out the zitozza studio update. it’s where i document the architectural site visits that inspire our sets, release new work before it hits the shop, and list the exact dates you can find us in person. this month's is going out tomorrow with a negative space print of PANEL - get the blueprint at the link in bio. #zitozza #studioupdate #designdocumentary #interiordesignspec #designinspo

sunday inspiration 🇭🇺 and inspired we are, alright! observing the rhythm of hungária krt 119 from a moving car. this brutalist landmark is the courthouse building of pest county in budapest and it is one of my favourite buildings in the city even though i've yet to get out of the car to get around properly. it is a great example of the order and the human geometry we often discuss, heavy, permanent, and unapologetically systemic. and it is a landmark of justice, which is the perfect fit. i'm posting this because there is a specific energy in hungary right now. a feeling that the country is looking at its existing structures and deciding how to construct a new era. in design, as in life, we are never stuck with the old pattern. we have the blocks. we have the grid. we just need the agency to rearrange them. constructing new logic from old foundations! have an inspired, curious sunday! #zitozza #budapestarchitecture #hungáriakörút #brutalism #systemicdesign #newera #gridlogic #de-emotionalist

play 🧩 bespoke design shouldn't be a guessing game. we’ve digitized our entire library of precision-cut blocks so you can prototype in real-time. build the grid. download the PNG for your render. we’ll print the reality. #modularsystems #designtools #interiordesignuk #bespoketextiles #zitozza

sunday inspiration 📸 found logic. sunday morning observations at the local beach: zig-zag shadows through the fence. i’ve always been drawn to how light can turn a functional boundary into a rhythmic, temporary architecture. it’s the same energy I’m currently bringing into the studio with these new black and white prints. production is moving at its own pace while life and the studio is busy with various commitments and projects, but the new series is (slowly) resolving itself. have a curious sunday. #sundayinspiration #shadows #blockprinting #designinspo #textiledesign

design is a system. our online pattern tool is a digital sandbox for building bespoke textiles. explore and use our tilesets to assemble your own rhythmic repeats and create a structural grid for your interior. play with the digital logic, then we’ll handle the analog labour. link in bio to start building. #textiledesign #pattern #blockprinted #zitozza #architecturaltextiles

sunday inspiration 🔍 the ultra-close-up look on textures is sometimes my favourite thing. can you drape concrete? can you cast linen? i love a bit of material conversation between the different finishes. that's it, that's the post! have a curious weekend. #materialconversations #blockprinted #textiledesign #architecture #architecturalinspiration