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Kim Parker is an internationally acclaimed artist, award-winning textile designer and author. In 2001 she launched her own label, Kim Parker Home ® which features her signature floral style on a range of lifestyle products such as designer rugs, dinnerware, giftware, bedding, bath, fabrics, decorative pillows, stationery and wall art. Her work spans several diverse industries: art, design, fashion, interiors, hospitality and publishing.
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Limited publishes Kim Parker's bestselling wall art collection. Since 2001, her fine art reproductions have been sold in many of the top retailers throughout the world. The artist has also collaborated
with Hallmark UK, Graphique de France and Galison for several calendar and stationery collections. In 2005 her first children's book, "Counting in the Garden," was published by Scholastic. The book received rave reviews and endorsements from PBS.ORG and The New York Times.
In April 2004, Kim Parker Home ® bedding
and bath collections launched from Bloomingdale's and
became an instant bestseller. Her two bedding collections "India Dreams" and "Woodland Floral" were featured in the "The New American Spirit" spring campaign, and became the first designer label bedding ensembles to achieve bestseller status at the renowned New York retailer.
From 2004-2010, Kim Parker's bestselling designer rug collection was sold worldwide by The Rug Company. Her exuberant floral design "Mums and Asters" became an international bestseller and won three prestigious British awards for "Best in Flooring Design": The ELLE Decoration Award; The D&D Award (Design & Decoration); and The Observer Magazine Award. In 2007, Kim Parker's iconic design, "Mums and Asters", was named "One of the 50 Most Desirable Objects of British Design" by Architectural Digest. As of 2010, Kim Parker is no longer collaborating with The Rug Company and has launched her own collection of rugs under her own label.
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| In April 2007, Kim Parker Home ® by Spode tableware and giftware launched at the annual Macy's Flower Show at Herald Square in New York City. Kim Parker Home ® tableware was also sold at Harrods, Dillard's, BBB, Amazon.com, Belk, QVC and Michael C. Fina. |
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In May 2008, Kim Parker Home: A Life in Design was published by Harry N. Abrams Books. This visually
stunning new design book /memoir was recommended
by The TIMES of London, THE U.K. PRESS ASSOCIATION, VANITY FAIR, IMAGE INTERIORS & LIVING ETC.
Kim Parker's work has appeared in the following Films and Television Shows:
"Sex and the City" ; "Knocked-Up"; "The Office" (NBC); "Bored to Death" (HBO); "Dexter" (SHO); "Desperate Housewives" (ABC); "LOST" (ABC)"Army Wives" (Oxygen); "Wheel of Fortune" (ABC); "Days of Our Lives" (CBS), "The Middle" (ABC) and "The Closer" (WOR).
Her work has also appeared in the following publications:
VOGUE (UK), HOUSE & GARDEN (UK), ELLE DECORATION
(UK), VOGUE LIVING (Australia), THE WORLD of INTERIORS, BRITISH
HOMES & GARDENS, THE TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE
OBSERVER, THE INDEPENDENT, IMAGE INTERIORS (IRELAND) , YOU (UK), THE U.K. PRESS ASSOCIATION, LIVING ETC (UK), THE IRISH NEWS, THE BIRMINGHAM
MAIL, THE STAR-TELEGRAM, The NEW YORK TIMES, COUNTRY LIVING, GRAZIA (Italy), CASE da ABITARE (Italy), INTERIOR DESIGN, HOSPITALITY STYLE, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST (Germany &
France), SCHONER WOHNEN (Germany), NUEVO ESTILO (Spain), ELLE, WWD, ELLE DECOR, VERANDA, METROPOLITAN HOME, MARTHA STEWART
WEDDINGS, SOUTHERN ACCENTS, HAMPTONS, OPRAH, TRADITIONAL
HOME, BAZAAR, METROPOLIS, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL,
WESTERN INTERIORS & DESIGN, SHOP Etc, LAS VEGAS LIFE &
DESIGN, CALIFORNIA STYLE, The WASHINGTON POST, The LOS ANGELES
TIMES, NEWSDAY, NY POST PAGE SIX MAGAZINE, REAL SIMPLE, TABLEWARE TODAY, PALM BEACH, TAMPA BAY, NAPLES, COSMOPOLITAN BRIDE (China) and TRENDSHOME (China).
Kim Parker made her television debut in August 2004,
as a featured designer on the FINE LIVING hit
lifestyles series: Sheila Bridges Designer Living. The
segment: Design Feature (Episode 309), focuses on Kim Parker's
life in design. The segment has been broadcast throughout the
2004-2008 seasons. MORE
Her work was also featured on the NBC TODAY
SHOW in June of 2004; and on the 2005 ELLE DECO
International Design Awards, which was broadcast on the Discovery Home Channel.
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Artist, textile designer and now home-style guru Kim Parker reveals
her extraordinary personal style and design process and shows how
anyone can create their own ‘interior garden.’ Parker
combines her own fantastic floral patterns with funky flea market
finds, fashionable antiques and starkly modern pieces to show that
any style can be brightened with bold floral prints.
Kim
Parker Home
chronicles the author's challenging rise to the top of the design
world with a hopeful story of her hard work and determination. The
book captures breathtaking shots of Kim's varied collections of
dinnerware, giftware, designer rugs, bedding, fabrics, decorative
pillows, stationery and wall art, amid lushly colourful interiors,
as well as photographs of inspirational objects in nature. This
interiors / lifestyle book is in the tradition of STC's successful
An Affair with a House, this time with an urban contemporary point
of view.
A
wonderful sourcebook for anyone with an eye for mixing vintage and
contemporary, Kim Parker Home is also a revealing window
on how to make the most of your own creativity and vision.
Harry N. Abrams
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Bring flower power to your home
Flirty, fabulous colour is a signature style of Kim Parker
and her home is an inspiration for those tired of bland, boring
rooms. She reveals her creative tips.
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"Her
new design book is as inspiring and gloriously flower-filled
as her collections of designer
rugs, bedding, bath, tableware and paintings. If you have a passion for vibrant
colour, bold floral prints and for unconventional
blends of contemporary touches with vintage style, Kim Parker Home will
bring more beauty to your life and your home."
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