Concept
A year ago, I prepared a commemorative poster dedicated to Wassily Kandinsky as part of the Poster Lab assignment. This piece was significant for me because it demonstrates the successful use of the Gradient Mesh tool, which was new to me. I also became curious about how this gradient poster would translate into a Jacquard tapestry format: would the color range and layering be preserved, or would we arrive at something different—something more intriguing?
Initially, the poster was based on Kandinsky’s painting, «Black Lines,» which clearly divides the composition into two planes—a background with gradients and a foreground with thin black lines. We also faced the challenge of reinterpreting the artist’s technique and approach, asking: if Kandinsky were alive today and worked as a designer, what tools would he use? I settled on a gradient grid, as I believe it would best suit the artist, given his passion for conveying emotion through color and patches.
I chose the 204 × 146 cm format so the tapestry still resembles a poster.
Visualization
The tapestry visualization was generated by the AI model Nano Banana.
