Margot Warre is a Sydney-based textile designer and artist who founded Margot Design studio in 2016. With over 20 years of experience, her practice spans painting, drawing, printing, textiles, and embroidery, with a focus on place-led storytelling and ethical production.
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Margot Warre is a Sydney-based textile designer and artist who founded Margot Design studio in 2016. With over 20 years of experience, her practice spans painting, drawing, printing, textiles, and embroidery, with a focus on place-led storytelling and ethical production. The studio is accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA®) and works with brands, cultural institutions, and creatives from concept through to production, with manufacturing partners in Australia and Portugal.
Warre's design language is grounded in specific places and cultural narratives: Art Deco Sydney architecture, Indigenous Australian country, Portuguese azulejo tiles, and ocean environments. Selected Instagram pattern images suggest richly coloured, painterly surface designs with strong cultural referencing and bold, saturated palettes. Her work is described as "fuelled by personal expression and curiosity of place, paired with a bold and brave use of colour."
Painting, drawing, and hand-printing are the primary creative methods. Production is digitally printed with ISO 14001-certified environmental partners in Portugal. Embroidery using traditional stitches (including the Arraiolos stitch) is employed for art works and residency pieces. Manufacturing is handled with trusted partners in Australia and Portugal.
Premium silk twill scarves, 100% Extra-Fine Merino wool throws (produced by Melbourne-based Knovus), home textiles, fabric by the metre (cotton and linen), and bespoke embroidery. Documented placements include the Sydney Opera House, and coverage in Australian Financial Review, House & Garden, and Galah magazine. Sold to collectors internationally.
Extensive career working with large Australian and international textile houses before founding Margot Design in 2016. Completed artist-in-residency at Córtex Frontal, Arraiolos, Portugal. Intentionally pivoted to telling Australian stories through textiles after significant international travel and design experience.
Place-led collections with cultural and narrative specificity. Named collections include O meu verão (Portuguese summer, azulejo blues on silk twill), Mélange (Art Deco Sydney), Belong (Australian landscape, merino wool), Treasures (Far North Queensland, Kuku Yalanji country). The portfolio features painterly, decorative compositions with distinctive location-drawn colour palettes.
Margot Warre is a Sydney-based textile designer and artist who founded Margot Design studio in 2016. With over 20 years of experience, her practice spans painting, drawing, printing, textiles, and embroidery, with a focus on place-led storytelling and ethical production.
Style and Aesthetic Warre's design language is grounded in specific places and cultural narratives: Art Deco Sydney architecture, Indigenous Australian country, Portuguese azulejo tiles, and ocean environments.
Pattern Focus Place-led collections with cultural and narrative specificity. Named collections include O meu verão (Portuguese summer, azulejo blues on silk twill), Mélange (Art Deco Sydney), Belong (Australian landscape, merino wool), Treasures (Far North Queensland, Kuku Yalanji country).
Markets and Clients Premium silk twill scarves, 100% Extra-Fine Merino wool throws (produced by Melbourne-based Knovus), home textiles, fabric by the metre (cotton and linen), and bespoke embroidery.
Techniques and Tools Painting, drawing, and hand-printing are the primary creative methods. Production is digitally printed with ISO 14001-certified environmental partners in Portugal. Embroidery using traditional stitches (including the Arraiolos stitch) is employed for art works and residency pieces.
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Career Path Extensive career working with large Australian and international textile houses before founding Margot Design in 2016. Completed artist-in-residency at Córtex Frontal, Arraiolos, Portugal.
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