The Colorfield is an established print design studio founded in New York in 1994 by Adam Read, with a London studio added in 2005 employing a team of 15 print designers. The studio has built a reputation over more than 20 years serving an international client base spanning contemporary labels, major retailers, and emerging designers.








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The Colorfield is an established print design studio founded in New York in 1994 by Adam Read, with a London studio added in 2005 employing a team of 15 print designers. The studio has built a reputation over more than 20 years serving an international client base spanning contemporary labels, major retailers, and emerging designers.
Broad, multi-genre print focus rather than a narrow niche: florals (ditsy, watercolor, botanical/tropical), abstract and tie-dye-style prints, geometric linear and chevron motifs, and paisley - consistent with a full-range fashion print studio.
Selected pattern work spans a wide stylistic range rather than a single signature look: ditsy floral repeats, painterly watercolor florals, dense botanical and tropical florals in saturated jewel tones, graphic art-deco-style linear leaf and fan motifs, abstract tie-dye/camouflage-style blends, and geometric chevron and dot-based prints. Colour is treated as the unifying device across these varied motifs, consistent with the studio's stated practice of defining a directional colour palette each season.
Fashion print design, serving clients across contemporary, mass-market retail, and emerging-designer tiers (unverified specific market segments beyond fashion).
Selected patterns include both painterly, hand-rendered florals and precise graphic linework (e.g. stitched-line leaf and chevron motifs), indicating the studio works across both painted and vector-based repeat styles (specific software unverified).
Positioned as a longstanding, internationally-facing print studio serving contemporary labels, major retailers, and emerging designers. No specific named clients are documented in the available source material.
Founded in New York in 1994 by Adam Read. A London studio was added in 2005, staffed by a team of 15 print designers (unverified whether team size reflects current headcount).













The Colorfield is an established print design studio founded in New York in 1994 by Adam Read, with a London studio added in 2005 employing a team of 15 print designers.
Pattern Focus Broad, multi-genre print focus rather than a narrow niche: florals (ditsy, watercolor, botanical/tropical), abstract and tie-dye-style prints, geometric linear and chevron motifs, and paisley - consistent with a full-range fashion print studio.
Markets and Specialties Fashion print design, serving clients across contemporary, mass-market retail, and emerging-designer tiers (unverified specific market segments beyond fashion) .
g. stitched-line leaf and chevron motifs), indicating the studio works across both painted and vector-based repeat styles (specific software unverified) .
Clients and Commercial Positioning Positioned as a longstanding, internationally-facing print studio serving contemporary labels, major retailers, and emerging designers. No specific named clients are documented in the available source material.
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Studio Background Founded in New York in 1994 by Adam Read. A London studio was added in 2005, staffed by a team of 15 print designers (unverified whether team size reflects current headcount) .
The Colorfield is a Textile Design Studio. Browse their portfolio and contact them for projects.