Designed by Mira Eng-Goetz, Kudzu is a playful pattern that asks us to question our popular imagination. As a mixed-race Asian American, Mira’s childhood in the South was often filled with hidden meanings, including the mythology of kudzu: an invasive climbing vine from Asia that blankets neglected landscapes in the Southeast. Ask any Southerner about kudzu and they’ll have stories about entire homes swallowed in a dense thicket of foliage. It wasn’t until adulthood that Mira began asking herself—how did kudzu arrive on this continent?  Kudzu was called “the miracle vine” when it was introduced during the Great Depression to tackle soil erosion. Today kudzu covers only a tiny fraction of the South’s forestland, which means our perception of kudzu as a ravenous plant is wildly distorted. How could this be? Is there another story to uncover if we look a little deeper?

SPECIFICATIONS

Roll dimensions: 20.5” wide x 33’ long

Total area per roll: 56.29 square feet

Repeat size: 35.2” vertical

Pattern match: half drop

Screen printed in the UK 

FSC certified eco non-woven

Class A fire rating

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