Daub + Design is a Vancouver based textile design studio, focusing on hand-dyed, locally produced garments. All items are unique as a limited amount of fabric is dyed and each garment is constructed individually. “Daub” is defined as the act of applying coloring material crudely to a surface. We create fabrics which have an organic element to the structure of their design through various methods of surface design.

Principal Designer, Lexi Soukoreff, has recognized the severe havoc that the dye process can have on the environment. In many developing countries, standards are lacking concerning the use of toxic chemicals in dye baths as well as in the garment’s finishing processes. Large amounts of water is used to rinse the dye from the fibre and it is often flushed directly into the rivers and water systems untreated.

At Daub + Design, we choose dyes that do not require heavy chemicals as fixatives and limit the amount of dye used in each bath. “Exhausting” the dye bath is one of our principal practices. This means that there is very little dye left in the bath at disposal time and that the fibre is carrying nearly all of the dye. This is important to our process at Daub + Design because this ensures that less water is used in the rinsing process and far less dye goes back into the water system.

Whenever possible, we try to use natural, organic fibres for our designs. This season’s accessories focus on lightweight organic cotton and hemp scarves.