
DAVID SETLOW DESIGNS
CARPET DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION

I'm an experienced Freelance Carpet Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the interior design industry for 43 years . As a former Art Director & Lead Designer for Stark Carpet, one of most prestigious carpet firms in New York, and Adjunct Professor of carpet design at FIT in New York, I am skilled in designing Hand Knotted rugs, Hand tufted, Flat weave, Printed, Wilton & Axminster, Aubusson & Savonnerie rugs. I am proficient in Kaledo & U4ia software, Adobe Photoshop, Space Planning, Graphics, and Ned Graphics. As a graduate of School of Visual Arts & the High School of Art & Design, I have a strong arts and design professional background and also a painter & illustrator working in oil, acrylic and watercolor.
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Scaled carpet renderings of both area rugs and broadloom carpet
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Check paper renderings for Wilton and Axminster
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Recolors of renderings
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Insertion of designs onto floorplans
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Creation of mill plans for production of Wilton and Axminster carpets
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Virtual samples - carpet textures added to flat art
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Texture mapping of designs into room settings
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Consultation on projects about color and design