Emma Harling (b.1989 in Göteborg, Sweden) is a creative director and designer who works with textile, surface, product and color design.
Initially trained as a printmaker, she holds a BA in Art History with a minor in Textile Technology from Uppsala University. She has spent over a decade creating concepts, artwork and color palettes for New York's high end fashion and home industries.
Emma is known for her distinctive patterns, sense for quality and intuitive exploration of color. She collages references from art history with her own everyday observations and utilizes manual artwork creation techniques in order to create artistic designs of functionality and meaning. Her main interest centers around everyday applications of art and ornament.
Emma Harling Studio creates an ever evolving offering of objects, rooted in craftsmanship, experimentation and collaboration.
Please get in touch if you would like to say hello or inquire about a project.
Portrait by Anvi Agarwal.
SELECTED PRESS
Financial Times - How To Spend It: Nine blankets too stylish to leave on the sofa
Bellevue NZZ - Bunte Decken bringen Farbe und Wärme ins Wohnzimmer
Business of Home - Product Preview
Remodelista - Current Obsessions: Slow Pursuits
Pale Blue Magazine - Designing Sound with Waves and Frequencies
Trendenser - Inredningsnhyheter v.31
Pale Blue Magazine - Emma Harling
Air Mail - Gifts for the Homebody
Textile Society of America - Member Monday with Emma Harling
SHOWROOMS AND RETAILERS
USA
64 Broadway
Tivoli, New York 12583
MASS MoCA Research & Development Store
1040 MASS MoCA Way
North Adams, MA 01247
383 Broadway
New York, NY 10013
Online
Online
LIC, New York 11101
SELECTED SHOWS
Emma Harling Studio Shop at Templet, Göteborg, Sweden, 2025
Mönster!, Björholmens Marina, Tjörn, Sweden, 2025
Tangent, Long Island City, NY, 2025
Tiled, IC Store by WantedDesign, Brooklyn, NY, 2022
POP-UP, Kingston, NY, 2022
Gimme shelter, Averill Park, NY, 2016
TEACHING, GUEST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Pattern workshop, Fashion Illustration and Beyond, School of Visual Arts, NYC, 2025 and 2024
Pattern workshop, Materiality of Fashion, Parsons School of Design, NYC, 2024 and 2023
Pattern workshop, History of Textiles: The Modern Era, NYU Steinhardt, NYC, 2024 and 2023
Atelier externship, MFA Textiles, Parsons School of Design, NYC, 2022 and 2023
Pattern workshop, Arts & Crafts, Schillerska Gymnasiet, Gothenburg, 2017
Guest critic, Materiality, Parsons School of Design, NYC, 2016
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
The Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, 2017
Institut Suédois, Paris, France, 2017
Arts, Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY, 2016
SWEA Foundation Grant, NY, 2015