Beauty everyday.

Modernplum is the textile studio of Allison Warren, an American artist, designer, educator, and creative director. As a fourth-generation Los Angeles native, Allison's aesthetic approach is fully connected to the simple forms and a relaxed lifestyle immersed in sunshine, water, and mountain landscape of California. As an interior designer's daughter, Allison lived with textile and paint swatches, and a focus on home life throughout childhood.

Allison received an MFA in Painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art which focused on the layering of color and texture on raw canvas and linen, with a minor in Fiber. She has exhibited her work at venues like the Banff Centre (Ontario, Canada) and The Drawing Center (New York). 

As faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Allison has developed original coursework in sustainable textile production, and fiber-based design entrepreneurship. Prior, Allison managed teams to deliver the architecture foundations design program at the University of Illinois. 

In 2014, Allison outfitted her home - a midcentury modern glasshouse - with sustainably-made textiles. Color, texture, and pattern of natural materials, and handcraft construction details like piecing, dyeing, edging, and color-blocking.

Modernplum sews locally in Chicago by artisans from start to finish. 

Moderplum has been featured in Remodelista, House and Home, House Beautiful, House & Garden UK, CS Modern, and others. The studio appears in House & Garden's "The List" of resources for the trade.