This is Monocle on Design Extra.
It's a short show to accompany our weekly program where we discuss everything from architecture and craft to furniture and graphic design.
I'm Mailie Evans.
The value of a bold,
consistent and signature style is being celebrated at the National Design and Craft Gallery in Kilkenny City.
Ire Orla A Life in Pattern is the current exhibition highlighting the impact of the Irish creative.
Over the years,
Orla's plant based patterns and simplified organic shapes have proved immensely popular.
They have adorned numerous homeware items, garments and even vehicles.
From Citroen cars to reusable water bottles, handbags to dresses.
The color palettes and striking forms used hark back to the bold prints of the 60s and 70s whilst also paying homage to Ula's childhood spirit event in Ireland.
Writer Sebastian Stevenson went along to Kilkenny City to learn more about Orla's legacy.
I'm making my way towards the National Design and Crafts Council's gallery in the city of Kilkenny.
It is currently hosting an exhibition of Irish pattern designer Orla Kiley.
The show displays 109 handbags, a mini Runway's worth of dresses,
cinema chairs with a flower patterned bottom,
photos from her lookbooks and her family history in display cases wrapped in some of Orla's patterns.
In a way, the best way to describe her style would be with a bit of music.
You might know this as the opening to an Austin Powers movie,
but the Song of Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones goes quite a long way to giving you an idea of what Orla Kiley's signature patterns look.