This photo is called 3rd and 6th and graphically describes a variety of forms of transits, the freeway superimposed over the waterway.

Pinnacle Quilt: The sizable cotton quilt evokes skyscrapers and works well as a tapestry or bedding, $425.

Variant Quilt #2: The vibrant Variant Quilt is one of the newest pieces in the shop, $225.

Ria Leigh crafts functional textiles and ceramics and draws from a wide range of design-styles and inspirations; she describes herself as a “maker and a collector.”

The Spine Quilt by Meg Callahan merges graphic and organic on a cozy cotton fabric. $600

The ADA Quilt—another Meg Callahan collaboration, though with MatterMade—features another geometric design rendered in subtle neutral tones.

Also by Meg Callahan, but with another New York design store (MatterMade), the Spine Quilt blends hand craftmanship with modern technology: its design is digitally printed and machine-stitched overlay adds texture.

Architect Douglas Stockman says the building's charcoal-and-orange exterior coloring was "intended to reflect the dynamic character of the neighborhood." Here, it provides a festive backdrop to the residents' semi-annual Finn Lofts community party.

Bold colors and reversible spots elevate HAY’s Mega Dot quilt to Pop Art. Available through A + R Store, $325.

Another beautiful design from Haptic Lab and by Emily Fischer, the Great Lakes Quilt features light blue, poly-silk, hand-appliqued shapes against a navy background.

Bethan Laura Wood's quilt-style daybed uses Divina fabric by Kvadrat.

This is a detail from 3rd Prize winners Ekaterina Mikhaylova and Ekaterina Vasilieva's "Double Katya" proposal. The pair work out of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Stead's quilts are 100-percent cotton, from the thread to the fabric to the batting. "When you are making heirloom objects that are intended to last a lifetime it is so important to choose the right materials," she says. "Polyester thread is definitely easier to work with, but over time it will eat through cotton. I always have the longevity of my quilts at the forefront of my mind when making material choices." This piece is based on a flying geese pattern; a black version was exhibited at the Modern Family Pavilion at Dwell on Design.

This piece is part of Stead's flag series. "I enlarged quilt blocks to the full size of the quilt," she says. "The patterns resembled nautical flags so I chose to run with that idea and stuck to solid navy and white." For more on Stead's work, visit lindsaystead.com.

"Shane enjoys both cooking and entertaining so we maximized the counter space to make meal prep and hosting easy," Priftaj says. "It was also very important that the kitchen include a gas grill so he could quickly and conveniently grill without having to climb up five flights of stairs to use the bbq on the patio." Priftaj selected high-gloss acrylic white cabinets from bulthaup's b3 line with an aluminum backsplash and b3 prism drawer system to keep things tidy. A Wolf hood and gas cooktop with chargrill give Carslake the flexibility he desired for indoor grilling. The counters are polished white quartz.

"A detail of the pattern on Donna Wilson's new quilt for @scpltd, spotted on the #MO14 show floor."

Along with traditional patterns, like the pinwheel shown here, Stead employs traditional techniques. "All of my quilts are entirely handmade by me, which is very rare in the modern quilt movement," she says. "My choice to hand stitch all of my work is equally for aesthetic reasons as well the enjoyment of the process. Hand-quilted pieces have a much lighter, softer appearance. Lines are series of slightly imperfect stitches and spaces whereas machine quilted lines are hard, solid lines of thread. I feel that softness of hand quilting really balances my bold, graphic designs."

Stead has been quilting for about seven years. "In the beginning I was hung up on trying to make something that was completely unique and it took some time to let that go," she says. "Over those years I realized I was really drawn to certain design elements and began to incorporate them into my work. I think that letting go of what I thought I should be making and really embracing what I wanted to make has lead to a very genuine body of work." This pattern is an interpretation of an Amish Bars quilt.

Lindsay Stead received formal training in furniture and textile design. One of her professors introduced her to the Quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama, a group of women who have been quilting for over a century. With few resources, they were able to produce striking abstract designs. "Sticking mainly to solid colours, and using slightly altered versions of traditional quilt patterns, they made pieces that are truly works of art," Stead says. "Their completely changed my perception of what a quilt could be and I began working on some of my own." Stead based this piece off of a traditional log cabin motif but focused on a corner of the pattern and introduced different colors into the horizontal and vertical bands.

Brooklyn-based Haptic Lab designs intricate quilts of well-known cities across the world. With its Brooklyn City Quilt Throw, Haptic Lab celebrates the neighborhoods of New York’s most populous borough, from Coney Island to Greenpoint. Each Brooklyn Throw Blanket is hand-quilted by Haptic Lab’s partners in India and is made of 100% natural cotton. Haptic Lab also makes a larger Soft Map City Quilt of several international cities, from Boston to Paris.

Named for it’s graphic design, the Spine Quilt features an abstract, geometric rendering of a spine. In cream and red, this bold quilt makes a striking addition to a bedding collection and can even be used as a distinctive wall-hanging. Oklahoma-raised designer Meg Callahan fuses tradition and technology in this MatterMade quilt. Using digitally printed graphics on an organic cotton base, Callahan adds intricate texture using a machine stitched overlay.

Last but not least, Emily Fischer and Haptic lab also offer these supremely tactile designs: titled Soft-Map City Quilts, they're a series of hand-stitched, all-white designs that outline the streets of major cities: from Boston (seen here), to Brooklyn, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Rome, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.

Look no further than online shop Rodale's for a well-edited selection of eco-friendly items. Products span clothing to kitchenware to bedding, all selected because they're manufactured in a responsible manner. Rodale publishes some of the world's best-known lifestyle magazines, including Runner's World, Bicycling, Running Times, and Organic Gardening, and its e-commerce venture fits with its mission to promote healthy living. We've gathered a handful of items from the site to give you an idea of the wealth of designs available. Vintage Patchwork Blanket ($625–675)

Louise Gray was founded by Alexandra Gray Bennett and Jocelin Johnson. The two founders were inspired to reinvent the traditional quilting format, making it more relevant for a modern audience. Every quilt is carefully assembled by artisans in the United States. The Modern Quilt No. 2 features a soothing palette of white, seafoam, light blue, and black, and is made of 100 percent cotton.

Meg Callahan’s Porter pattern quilt was inspired by strip quilting, a traditional technique originally used to speed up the process of patchwork quilting.

Despite the cast-on-site concrete dividers, there's still an airy sense of space; the dividers support, instead of overwhelm. This approach came from the architects' constant sense of experimentation and playfulness, a deliberate approach that helped them find new ways to use recycled and salvaged materials.

Steel stair leading to the 3rd floor master suite.

"It was supposed to be as naked as possible," says Alexandru Popescu, one of the members of R3Architetti who helped design and build the 3 Vaults apartment. "The furniture is absolutely included in the architecture; it’s more like an indoor landscape instead of a typical open plan." The kitchen exemplifies their approach, with textured concrete walls contrasting with wood panels and salvaged industrial lighting. The table, custom built by R3Architetti, is made in part from pipes procured from one of their fathers, a plumber.

Created as a collaboration between Meg Callahan and Hawkins New York, this handmade quilt is inspired by sailor’s knots and the skies of the American west. The hand stitching recalls traditional American quilting techniques, while the screen-printed graphic gives a decidedly modern feel to the quilt. The 100 percent cotton quilt is both graphic and subtle, making it a bedding choice that suits a variety of interior spaces.

Meant to endure over time, each Louise Gray design is distinctive, versatile, and honest, maintaining an honored tradition while bringing it into a contemporary space. The graphic Modern Quilt No. 5 is made of 100 percent cotton. Featuring a neutral palette of sand, blush pink, black, and white with a tangerine stripe, this throw quilt has generous size that can be used at the end of a bed or on a sofa or lounge chair. It is hand-stitched and hand-assembled in the United States.

Designer Meg Callahan

The ADA Quilt is an expression of Oklahoma-raised designer Meg Callahan’s love of traditional craft, updated for the modern era. Bold graphic patterning is digitally printed on an organic cotton base with machine stitch overlay. Santos adds, “With digital printing, this amazing piece is a beautiful and updated version to the classic, comforting, handmade quilt. Use on yours or a guest bed for a bold, graphic touch.”

The Spine Quilt from MatterMade is as much a work of art as it is a functional blanket. The quilt includes carefully placed, digitally printed graphic fabric over an organic cotton base with a machine-stitched overlay for added texture. Centered along a vertical column, the quilt’s design resembles a spine and ribs, although it is artfully abstracted. The quilt can be used as a blanket or as a wall hanging, and is a statement-making gift for a textile or art enthusiast.

At first glance, Haptic Lab’s City Map Quilts looks like an expanse of soft white. A closer look reveals intricate stitching, yielding a touch-worthy surface that encompasses the map of famous cities, from Chicago (pictured here) to Paris. "My first quilted maps were meant to be wayfinding tools for the visually impaired," Fischer says. In addition to its City Quilts, the company also creates throw blankets that feature famous coasts and water sources like its Great Lakes Quilt.

The pale blue Ada quilt is a perfectly symmetrical pattern thanks to Callahan’s digital printing techniques. Available through the Dwell Store, $600.

The kitchen island and cabinets at this Melbourne renovation are made of recycled timber, taking cue from the wooden bookcase that designer Kim Kneipp installed during the home’s first restyling.