New York based designer Hana Getachew started Bolé Road Textiles out of a desire to merge her love of Ethiopian handwoven fabrics with her career in interior design. During her eleven years at a New York City architecture firm, Hana realized her affinity for vibrant colors and graphic patterns was a direct result of her upbringing in a home filled with amazing traditional Ethiopian textiles. Her designs for Bolé Road are an homage to that cultural inheritance and a reflection of her own personal global modern aesthetic. Hana says: “I was born in Addis Ababa and my family’s home was in a beautiful and quaint Bole neighborhood. I took two of the most important trips of my life on Bole Road. The first came when I was only three years old, when my family and I immigrated to North America. The second came eighteen years later when I made my first trip back. That journey back was a pivotal one. I knew I wanted to be more connected to Ethiopia. I wanted to be more involved in the lives of its people and to contribute to its development. I also wanted to harness the overwhelming beauty and power of my first homecoming. As the years passed, I decided the best way to do that was by sharing the traditions and culture of my heritage with others.” Designed in New York and handwoven in Ethiopia, Bolé Road Textiles marries ancient weaving traditions with a modern global aesthetic. Hana partners with studios owned and operated by women which circles back to her mission of shifting focus and energy to the Ethiopian economy. “It’s about growing something,” she says.
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