Beauty Everyday

Modernplum is the brain child of artist and designer Allison Warren. As a fourth-generation Los Angeles native, Allison's creative approach is fully connected to the simple forms and relaxed lifestyle embedded in the landscapes of California, as well as its entrepreneurial spirit. 

In 1925, her grandfather opened a design business in downtown Los Angeles, with projects ranging from local home interiors to the White Star cruise line. Later, Allison’s mom opened her own design practice, taking Allison to the Pacific Design Center to help source textiles starting at around age 12.

Allison is of British heritage with family tracing back to pre-Revolution times in America. This personal history embeds an affinity with Early American and British fiber patterns and weaving traditions, and in the everyday pleasure of living with natural materials.

Allison received an MFA in Painting from Cranbrook in Detroit which focused on the layering of color and texture on raw canvas and linen, with a minor in Fiber. While there, she was influenced by the reductive textile weavings of Cranbook alum Jack Lenor Larson and the legacy of mid-century modern design. .

In 2014, Allison outfitted her home - a midcentury modern glasshouse - with sustainably-made linen textiles. This series emerged from a desire to "make better" home goods through color selection, local sewing and support of the economy, and use of natural and premium traceable fibers. Color, texture, and pattern of natural materials, and handcraft construction details like piecing, dyeing, edging, and color-blocking are the bedrocks of our goods.

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.