Brooklyn-based textile designer Tom Lerental launched her business, Tomma Bloom, in 2020, when she was just a few years out of graduate school. Lerental, who grew up drawing inspiration from her grandmother, a textile artist, has rapidly expanded her energetic and color-forward designs from fabrics to wallcoverings and tile.

Adding more variety to the brand’s offerings, she is even introducing a collection of textural and dimensional rugs (left) in May at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. “I’m working with a manufacturer outside of Philly,” she says, noting that she was pleased to find a nearby company to collaborate with on the line’s production needs. “There’s a language and dimensionality to rugs that’s different from what you can offer with just textiles,” Lerental notes.

Through these different media, her creations share a common thread of vitality, color and personality that all come from their maker’s vision. “Tomma Bloom’s visual language starts with 20^th-century art history,” shares Lerental. “But really, it’s part of me. I bring my inside out and rarely look outside myself for inspiration.”

Photos: Courtesy Tomma Bloom