There’s a certain magic that happens when an artist puts pen — or brush, or block — to paper. But what happens when the canvas is the bed? That’s the question at the heart of Brooklinen’s latest collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist and textile designer Caroline Z Hurley.
Known for her gestural block prints and intuitive palettes, Caroline brings her signature whimsy to a new medium: linen — European linen — and cotton gauze, materials chosen by Brooklinen for their breeziness, offering something cool to temper the impending summertime swelt.
Like any good artist, Caroline’s references reach far. “The stripe was inspired by a Rothko painting,” she says, “with colors designed to vibrate and evoke a sense of calm.” Nature also plays principal — ocean tides, mountain ranges, and the sun-bleached tones of travel are all in the mix of these bedding sets.
The patterns fall into two families: painterly stripes and quiet florals, “meant to be more of a whisper,” as Caroline puts it, “rather than a bold, in-your-face print.” And while they sit in separate camps, they’re not matchy. In fact, they encourage the opposite.
Soft ocean blues, sun-washed creams, and rusty terracottas mimic nature’s own summer spectrum, making it easy to mix patterns without losing cohesion. That harmony is exactly what makes this collection feel transportive: a bedscape made for drifting off, literally and otherwise.
As Brooklinen aptly puts it, these are “new prints on the block” — in more ways than one. The collaboration invites you to become the artist. Your bed is the canvas now.
Available in coral or the gray pictured here, this one-of-a-kind floral-patterned lumbar cushion mirrors the Brooklyn artist’s signature whimsy — all rendered with non-toxic inks.
Stamped over a thousand times, each petal lands a little differently. The result is a layer that's loose and rhythmic — a botanical quilt in airy cotton gauze that falls over the bed like breath.
Brooklinen’s bestselling linen sheets — crafted from 100% Certified European Flax™ and garment-washed to feel soft from the start — now have a painterly refresh. The new stripey colorways are summery, spirited, and definitely not boring beneath a neutral duvet.
Percale is the fabric of hotel sheets — crisp and cool against warm skin. But these linens don’t usually come in florals — or corals, or pebbles, or sky blues. These do. These Brooklinen sheets are the ideal base layers, designed to stand up to stripes or mingle with more florals.
This one reads like a painter’s palette — terracotta and ocean blue brushing past each other in washed European linen. A little wrinkled — true to the soft Brooklyn cool that Caroline and the bedding brand both do best.
When the grid looks this good, staying on it doesn’t sound so bad. Made in Portugal from 100% cotton, this peach-toned layer works all year: folded over a duvet in winter or on its own come summer.
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