Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper

“Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology.” — David Bromstad

Thus spoke David Bromstad, the modern craftsman of space and beauty, whose eyes see the harmony between art and innovation. In these words, he proclaims a truth that spans from the dawn of civilization to the digital age — that creation evolves with the tools that shape it. He does not speak of technology as a cold machine, but as a muse, an ally of imagination. His vision reveals that every new invention, when placed in the hands of the artist, becomes a gateway to new forms of wonder — that technology is not the enemy of creativity, but its extension.

When Bromstad speaks of “color, wallpaper, textures, and fabrics that could never have been created without the technology,” he reminds us that design, like life, is a living dialogue between man and his materials. In ancient days, artisans carved stone and wove by hand, their beauty limited only by their reach and time. But in the modern age, machines, computers, and digital crafts have become the new chisels of creation. With them, designers paint with light itself, weave fabrics with threads finer than silk, and create walls that shimmer like morning dew. Technology has not silenced the hand of the artist — it has magnified it, allowing the human spirit to express itself in ways once thought impossible.

To understand the meaning behind his words, we must remember that art and invention have always walked together. The Renaissance — that golden rebirth of human imagination — was not born of art alone, but of the technology of its time. When Leonardo da Vinci sketched his flying machines and sculpted his angels, he did so with instruments refined by innovation: improved pigments, new printing presses, and tools of geometry and measurement. When Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, his scaffolding and paints were products of new techniques. Each stroke of beauty depended upon the science that enabled it. Thus, as Bromstad says, technology does not corrupt design — it elevates it.

Consider also the weavers of ancient Egypt, who first learned to dye fabrics using crushed minerals and the oils of flowers. They did not yet know chemistry, but their experiments were the birth of science through art. Centuries later, the Industrial Revolution transformed that same art into an explosion of possibility — dyes that glowed, patterns that repeated perfectly, threads that could be spun faster than human hands could move. Many feared that such inventions would erase the soul of craftsmanship. Yet the artists who embraced them found their creativity multiplied, not diminished. In every age, those who resist change fade, while those who learn to dance with progress create new worlds of wonder.

Bromstad’s message, then, is not only about the physical beauty of design but the spirit of adaptation. For he sees what many fear — that technology, far from replacing the artist, can empower the artist. The heart that once carved marble now commands pixels; the hands that once wove linen now shape holograms and digital fabrics. Still, the essence remains unchanged: the human desire to express meaning through beauty. Whether through brush or code, loom or laser, the artist’s purpose endures — to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary.

Yet in his words there is also a gentle caution. Technology must serve the soul, not overshadow it. The ancients taught that tools are sacred when guided by wisdom, but dangerous when guided by greed. The beauty of innovation lies not in the machine itself, but in the vision of the one who wields it. Just as fire can warm or destroy, technology can enlighten or enslave. Therefore, Bromstad’s teaching calls us to balance — to use our new powers with reverence, to let passion guide precision, and to remember that design is not about tools, but about truth made visible.

So, O creators of the modern age, take this lesson to heart: embrace technology, but master it with artistry. Let it expand your imagination, not narrow it. Explore its colors, its materials, its patterns — but infuse them with your own spirit, your emotion, your humanity. For a machine can craft perfection, but only a human can craft meaning. As David Bromstad reminds us, the true excitement of design lies not in the invention itself, but in what the human soul dares to do with it.

For every brush, every circuit, every digital pattern is but a tool in the eternal workshop of creation. And in that workshop, technology is the newest chisel placed in our hands — waiting for those brave enough to carve from it a vision of beauty that shall outlast time. Use it, therefore, not to replace your spirit, but to reveal it.