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22+ years of love & joy
To Our Dear Friends,
Never in our wildest dreams did we think that catstudio would become what it is today. We modestly started with just 2 designs (Atlanta and Georgia) to celebrate the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. A few years later, we officially founded catstudio, and now we have over 300 geographical and collegiate designs - and counting. Fast-forward to 2014 when we were humbled to win an award recognizing catstudio as the creator of the Geography niche in the home and gift industry. What an honor!
This year we celebrate 22+ years of joyfully illustrating the world, and to celebrate, we want to hear your story. Everyone has a life story to share - a home, a happy place, a state of mind - and we love nothing more than hearing about where our artwork has found a home. From collections of glasses that celebrate the places you’ve been, to pillows that have been handed down from generation to generation - joyful memories arise from our artwork. That’s the heartbeat of catstudio and the reason we keep on doing what we do. We invite you to Tell Your Story: send us an email, a snailmail, or share your photos to Instagram with #mycatstudiostory.
As you browse this catalog, you’ll see our pillows gracing a wide variety of homes. From vintage to modern, cottage to mansion, coastal to chalet chic - our pillows feel right at home in any design setting or aesthetic. We’d be honored for our original artwork to be a part of YOUR unique home!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your love and support in this journey!
Here’s to new friends, adventures, and most of all... stories!
Terrell & Carmel Swan
(the ‘CAT’ of catstudio) and the amazing catstudio team
2020 2021 2022 Peta]uma, California All Designs © 2023 catstudio. All Rights Reserved.
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Table of Contents
6 Make the Everyday Special
8 States (Yup, all 50)
23 Cities (Many)
45 Regions & Resorts (Take a look)
61 Fantasy Lands (Holiday)
64 Ski Resorts (9)
67 National Parks (10, so far)
70 Icons
71 World (Well, part of it anyway)
80 XL Pillows
81 All about the ‘cats’
82 Tell Your Story
83 Index
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How the Geography Collection Came to Life...
Once upon a time C(armel) A(nd) T(errell) — the ‘cat’ of catstudio – fell in love and discovered that they shared anthropological backgrounds and a thirst for travel. They also had a joy & deep appreciation for art, design and craftsmanship. Thus, they decided to put their interests together and design a timeless ode to geography & craftsmanship — the catstudio Geography Pillow. To begin to realize a collection, they had to climb 5 big steps:
1. Research — using maps, the internet, and conversations with many locals, they logged in 1,000’s of hours.
2. Design — drawing and drawing, 1,000’s more hours. Hopefully you’ll notice their obsessive attention to details! They believed every aspect was important. They sent drafts to savvy locals — the toughest critics, to help invoke an “insider” feeling of each place. Then re-draw & re-draw!
3. Color — more research hours spent to get the balance of colors pitch perfect….not an easy task! In some cases up to 30 colors adorn each pillow!
4. Artisanship — to get samples made, Terrell & Carmel went off in search of those craftsmen they so admired. Through serendipity, a trip to Hong Kong and Bali, they came upon a textile queen who introduced them to one of the world’s treasures: Indian hand embroiderers. (They presently employ over 1,000 artisans.)
5. Production — they and the textile queen knew this was going to be a challenging project: the extensive training time, the use of up to 30 thread colors per design, the realization that it took a week to embroider one pillow, and then, getting each word & icon correct!
Finally, after all these hours (did we say 1,000’s? Ha!) of joyful work — trumpets sound — the unique inimitable catstudio hand embroidered pillow collection became a reality!!! Each pillow is unique in that every artisan’s work has its own “signature” and is one of a kind - like a snowflake.
catstudio is constantly adding more designs and re-designing our current ones. Many are in their 3rd edition, which doesn’t even count the endless revisions and tweaks that take place in the life of a design! Now 12 years of work. The many joyous hours have paid off in producing these exquisite pillows as they’ve turned up in movies, magazines, graced beautiful homes (even the White House), are owned by Senators, Governors, Celebrities, and Terrell’s cousin in the hollows of Kentucky.
Each one, signed by the artisan (care label), will surely stand the test of time and become a future heirloom. That’s the story, and it’s only the beginning…
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make the everyday special
1. Travelin’ Tumblers
Our 24 oz thermal tumblers utilize triple wall technology to keep beverages cold for 6 hours and hot for 4 hours. Each tumbler is thoughtfully engineered with a magnetic lid closure and non-slip bottom - perfect for your morning coffee on the commuter train, your afternoon smoothie at your desk, or your everday water tumbler. Cheers!
2. Amazingly Woven Pouches
With so many uses, our zip pouches are the perfect accessory to stash your things, and take your favorite place with you wherever you go. Our designs are intricately woven (not merely printed). The texture and quality will blow you away!
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3. Not Just a Dish Towel...
A tea towel. A hand towel. A bar towel. A guest towel. The perfect towel. Voted “The Best Hostess Gift” by an unofficial poll of admirers, our dish towels have our signature touches of handcraftsmanship with unequaled quality and unrivaled creativity!
H Hand-Loomed Cotton
H Hand-Screened Design
H Hand-Embroidered Border
H Hand-Dipped Rick-Rack Trim
Each dish towel comes wrapped ready to give in a fabulous organdy gift pouch.
4. Cheers to Dishwasher Safe Glasses!
Highly collectible. Mix & match — you can’t just have one!
Our 15 ounce frosted glasses are on the forefront of glass decoration - unlimited colors (plus silver & gold!) & dishwasher safe.
5. Tell Your Story Through Art
Our award-winning designs are hand-embroidered, scanned using state-of-the-art equipment, and then artfully printed on crisp, museum quality paper - perfect for framing. Your friends won’t believe you when you tell them it’s a print!
6. Serve Up a Smile
Whether you are serving up your favorite coffee, tea, drinks, snacks or simply using it as a decorative display piece, our beautiful birchwood serving tray is sure to be a handy helper that brings a smile!
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9 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas
10 California Colorado Connecticut Delaware
11 Florida Florida turquoise piping
Georgia Hawaiian Isles
12 Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana
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14 Kentucky Louisiana
Kansas
Iowa
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Michigan Massachusetts
Maryland Maine
16 Montana Missouri Minnesota Mississippi
17 Nevada Nebraska New Jersey New Hampshire
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New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
North Carolina
19 Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Ohio
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Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota Tennessee
21 Utah Vermont Virginia Texas
22 Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
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24 Austin Alexandria Atlanta Berkeley
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Boston 18 x 24 in.
Birmingham
Brooklyn
Charleston Buffalo
Chattanooga 27 Charlotte Cincinnati Chicago
*Available in Pillow & Dish Towel Only 28 Columbus Dallas Cleveland Coronado*
29 Detroit Fort Worth Daytona Beach Denver
Franklin 30 Indianapolis Hollywood Houston
31 Kansas City
Jacksonville
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Little Rock
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Malibu
Memphis
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Milwaukee
Miami
34 Nashville Minneapolis-St. Paul
35 New York City New Orleans Oakland Newport
36 Oklahoma City
Omaha
Palm Beach Petaluma Philadelphia Orlando 37
Pittsburgh Portland, ME Phoenix 38 Portland, OR
Richmond 39 Queens Raleigh Provincetown
San Antonio Sacramento San Francisco San Diego 40
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San Francisco City Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
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Santa Fe
St. Augustine
Savannah
Seattle
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Santa Monica
44 Tulsa Washington DC St. Louis Tampa-St. Pete
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46 Berkshires Big Sur
Cape
Block Island
Cod
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Carmel
Central Park
Chesapeake Bay
Catalina Island
Finger Lakes
Fire Island
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Door County
Emerald Coast
Florida Keys Golden Gate Park* Golden Isles
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*Available in Pillow & Dish Towel Only
Great Lakes
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Hill Country Hamptons
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Hilton Head Hudson Valley
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Jackson Hole
Jersey Shore
Kauai Kentucky Derby
53 Long Island 18 x 24 in.
Lake Tahoe
Lake Michigan
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Mackinac Island
Martha’s Vineyard
Maui
Marin County
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England Mississippi Coast Nantucket
Napa Valley New
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Coast, CA
Oahu North
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Orange County
Outer Banks
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Palm Springs
Route 66
Sonoma County
Summer Colorado
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Virginia Beach Virgin Islands*
*Available in Pillow & Dish Towel Only
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12 Days of Christmas
Night Before Christmas
Christmas Carol
North Pole
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North Pole City
Nutcracker
If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.
- Albert Einstein
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South Pole*
*Available in Pillow & Dish Towel Only
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Aspen Ski Colorado Ski Montana Ski Sun Valley
Ski
Ski Telluride Ski Tahoe
The mountains are calling and I must go.
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Ski Utah
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- John Muir
Ski Vail
Ski Vermont
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Acadia Adirondacks
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Big Bend
Glacier
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
69 Yellowstone Zion Yosemite Great Smoky Mtns.
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Eiffel Tower**
Empire State*
*Available in Pillow & Dish Towel Only **Available in Pillow Only
Lady Liberty*
I’m the type who’d be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn’t going to. I’m the type who’d like to sit home and watch every party that I’m invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.
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- Andy Warhol American Artist 1928 - 1987
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United States of AMERICA, A few notes about our wonderful country...
As of June 2013, our population is 316 million. We’re living on 3.5 million square miles of mountains, plains, valleys, and seacoasts with 500,000 earthquakes in California each year.
Interestingly, we’re the 3rd largest country in both size and population. We're 2 1/2 times the size of Western Europe, slightly larger than China, and 1/2 the size of South America.
One thing we've got plenty of (in some places) is water! The Great Lakes contain about 1/5 of the fresh water on Earth! Most of that fresh water ends up pouring over Niagara Falls at the rate of 750,000 gallons per second. You might be interested in knowing that Annie Taylor (& her cat) were the first in 1901 to go over the falls in a device (a homemade wooden barrel) and survive.
From Cold to Hot. The highest point is Mt. McKinley, Alaska at 20,320 feet and the lowest is Death Valley at minus 282 feet. What a country!
We have cacti growing over 50 feet tall and weighing 10 tons! Birds with wingspans of up to 9.5 feet! Canyons a mile deep and rivers over 2,500 miles long. We've got trees over 4,600 years old and another tree that's 36 stories tall! And by the way, two mature trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four. One tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. One acre of trees removes up to 2.6 tons of carbon dioxide each year. It seems like it's not a bad idea to hug a tree.
Now after talking & thinking & planning & drawing & redrawing, we've squeezed America into 432 sq. inches (or 18" x 24")….and after a supercalifragilistically HUGE amount of blood, sweat, & embroidery we've got a masterpiece just for you!
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73 Australia Bermuda Canada 18 x 24 in.
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Europe 18 x 24 in.
France
England
75 Germany Greece Ireland Israel
76 Italy London Mexico 18 x 24 in.
One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.
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*Available in Pillow Only
Québec* Paris Ottawa*
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- Henry Miller
Rio de Janeiro Scotland
Roma
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Sweden *Available in Pillow & Dish Towel Only
79 Vancouver* Switzerland
Extra-Large, Extra-Special
Our XL pillow takes 2 weeks (80+ hours) with 2 artisans working on it - just to make one! Measuring in at 30x30 inches, they are a breathtaking piece of skilled artisanship.
The XL pillows can be ordered in any of our geography designs.*
*Lead time is 90 days. Please contact us for more details.
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