Kim Parker is an internationally acclaimed artist, textile designer and author. She is the winner of three British design awards: The ELLE Decoration U.K. Award, the D & D Award and The Observer Magazine Award for "best in flooring design" for her uniquely floral and bestselling designer rug "Mums and Asters" for The Rug Company. The Kim Parker Home ® brand was launched in 2001, and includes a lifestyle range of designer rugs, dinnerware, giftware, bedding, bath, fabrics, decorative pillows, stationery and wall art. In October 2006, the designer introduced her new dinnerware and giftware collections with Spode at the Tabletop Market Week in New York. In April 2007, Kim Parker Home ® by Spode tableware launched at the Macy's Flower Show at Herald Square in New York City. The designer's tableware collections were also carried at Harrods, Dillard's, BBB, Amazon.com, Belk, QVC and Michael C. Fina. Editions Limited publishes Kim Parker's bestselling wall art collection. Since 2001, her fine art reproductions have been sold in many of the top retailers throughout the world. They were recenty featured in her critically acclaimed art and design book, " Kim Parker Home: A Life in Design " published by Harry N. Abrams. The artist has also collaborated with Tigerpint UK, Galison and Graphique de France for several calendar and stationery collections. In April 2004, Kim Parker Home ® bedding and bath collections launched from Bloomingdales and became an instant bestseller. Her two bedding collections "India Dreams" and "Woodland Floral" were featured in the "The New American Spirit" spring campaign, and became the first designer label bedding ensembles to achieve bestseller status at the renowned New York retailer.
In February 2006 at Toyfair, Scholastic Media launched Kim Parker Kids ®, the designer's whimsical new children's label. The brand includes a line of educational plush toys, backpacks, hand puppets, stationery and wall art based on her critically-acclaimed first children's book, Counting in the Garden which is recommended and endorsed by both PBS.ORG and The New York Times.

In May 2008, Kim Parker Home: A Life in Design was published by Harry N. Abrams Books. This visually stunning new design book /memoir was recommended by The TIMES of London, THE U.K. PRESS ASSOCIATION, VANITY FAIR, IMAGE INTERIORS & LIVING ETC.

Kim Parker's work has appeared in the following Films and Television Shows:

"Sex and the City" ; "Knocked-Up"; The Office (NBC); Bored to Death (HBO); Dexter (SHO); Desperate Housewives (ABC); Army Wives (Oxygen); Wheel of Fortune (ABC); and Days of Our Lives (CBS).

Her work has also appeared in the following publications:

VOGUE (UK), HOUSE & GARDEN (UK), ELLE DECORATION (UK), VOGUE LIVING AUSTRALIA, THE WORLD of INTERIORS, BRITISH HOMES & GARDENS, The LONDON TIMES, The LONDON GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, THE INDEPENDENT, IMAGE INTERIORS (IRELAND) ,YOU (UK),The U.K. PRESS ASSOCIATION, LIVING ETC (UK), The IRISH NEWS, THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL, THE STAR-TELEGRAM, The NEW YORK TIMES, COUNTRY LIVING, GRAZIA (Italy), CASE da ABITARE (Italy), ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST (Germany & France), NUEVO ESTILO (Spain), ELLE, WWD, ELLE DECOR, METROPOLITAN HOME, MARTHA STEWART WEDDINGS, SOUTHERN ACCENTS, HAMPTONS, VERANDA, OPRAH, TRADITIONAL HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN, HOME, BAZAAR, METROPOLIS, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, WESTERN INTERIORS & DESIGN, SHOP Etc, LAS VEGAS LIFE & DESIGN, CALIFORNIA STYLE, The WASHINGTON POST, The LOS ANGELES TIMES, NEWSDAY, NY POST'S PAGE SIX MAGAZINE, REAL SIMPLE, TABLEWARE TODAY & OBERLIN ALUMNI Magazine.

Kim Parker made her television debut in August 2004, as a featured designer on the FINE LIVING NETWORK hit lifestyles series: Sheila Bridges Designer Living. The segment: Design Feature (Episode 309), focuses on Kim Parker's life in design. The segment has been broadcast throughout the 2004-2008 seasons. MORE

Her work was also featured on the NBC TODAY SHOW in June of 2004; and on the 2005 ELLE DECO International Design Awards, which was broadcast on the Discovery Home Channel.

Kim Parker Home: A Life in Design is published by Harry N. Abrams. Artist, textile designer and now home-style guru Kim Parker reveals her extraordinary personal style and design process and shows how anyone can create their own ‘interior garden.’ Parker combines her own fantastic floral patterns with funky flea market finds, fashionable antiques and starkly modern pieces to show that any style can be brightened with bold floral prints. Kim Parker Home chronicles the author's challenging rise to the top of the design world with a hopeful story of her hard work and determination. The book captures breathtaking shots of Kim's varied collections of dinnerware, giftware, designer rugs, bedding, fabrics, decorative pillows, stationery and wall art, amid lushly colourful interiors, as well as photographs of inspirational objects in nature. This interiors / lifestyle book is in the tradition of STC's successful An Affair with a House, this time with an urban contemporary point of view. A wonderful sourcebook for anyone with an eye for mixing vintage and contemporary, Kim Parker Home is also a revealing window on how to make the most of your own creativity and vision.   Harry N. Abrams
Book Reviews:
Kim Parker Home is listed as a recommended book in the May issue of VF on the HOT TYPE page
Book Reviews:
Bring flower power to your home Flirty, fabulous colour is a signature style of Kim Parker and her home is an inspiration for those tired of bland, boring rooms. She reveals her creative tips. More "Her new design book is as inspiring and gloriously flower-filled as her collections of designer rugs, bedding, bath, tableware and paintings. If you have a passion for vibrant colour, bold floral prints and for unconventional blends of contemporary touches with vintage style, Kim Parker Home will bring more beauty to your life and your home." IMAGE INTERIORS