Palace Yurt was created as a site specific installation at the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum by Janice Arnold to demonstrate the link between the historical origins of Felt and contemporary Felt Art though the symbolism of the yurt. Home to Turkic-Mongolian tribes for thousands of years, the yurt is a tent-like, collapsible dwelling, covered with felt. Arnold, renowned for her felt textile work, keeps with traditional Mongolian culture by creating a lavishly decorated yurt that is elaborate in its ornamentation and design.

Aleksandra Gaca is a textile designer from the Netherlands whose fascination with three dimensional weave structures has led to the creation of unique acoustical textiles. For inspiration she draws from the structure and repetition found in architecture as well as from more dynamic concepts such as dance, drama and movement. Aleksandra's broad use of materials, from soft mohairs to super strong monofilaments, make her high tech fabrics particularly qualified for wall covering, partitions or screens within architectural spaces.