Kaffe Fassett was born as Frank Fassett in San Fransisco, in 1937. Since long living in the UK, he became a famous author, and artist best known for the very colourful designs that he used for various forms of the decorative arts, including embroidery, knitting and patchwork, but also ceramics and painting. For a long time, he worked together with the fashion designer Bill Gibb (d. 1988).