HBF Textiles has partnered with Elodie Blanchard for another textile collection.
Friday Five with Mary Murphy of Maharam
Mary Murphy is the Senior Vice President of Design at Maharam, which she joined in 1992 after a stint at Herman Miller. The New York-based brand has been a prominent force in the textile world since 1902 and was acquired by Herman Miller in 2013.
Milliken launches website for newly-created Specialty Interiors
Milliken & Company, a leading global textile technology company, has recently launched a website designed specifically to highlight the advantages of its newly created Specialty Interiors business
Brentano Introduces Fall 2017 Collection
Inspired by the De Stijl movement of the early 20th century, Brentano Design Director, Iris Wang has created Fall 2017's GRID collection.
A Fresh, Bold Assortment of Color From Concertex
In an artful arrangement of coordinated color and design, Concertex introduces the new Faux Leather Source Book.
It's A Material World
Happily, the workplace is no longer tied to prescriptive ideas of how it should look or function. Corporations and start-ups alike are creating multi-purpose spaces in which people do lots of different things. Given the mobility and diversity of the people at work, we see a need for universal design and materials that allow everyone to function, to do what they do, whoever they are. Today, materials are not applied as specifically as before, rather we look for textiles that can be used across the office and on both the horizontal and vertical plane.
Chilewich Breaks Down the Design Process of the Grid Collection
The innovative New York City company has a way with patterns, colors, and textiles landing their collections ahead of the trends, thanks to their founder and creative director, Sandy Chilewich.
Innovations Design Studio Introduces Summer Collection
For their summer collection, the Innovations Design Studio asked, “What is architecture … is it form or function, shelter or art?” The eight new wallcoverings explore how Innovations fits into the broader architectural project with practical colorways and constructions. Among them, Prairie is Innovations’ most convincing vinyl interpretation of grasscloth to date.
London Chic by Wolf-Gordon Inspired by City’s Eclecticism
Wolf-Gordon continues its exploration of patterning inspired by one of the of the world’s most beloved cities in its latest edition of London Chic Type II wallcovering. The patterns in this collection reference the city’s regal luxury as well as its cultural diversity, and are certified to the NSF/ANSI 342 sustainability standard.
NeoCon 2017: Five Vibrant Textiles for Commercial Interiors
Durable fabrics suitable for high-traffic spaces are elevated through bold colors that accentuate subtle, sophisticated patterns.
Suzanne Tick Ventures Into Glass for Skyline Collection
Architecture is an endless source of inspiration for textile designer Suzanne Tick, and she has brought that sensibility to a number of her projects, be they flooring for Tarkett or upholstery for Luum Textiles. “I go by every building skeleton and take a picture, and think, ‘That’s going to be the next weave structure,’” she says.
Forces by Jill Malek x Visual Magnetics
Wall covering gurus, Visual Magnetics, are no stranger to collaborations, as they’ve worked with the likes of Visibility, Dusen Dusen, and now with Design Milk, where they’ll be a huge part of our Milk Stand Popup shop at this year’s ICFF. Now, they’ve partnered with award-winning designer Jill Malek to launch Forces, a collection of visually stunning wall coverings for the workspace.
Besides bringing colorful patterns to the walls, this collection adds a layer of functionality. The wall coverings have a central strip of Visual Magnetics’ writable dry-erase surface sandwiched between them, elevating the look of any workspace.
Brentano's New Collection Includes Radiant, Resilient Textiles
The Brentano design studio demonstrates the lines philosophy of beauty + performance with the introduction of three new products - Iliad, Mesa and Graviata. Joining the spring 2017 Ceramic collection, the radiant and resilient textiles present a variety of pattern and design to the residential, hospitality and contract markets.
The History of Leather Tanning
When our ancestors learned how to wrap pieces of animal skin around their feet to protect them from stones and thorns, they were able to walk faster. When they found out that food could be transported in a bag made of animal skin, they could walk farther. And when they learned to cover their bodies with hides, they were protected from the elements. Once they learned to tan the untreated hides to keep them from getting as hard as wood or rotting away, they produced flexible and long-lasting leather for the first time.
Chromatography - Scholten & Baijings on their new sofa, textiles, and exhibition debuting at Salone del Mobile 2017
This year, at Salone del Mobile in Milan, Herman Miller and Maharam present the exhibit “Chromatography: The Colour World of Scholten & Baijings” to launch the new ColourForm Sofa Group and shine a light on our partnership with the pair of Dutch designers. Partners in life and work, Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings have spent decades perfecting a droll brand of minimalism, where pattern and texture, soft colors, and subtle geometry coalesce into surprising furniture, fabrics, and objects. In addition to ColourForm, the pair will also unveil a trio of new fabrics in multiple colorways. WHY recently sat down with the couple to get their views on comfort, creativity, and why it all starts with color.
MAHARAM’S FUTURE VISION
There are few companies with as storied history as Maharam, which was founded in 1902 by Russian-born American immigrant Louis Maharam. From a pushcart near Manhattan’s Wall Street, Louis sold fabric fabric remnants, a business venture that subsequently evolved to become a storefront in New York City’s midtown.
Kvadrat textile factory revealed in photography by Alastair Philip Wiper
These new images by British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper reveal one of the facilities where leading textile manufacturer Kvadrat produces its highly engineered fabrics. Wiper visited the Wooltex factory in Yorkshire, England, one of several specialist textile mills around Europe that Kvadrat has invested in. His aim was to show the complex process that goes into making its high-end products.
Q+A: How Designers Do Inspiration
Work spaces need to provide inspiration without compromising performance. Inspiring moments within a space can engage the mind, allow for respite from the rigors of the workday or allow people to see a problem from a new perspective.
As president of Designtex for the last five years, Susan Lyons leads a team of innovators who are relied upon to inspire others with an evolving collection of textiles, wallcoverings and other applied materials with reduced environmental impact. Designtex, a Steelcase company, is the leading company in the design and manufacturing of applied materials for the built environment.
Designtex President: Four Materials Trends in 2017
As president of Designtex for the last five years, Susan Lyons leads a team of innovators known for a rigorous and dedicated approach to research and development of textiles, wallcovering and other applied materials with reduced environmental impact. Designtex, a Steelcase company, is the leading company in the design and manufacturing of applied materials for the built environment with an evolving catalog. Via steelcase.com
Wolf-Gordon x Mae Engelgeer: The Collaborative Collection
Wolf-Gordon and Mae Engelgeer have recently combined talents to create a geometric collection of textiles that was previewed at NeoCon 2016. The collection consists of one drapery textile, two digital print wall coverings, and four upholstery textiles, each with a signature look.
Together, they’ve created a collection that partners graphic elements and textures with the craftsmanship of Dutch Modernism, and given a modern spin. As a result, each of the pieces is characterized by clean lines, abstract geometric forms, and luxurious details. While the pieces come in many colors, they still maintain a neutral palette, while staying elevated with metallic accent threads.