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Textiles
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Explore Crypton’s Latest Stylish and Planet-Friendly Fabrics
From Our Partner: With Crypton, there is no need to compromise performance for aesthetics. Explore the latest stain-resistant barrier fabrics made for people and planet.
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This New Upholstery Line Features Yarn Made From Marine Plastic
The 126-year-old textile company Mayer Fabrics rolls out the first styles under its new SEAQUAL Initiative collection.
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Brutalism is Echoing in Contemporary Furnishings
Product designers are drawing on the historic architectural style to inform visionary seating, surfaces, and lighting.
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Celebrating “America’s First Lady of the Loom”
Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes is the first monographic exhibition of American textile designer Dorothy Liebes in over 50 years.
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Milan Design Week 2023 Reflects an Evolving Design Industry
Setting the tone for the year ahead, Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week pulled out all the stops with an extensive offering of product launches, immersive displays, and future-proof concepts.
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The Radical Reshaping of Craft
From museums to TikTok, explore radical craft as a response to climate crisis, a means of storytelling, and an exploration of new materials.
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Two Lively Fabrics Fit for Commercial Applications
Sunbrella offers a fluorine-free contract textile while Sina Pearson draws on her Nordic heritage for a new commercial collection.
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Venus Williams’ and Wolf-Gordon’s New Textile Collection Celebrates Women
Muse is an upholstery collection that represents the tennis pro’s design firm’s first foray into product design.
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Three Textile Exhibitions Prove Fabric Is an Enduring Medium for Storytelling
Joana Vasconcelos at MassArt Art Museum, Legacy Russell’s The New Bend at Hauser & Wirth, and Stitched at Paula Cooper Gallery examine the ways in which textile artists weave stories.
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For Ghanaian Textile Designer Chrissa Amuah, Storytelling is Everything
The creative director and founder AMWA Designs has recently released a new fabric collection with Bernhardt Design that incorporates abstract interpretations of Ghanaian symbols.
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KYOGO Textiles Harness a Millennium-Old Weaving Technique
Based on visual motifs from Japanese history, the patterns of the new COIKI collection are best-suited for hospitality interiors.
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Meet the Makers Behind the Tufted Rug Renaissance
Tufting is blowing up, and no it’s not just a TikTok trend. Metropolis spoke with the artists and designers who are helping popularize the technique and some who have taken it up during quarantine.
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Duvaltex Sorts Out the Nitty-Gritty of Recycling Ocean Plastic with a New Textile Release
From employing "safe" chemicals to minimizing energy consumption, Duvaltex and Steelcase fabricate Intersection using a highly ecofriendly process.
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A New Line of Textiles Seek to Make Hospitals Healthier
With increased cleanability and silver ion anti-microbial technology, Ensemble from Arc-Com supports healthier hospitals initiative.
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Sanford Biggers Uses Traditional Quilting to Issue a New Message
The artist engages with American lore in the exhibition Codeswitch at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
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Noteworthy: Artist Shinique Smith on Skins
Los Angeles–based visual artist discusses the surface as it relates to painting and assemblage.
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Kvadrat Demonstrates the Versatility of its Febrik Range with Knit!, an Interactive Digital Exhibition
The Danish textile giant brings together 28 designers from across the globe to explore the possibilities of knitted textiles.
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Meet the Nike Space Hippie, a Cannibal Sneaker Made from Trash
The futuristic-funky sneaker collection, which launches this week, is a step toward sustainability and material circularity for the footwear industry.
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Revisiting Ruth Adler Schnee’s Enduringly Modernist Legacy
Gropius and Saarinen taught Adler Schnee—97 next month—whose works microcosmically document the ebb and flow of streams of Modernism.
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Close Ties: Windy Chien Pushes the Boundaries of Knot-making
Rope artist Windy Chien adapts her creative medium to a range of scales for commissioned works.