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8 Collections Translating Culture into Design
From rugs to wall panels, reverence for craft and culture elevates standout products—both expressive and restrained—as they enrich interiors with new stories to tell.
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Dorothy Cosonas Designs Textiles from the Fiber Up
The creative director carries forward Luum’s legacy of material innovation through close collaboration with mills and an emphasis on fiber-level experimentation.
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Michael Ford and Momentum Find a New Way to Express Hip-Hop Culture
Ford’s new textile-and-wallcovering collection brings rhythm to commercial interiors.
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Four Creatives Harnessing the Energy of the Sun
Designers Shani Nahum, Pauline van Dongen, Yvonne Mak, and Mireille Steinhage are imagining a future where solar textiles are the norm.
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3 Textiles and Wall Treatments with Purpose
Textiles and wall treatments shape our surroundings, but it’s the fusion of material innovation and artistic intent that gives them meaning
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6 Trends for the Future of Textiles from Heimtextil
At the world's biggest fair for textiles, materials and technologies that were once experimental are now mainstream—and that bodes well for the planet.
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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.