Posts Tagged: Textiles
Abbotsford Launch New Fabric Collections
Abbotsford Textiles offer more than design, manufacture, and supply of fabrics. Proud partners of the SIL group, a world-class vertically integrated group of specialist textile businesses. Abbotsford holds a wealth of knowledge, sophisticated designs, and technical expertise. [Find Abbotsford on BCFA Product Finder] Supplying many of the country’s leading companies across a range of industries,… Read More >
SMD Group Iliv Launch the Serene Collection
Featuring hand painted designs, Serene is a soft watercolour, collection crafted by the SMD Group Iliv in house design team. Find out more about SMD Group Iliv Inspired by serenity, the collection has been designed to bring calmness and tranquillity to interior design, a strong trend which has swept the nation during the global pandemic…. Read More >
Herriot by Skopos
Autumn 2021 sees the launch of the new upholstery collection, Herriot by Skopos. Find out more about Skopos Four timeless designs come together in a wool-look quality, developed specifically for the contract sector with the added benefit of a waterproof layer, antimicrobial protection and soil resist. Inspired by the natural wilderness of the Moors and… Read More >
Sekers/FR-One – Q&A with Olivier Delhomme
FR-One, are high performance inherent FR fabrics meeting severe contract requirements and worldwide Fire standards on land and at sea. We took the opportunity to speak with Olivier Delhomme, General Manager of FR-One, about being a long serving passionate member of the industry and the brand’s RE-Invent range. What was the main focus when designing… Read More >
Webinar: Healthcare & Hospitality Specification: Antimicrobial Textiles
As a central part of the Design Insider healthcare content campaign we invited Jacqui Smith, Managing Director at HomeSmiths Ltd and Phil Hopkins, Head of Customer Service & Projects at Panaz to discuss specifying interior furnishings for the healthcare and hospitality sectors, including the benefits and considerations of using antimicrobial fabrics. Watch the webinar in… Read More >
PT Contract Introduce SS21 Vision Collection
Transform your commercial project into a space worthy of a five-star rating with PT Contract’s new Vision collection. Whether you are looking to create a boutique hotel feel in chic bedrooms, luxurious dining areas or bar settings, the range embraces a sophisticated colour palette perfectly suited to modern interiors. [Find Prestigious Textiles on the BCFA… Read More >
Camira launches Deca, a vegan friendly and bleach cleanable PU
Camira are global textile innovators who love designing and manufacturing fabrics for a huge range of commercial interiors from offices to education to healthcare and hospitality. The company is forever pushing the boundaries of sustainable design and is the name behind industry leading textile innovations such as fabrics made from harvested nettles and commercially grown… Read More >
Malone Fabrics introduces skai® Design Lab – faux leather printed with your own design
Malone Fabrics Ltd is the exclusive distributor of skai synthetic leather for the UK and Ireland. The extensive range of synthetic leathers can be used for the Hospitality, Healthcare and Marine sectors and conform to the highest flame retardancy standards including Crib 5 and IMO. [Find Malone Fabrics on the BCFA Product Finder] With the… Read More >
Recycling at Trevira: Sustainable in many ways
Trevira GmbH is a European manufacturer of polyester speciality fibres and filament yarns for the textile industry, among them permanently flame retardant fibres and yarns for contract textiles under the brand name Trevira CS and Trevira CS Bioactive. From the curtains to upholstery fabrics, from wall coverings to partition blinds, from interior solar protection to… Read More >
Skopos’ Luxurious Blackout Velvet Basecloth -Sonno
Skopos has almost 50 years’ experience of developing flame-retardant fabrics and soft furnishings for the contract market. (Discover Skopos through BCFA Product Finder) Sonno velvet is a recent addition to the Skopos base-cloth offer for all of Skopos’ beautiful print designs and will be the base-cloth for the (soon to be launched) Palmyra print (pictured)…. Read More >
Flame retardant textiles for the maritime sector
This month our focus is the cruise sector, we took this opportunity to discuss textile requirements with Trevira CS. The special requirements relating to the safety of passengers on cruise ships include particularly stringent fire protection regulations which also govern the sector of interior furnishing. Flame retardant Trevira CS fabrics can pass the relevant requirements… Read More >
Workplace design post COVID-19 with Camira’s Group Design Manager, Ciara Crossan
In light of the current pandemic, Camira’s Group Design Manager, Ciara Crossan, told us how she foresees workplace design changing post COVID-19. As we navigate our way through these turbulent times, our way of life and way we approach design is ultimately changing as we adapt to a state of abnormality. Looking ahead, we expect… Read More >
Q&A with Laura Taylor, Junior Contract Designer at ILIV
Laura Taylor has worked for BCFA member ILIV for over 4 years. In her role as Junior Contract Designer Laura works closely with Senior Designer Emily Arch, as part of ILIV’s thriving design department, which currently includes 3 textiles designers, 5 home designs and 2 contract designers. Design Insider sat down with Laura to ask… Read More >