The design choices with these new upholstery patterns and colors are nearly endless. Take a look.
Alto
Fil Doux Textiles and Otratex—a degradable vinyl alternative—have debuted a new upholstery fabric, Alto. Its free-flowing pattern features one of the softest hands that Fil Doux Textiles has created to date.
Derived from the Spanish word alto, meaning ‘high,’ the collection takes hospitality upholstery to a whole new level with its casual elegance and soft touch. Available in 12 colorways from bright Boysenberry to deep, smoky Quartz, Alto offers a modern spin on the famed 1970s European latch hook rug, boasting an organic, free-forming pattern. When examined closely, Alto resembles hand-woven knots and can easily add to an elevated aesthetic with its luxurious look.
“This season we wanted to create a truly special collection that all of our clients could fall in love with,” said Robert Pullen, VP of hospitality and cruise, Fil Doux Textiles. “Alto is a perfect blend of luxury and modern-day elegance and has the softest hand we’ve created to date. A labor of love, we are so proud to introduce Alto to both the cruise and hospitality industry.”
Jumper and Handsome Plaid
Designtex has released two colorful collections: Handsome Plaid and Jumper.
“Handsome Plaid and Jumper are a celebration of performance and beauty,” said Catherine Stowell, designer, Designtex. “Their performance characteristics are embedded in the fiber and the yarns which gives you more performance with less chemistry. And without a finish, all you feel is the lusciousness of the yarns. The embedded performance is something we can all appreciate, especially now, and gives users peace of mind knowing that the fabric won’t be harmed by the increased number of cleaners and disinfectants in our daily lives.”
Handsome Plaid features large-scale patterning, comprising smaller complex woven stripes, grids and solid sections of visual relief commingling to create a multidimensional design. Made by expert jacquard weavers in Germany, Handsome Plaid is crafted to upholster easily on large-scale and smaller furniture pieces alike. The collection is bleach cleanable and no finish is required.
“Using micro-patterns to create a larger composition like this is great because it works on small furniture pieces where the embroidery like quality shines as well as larger pieces where the composition of the pattern makes for an impressive statement piece,” she said.
The collection that plays well with other textiles, colors and materials, Jumper is an exaltation of color. Jumper has a soft hand that’s inviting to touch. No topical stain treatments are added so all you feel is the luscious goodness of the yarn.
“Jumper is all about the details,” said Stowell. “Jumper was envisioned as the ultimate go-with texture. Woven on a special boucle warp the two-way texture features up to 10 distinct colors in each colorway. Surprisingly complex this little texture is meant to enrich a space and play well with other materials and colors in a space.”
Roy, Screen and Score
Wolf-Gordon has released an update to its Woven Upholstery collection that features enhanced durability and colorfastness: Roy, Screen and Score. The three patterns are presented in complementary scales and colors that are easily combined on modular furniture, providing designers the opportunity to respond deftly to shifting distance and capacity requirements.
“Though much of what we do at Wolf-Gordon is geared toward uniting form and function, the past year has emphasized the role that design plays in how we adapt to shifting circumstances,” said Marybeth Shaw, chief creative officer, marketing and design. “Roy, Screen and Score were developed as a toolkit for designers facing an increased demand for flexible and durable design solutions. This collection embraces the opportunity to elevate how we approach modular design; complementary scales, patterns and a sophisticated palette are easily combined through a range of applications to meet these technical challenges without sacrificing luxury, comfort and dimensionality.”
Designed for comfort with a high loft, the three patterns have added dimensionality from two-tone weaves. The luxurious texture and eye-catching movement of these woven fabrics will stand out at a distance and up close in workplace, education and beyond. The polyester blend constructions are highly durable and feature a stain repellent finish, with Roy and Screen at 100k double rubs, and Score at 190k double rubs.
Roy (pictured): A zig-zag design that is the largest in scale of the three, Roy is an updated matelassé with a thick padded look and the feel of a cottony quilt, but without any padding or surface stitching. Well suited to the geometric and curvy forms seen in contemporary seating, seven bold piece-dyed colorways are featured.
Screen: Screen is a medium-scale pattern with an irregular raised grid suggestive of the negative and positive spaces of a room divider or window screen, with a soft cottony texture that offers a midscale companion to Roy and Score. Consistent with the current trend of mixing and matching fabrics, Screen’s colorways can coordinate or contrast with each other and those of Roy and Score.
Score: Simple, functional and fun, Score is the smallest scale pattern among its coordinates and has a cottony feel and versatile color palette. By combining virgin polyester and post-consumer recycled polyester yarns in the weave, different colors are achieved when piece-dyeing, giving added dimension to the pattern.