Interior Innovations

From sustainable textiles to stunning accessories to modern wall creations, these companies are making a difference in the world of interior design fashion. Check out some of their new and upcoming creations below:

Designtex
Celebrating inquiry and collaboration, Designtex, a design and product development firm, introduces another collection this year called Material Matters. As the third collection to come from its ongoing relationship with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Material Matters draws its inspiration from the architecture of various Guggenheim museums around the world. Inspired by the rotunda of the Frank Lloyd Wright designed museum in New York, Die-Cut Ingeo&tm;, a lightweight 100% Ingeo drapery, is created by fusing, embossing, and die-cutting the fabric with a swirling, circular cut-out pattern and is available in an elegant architectural white.

"By integrating Ingeo as one of our key sustainable products, Designtex is a step closer to serving one of our main goals: inspiring others to think about sustainability as a staple of design," states Carol Derby, Designtex director of research and development.

fabricteria Maki
fabricteria Maki debuts the new Jewels for your home collection-custom-designed and hand sewn panels that can be used as window treatments, space dividers, wall hangings, or art pieces. According to Maki, the architecture of a piece is its soul-Jewels for your home exemplifies this statement with its wide range of one-of-a-kind panels available in various colors, sizes, and materials.

IFM - International Fashion Machines
Utilizing an electronic sensor that controls a lamp's light levels with just a tap, IFM introduces a fun and fuzzy five-inch puff lamp. Made 100% of textiles, the new ElectroPUFFTM is hand-made from recycled carpet fibers and works with any incandescent lamp. The bold colors and unique appearance appeal to both children and adults.

IFM also debuts Petal Pusher, an interactive textile and light installation. Machine embroidered on DesignTex wool felt and hand-tufted with electronic yarns, the Petal Pusher is activated by touch, sending an electric signal to brighten and dim the lights. With 49 unique patterns to choose from in numerous configurations, the Petal Pusher effectively combines textiles and light to produce a true work of art.

Ingeo
Derived entirely from man-made sources, Ingeo Fiber made its debut five years ago and continues to be at the forefront of the textile market. As the world's first man-made fiber made of 100% annually renewable resources, Ingeo fiber provides the benefits of a natural fiber, while touting the performance benefits of a synthetic. With green design becoming increasingly important to more and more designers and clients, Ingeo Fiber is a great option for designers looking to reduce the impact that oil and other fossil fuels have on our environment.

NanoSonic Inc.
Recently, NanoSonic Inc. was awarded one of R&D Magazine's 2007 R&D 100 award for the development of its Metal RubberTM Textiles. These low-weight and highly-flexible fabrics were named one of the 100 "most technologically significant new products of the year," unique because of the nanotechnology manufacturing process. These textiles can act as electromagnetic shielding materials, sensors, smart clothing (e-Textiles), medical instrumentation devices, flexible solar arrays, and ultra-light weight flexible antennas, among more.

Sahco Hesslein
Sahco's new line of textiles for upholstery and window treatments, "Bejeweled" by Lori Weitzner, is composed of lavish, rich weaves and brilliantly sparkling jewels.

Standfast & Barracks
Utilizing the Warner Archive, one of the world's largest libraries containing over 80,000 fabric and paper samples, Standfast & Barracks continues to inspire designers, allowing them to recreate or gain insight from past designs and incorporate them into a design that fits their style and need. Its ability to print in various formats, including reactive, pigment, VATS, acids, disperse, discharge, and burnout, and its coloration technique and construction options, makes Standfast & Barracks a great resource for designers from start to finish.

Swarovski
Adding a touch of class and sparkle to fabric, Swarovski's "Crystal Fabric" combines fabric and crystal to produce a material that will make any room shine. "Crystal Fabric", a Hotfix-foil, is jeweled with crystals, both full cut and round, and can be ironed, glued, or sewn onto various materials depending on the design need.

Villani Leonello
Villani Leonello's line includes the innovative and distinctive cork fabric and wallcoverings. With its versatility, stability, texture, and eco-friendly composition, cork can provide countless alternatives for design. Leonello's cork fabric, made with laminated natural cork on a textile material, has many applications, including use in upholstery, furnishings, and accessories. Coupled on non-woven material, natural cork wallpaper has numerous user benefits, including a cleaner application as compared to traditional wallcoverings, and it can be easily cut, applied, and removed.

Windochine
Hand-loomed by master craftsman, Windochine textiles can compliment a wide variety of window treatments, including sheers, roman shades, and screens, along with wall coverings, custom bedding, table top, lampshades, and tailored upholstery applications. Utilizing weaves and fabrics composed of bamboo, abaca, raffia, buntal, and pina, Windochine's textiles are derived from organic materials and are processed and woven with intricate techniques, making them even more sought-after and appreciated. Windochine's signature design, Bamboo Silk, is made from hand-selected bamboo and is woven by hand, creating an ultra thin, sheer open weave.

Collection Maison
Using fiber distortion, Arielle D. of Collection Maison (Paris) creates stunning illuminated partition screens, table runners, and lamps. These illuminated textiles contain optical fibers—light is supplied by luminous diodes within the fibers, with no electrical power within the actual textile. In addition, her new panel curtains featuring giant floral prints can be suited to window dimensions, effectively bringing nature and tranquility inside the home.

Luminex
Enhancing the effect of the traditional candle, Luminex's candles are transforming the fabric world with its fabric-wrapped candles. In addition to this innovation, Luminex hopes to begin marketing its fabric on car interiors as well as well as within glass walls.

Myrine Creations
Original and innovative, Myrine Creations fully-functional wallpapers add artistic style to any wall. With six different ranges to choose from—digital, interactive, 3D, thermoactiv, ecological, and pixelism—and various patterns, Myrine Creations aims to inspire. As far as being innovative, its thermoactiv wallpapers have the ability to react to heat by changing colors—your walls will never be the same again.

Parametre by 3form
3form's Parametre-lightweight, expandable partitions-are the modern and clean way to define space and transform a room. Using industrial strength magnets and anchors for easy installation, these 100% polyester partitions, available in horizontal and vertical systems, can be custom sized up to 14' by 14' and are available in a variety of patterns and colors.