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DESIGNERS SELECT Fabric Designers name their favorite recent fabrics Janet Caponi, IIDA Filz Felt: Felt filzfelt.com Reader Service No. 210 Textus: Gradient themomgroup.com Reader Service No. 211 HBF Textiles: Stencil hbftextiles.com Reader Service No. 212 Interior Designer, Associate Principal LS3P Associates Ltd. Charlotte, North Carolina “This line provides an instant update to a classic material with the variety of striking color options. With several thicknesses, this felt transcends furniture to walls and floors.” “I would love to use this on the back of a banquette—the gradation creates soft movement.” “It’s a fun, large-scale that goes from mild to bold color combinations.” Scott Delano, AIA KnollTextiles: Tryst knolltextiles.com Reader Service No. 213 Designtex: Tessellate designtex.com Reader Service No. 214 Luna Textiles: Dots Damask lunatextiles.com Reader Service No. 215 Senior Designer NELSON Chicago “This is wonderfully fun and playful, as though it is a sequined expanse when on a lounge piece. Everyone at NeoCon® had to touch it when they walked by—when designers can’t stop staring and touching a product, it’s a sign of success.” “The visual and physical textures possible with an epingle cannot be beat. This one has a luxurious feel and look in colors more complex than a bright solid yet can still energize a space.” “Dots Damask has a neat trick up its sleeve: Viewed from a distance, it appears to be a traditional damask, but as you get closer it reveals itself as a very modern dot pattern and the damask disappears.” Denise Cherry Carnegie: Heritage carnegiefabrics.com Reader Service No. 216 Maharam: Deconstructed Rose maharam.com Reader Service No. 217 Herman Miller: Colorado Plaid hermanmiller.com Reader Service No. 218 Director of Design Studio O+A San Francisco “A combination of pattern and texture gives this herringbone such intensity. It’s a very hearty product, and the pattern is actually stitched rather than printed—almost like knitting. Feel that? The hand is nice.” “I think of it as a modern interpretation of grandma’s sofa. Up close it looks like pixels, but stand back and it’s a large-scale rose pattern. It’s a beautiful marriage of contemporary abstraction and traditional needlepoint.” “A reissue of Alexander Girard’s vintage prints, it’s a gingham design that feels very fresh. The beauty of it is its large scale, which means if you upholster four chairs with it, each will have a di erent look.” 148 contractdesign.com JULY AUGUST 2012 http://www.filzfelt.com http://www.themomgroup.com http://www.hbftextiles.com http://www.knolltextiles.com http://www.designtex.com http://www.lunatextiles.com http://www.carnegiefabrics.com http://www.maharam.com http://www.hermanmiller.com http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - August 2012

Contract - August 2012
Editorial
Industry News
Product Focus: One Size Fits All
Product Focus: By the Hand of the Painter
Product Focus: The Future Is Bright
Product Briefs: Team Players
best of NeoCon®
Sanofi Headquarters
Microsoft Vienna
Gensler Bangkok
St. Regis Sanya Yalong Bay Resort
International Design and Practice: Lessons from an Expert Abroa
Competition: Inspirations Awards
Practice: Gensler Exchange
Designers Select: Fabric
Sources
Ad Index
Exhibition: KarlssonWilker Exposes the Many Facets of Wolf-Gordon

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