In order to meet the more and more diffused flexibility required by the market, Parà (Italy) comes with a big novelty at MoOD: a Taylor Made service for small outdoor quantities.
‘Vega’, the natural wall covering that uses real stone, was actually still a prototype when it was presented by Villani Leonello (Italy) at MoOD last year. But it received the dreamed for launch when it won the ‘Blue Drop Award for a Wall Covering’.
Swarovski diamonds are inlaid bead by bead on the wallpaper. They follow a charming pattern that slowly becomes visible against the brown-beige or purple-blue of the the background. The new collection is called ‘Diamonds and Pearls’ and was introduced to the professional market at MoOD.
Hilton, Istanbul, Bellagio, Las Vegas, Fairmonth, Abu Dhabi,... the number of projects in the hospitality market involving the Turkish ELVIN is growing steadily. As manufacturers, it forms a team with its main Editeur. It was proposed that the projects be handled as a joint realisation. And this worked for ELVIN. Fabrics are custom made for each project.
MoOD predicts (Re)naissance, the rebirth of textile. The trend book that follows the MoOD 2010 fair refers to the many crafts that have enjoyed revaluation in recent years. This suggests that textile, as a last ‘real’ craft, will also see a revival.
Flocart, the Belgian company, is unveiling an unprecedented product at the MoOD trade fair. Whereas before a double-sided transfer was only printable on a dim out weave, Flocart has started a real revolution by bringing an unprecedented new design to MoOD: a decorative black out curtain.
While it is impossible to ignore in the outdoor market, Dickson Constant Sunbrella (France) can still make good use of its Blue Drop Award for best outdoor product.
She won a prize at the ‘Textile Competition Kyoto’ exhibition in 1991, received the ‘Design Preiss Schweiz’ and the ‘Nikore Sen-I-Shihun Japan Textile Paper Design Competition’ in Tokyo, in 1993. She was honoured with the ‘Henry van de Velde Award’ twice and picked up the first prize for an interiors textile at Interieur Kortrijk, among others.
Calcutta (Belgium) is one of the largest manufacturers of jacquard woven wallpapers in Europe, a product that is on the way up worldwide. Calcutta’s high quality wall coverings have found a growing market in Russia, China and France.
It looks old but it is in fact new. The clever combination of yarn and finishing techniques has resulted in a fabric that looks like it has just been discovered in an old Stately home.
Noticing that Nature is an inexhaustible source of knowledge, matériO has selected a collection of materials and technologies that question imitation matters, the limit between natural and artificial and biomimicry.
The Israeli company Nachik picked up the ‘Blue Drop Innovation Award’ at MoOD in September 2009. The proud winner will now be seeing many different versions of its product 'Mirror' appearing on the market.
The Dutch company J.A. Raymakers & Co is not only a trend-setter in velvet fabrics but also a leader in eco-friendly production values. With the introduction of an organic velvet, it proves that quality and design need not be compromised by a green approach.
Hornschuh likes to call himself a ‘surface specialist’. Last year, the company rewrote the quality standard for imitation leather with the introduction of a new breathing, durable product.
Aznar Textil invested a great deal in Leno constructions and leno gauze. The new collection that will be presented on MoOD uses this technology and incorporates just the right amount of pure linen which conders a special drop and gives a distinct air.
