Fall 2018 Collection Takes Inspiration from Textural Weave Shifts in Geometric Patterning
HBF Textiles is making the mundane meaningful with their annual Fall Collection, designed by HBF Textiles VP of Design + Creative Direction Mary Jo Miller. The Fall 2018 Collection incorporates textural weave shifts as the patterns move from embossed, to twill weaves, to raised yarn constructions.
âFor each of the four designs, I was inspired by seemingly simple ways that things move from place to place,â explains Miller. âFrom roundabouts of a traffic circle to stacked envelope forms to rungs of a ladder, we were able to craft a collection that features playful shapes with high-performance characteristics. The Fall 2018 collection is all about moving forms which traverse across the woven ground.â
The four designs include: Roundabout, Dashing, Bling, and Airmail, with each available in 6 â 11 colorways featuring quirky color combinations for the more diverse interior environment. Airmailâs signature, repetitive patterning echoes the shapes of multiple envelopes when layered over each other on a busy desk; Blingâs simple inspiration from the glimmer and sparkle of jewelry brings a metallic element to the collection; Dashing provides a rhythmic pattern of consistent dashes, visualized from ladder rungs and road lines; and Roundaboutâs circular shapes mimic the motion and energy of its namesake – traffic circles.
The Fall 2018 Collection boasts textural high-performance, with impressive abrasion resistance, multi-use applications and sustainable certifications. The well-priced series, from $35 – $52, was meticulously crafted with numerous weave trials to enhance the collectionâs color intensity and provide a variety of weave structures.
The four fabrics included in HBF Textiles Fall 2018 Collection are:
Roundabout: The repeating circular shapes in this woven translation recalls the movement that spins you off in your desired direction.
⢠Woven in Canada at one of the most sustainable mills in North America
⢠Featuring an antimony-free polyester warp with post-consumer recycled polyester from plastic water bottles
⢠Third party certified NSF 336 Gold and SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold
⢠Approved for upholstery, wrapped panel, and wallcovering
⢠100,000 double rubs on Wyzenbeek abrasion test
⢠8 complex and vibrant shades
⢠$35 per yard
Dashing: Simple, repetitive forms give a sense of rhythmic patterning. Dashing has a consistent white dash that makes this soft material a lively texture.
⢠Woven at a premier mill in Germany
⢠Approved for both upholstery and wrapped panel applications
⢠Third party certified SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold
⢠100,000 double rubs on Wyzenbeek abrasion test
⢠11 cozy colorations
⢠$40 per yard
Bling: Who doesnât love a little bling? Bling is the sparkle within the collection – like jewelry that âmakesâ the outfit.
⢠Manufactured by a faux leather supplier that specializes in an exceptional denim and ink resistant technology called Writerâs Block™, with bleach cleanable properties.
⢠Third party certified SCS Indoor Advantage™ Gold
⢠Over 100,000 double rubs on Wyzenbeek abrasion test
⢠7 metallic colors for a fashion forward look
⢠$35 per yard
Airmail: Envelope shapes that cascade upon one another, delivered this design concept.
⢠Woven in the United States
⢠Made of 37% recycled nylon & 30% rapidly renewable cotton
⢠70,000 double rubs on Wyzenbeek abrasion test
⢠6 vivid colorations
⢠$52 per yard
About HBF Textiles
HBF Textiles gives dimension to the lives and spaces of users, designers and communities through the essential qualities of fabric. Their expertise comes from understanding the inherent qualities of fabric â yarn, dyeing, spinning, structure and weave. What they produce is not just textiles, but a larger web of relationships. Weaving textiles together with manufacturing and production, they are part of a two-hundred-year-old legacy of textile manufacturing within North Carolina. And, with like-minded mills and collaborators ââ locally and globally ââ they explore together the myriad of possibilities of what fabric can be. www.hbftextiles.com.