Luum Textiles Launches Kinetic Energy Collection, Drawing Inspiration From the Dynamic Motion of the Digital and Physical Realms

Luum Textiles has launched the Kinetic Energy collection. Bringing the transformative power of movement into our spaces, the Kinetic Energy collection comprised of six sustainable textiles invigorates and inspires with innovative weave structures, vibrant color combinations, and artful explorations of materiality—mirroring our collective energy to forge, nurture, and reshape our environments for the greater good.

With a dynamic and playful motif, Scattergraph embodies an energy that references augmented reality and merges our physical and digital worlds. Its cascading pattern of curved squares fluctuates in contrast thanks to its usage of buzzy neon yarns alongside more grounded heathered yarns. Scattergraph offers durability for a variety of furniture forms in the workplace and higher education settings—and is available in 10 bright colorways with a PFAS-free stain repellent.

Inspired by the abundance of information in our digital world, Datastorm’s technical assemblage of cells cascade along the surface of this multicolored textile like cyber patchwork—ebbing and flowing organically to create a layered pattern. Each colorway is punctuated by unique tonal and brightly colored boucle accents, creating opportunities for color coordination across the Luum line. Bleach cleanable, made from 50% post-consumer recycled polyester, and available in nine colorways, Datastorm is well-suited for hospitality, workplace, and higher education applications.

As its name suggests, Trichroma displays a multicolor, highly-dimensional twill structure that runs diagonally, instantly transforming the traditional into the contemporary through use of color and material. Robust yet refined, this weave employs thick and voluminous yarns made from 51% recycled polyester to create dimensionality that’s both tactile and visually stunning. By combining an alternating end-and-end warp with three other uniquely colorful novelty yarns in the weft, the result feels organic, irregular, and substantial—yet still high-performance and bleach-cleanable.

Developed over three years of application testing, Lithoprint is Luum’s first domestically-produced coated textile, made with cleaner chemistry and more sustainable manufacturing methods. This elegant small-scale, textile-like pattern is created through a printmaking process: coated with 12 custom ground colors, printed with a slub-like pattern, and finally, embossed for a matte, textured effect. Comprised of a polyurethane base, silicone top coat, and knit backing, Lithoprint is engineered to balance elasticity with upholsterability—creating a surface that’s wipeable, stain-resistant, bleach-cleanable, and appropriate for all marketplaces.

Composed of 40% recycled content, Median is a visually-inviting, multi-purpose upholstery that uses boucle and chenille yarns for a harmonious yet variegated surface. Median alternates bulkier, matte boucle yarns in a fine warp structure with thinner, luminescent chenille yarns in the weft to create an appealing horizontal texture. Perfect for furniture of all types, as well as wrapped walls, panels, and screens, Median transforms spaces with a soft, textured sensation.

Encompassing beauty, performance, and cleanability in one lustrous surface, Earthshine adds functional refinement to wrapped walls. Its use of vibrant polyethylene tape yarn in both warp and weft maximizes light reflection and expresses the feelings of movement and luxury. As Luum’s first wrapped wall textile with tape yarn in both warp and weft, Earthshine compares nicely to other tape constructions on the market and is both scrubbable and bleach cleanable. The luminosity and depth of its structure illuminates vertical surfaces, transforming spaces with a heavily textured sensation.