NOVELTY
Kvadrat 2023: SPORT

The new upholstery fabric by Patricia Urquiola for Kvadrat is made from 100 per cent recycled ocean-bound polyester and offers a special look and feel.

11/21/2023

In collaboration with the Swiss company #tide, Kvadrat is giving plastic collected from the coasts of Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines a second life as a raw material: The so-called ocean-bound polyester is used to create an upholstery fabric that offers a multi-dimensional feel thanks to its unconventional weave. The colouring of the high-tech textile is also special: Patricia Urquiola has come up with a design that uses three different coloured yarns to create a structure with a multitude of tiny shapes. These appear both floral and graphic and their perfect repetition lends the fabric a gentle depth.

Kvadrat offers twenty rich colours, from neutral to intense: "The colours for 'Sport' are divided into ‘salt and pepper’ monochrome nuances, which illuminate the textile’s high-tech graphic character, and solid shades which
fade its texture away.", says Patricia Urquiola. Slight colour variations, meanwhile, point to the special origin of the high-quality recycled plastic and make each fibre unique. Marc Krebs, co-founder of #tide: "The partnership with Kvadrat means a lot to us: we share the philosophy that the highest standards in design and materials can be combined with important sustainable and ethical actions. Both, Kvadrat and #tide want to create a much-needed social and environmental impact that protect the oceans and supports coastal and island communities in their fight against plastic pollution." (am)

Products

Kvadrat

Sport

FEATURED

The extra at the window

4/13/2021

With its first collection, Kvadrat Shade presents a system for high-quality roller blind solutions that can add visual, acoustic and thermal value to any room.

INTERVIEWS

Three questions to: Patricia Urquiola

12/1/2020

Patricia Urquiola has designed three new textiles for Kvadrat: The faux-uni upholstery fabrics "Relate" and "Reflect" and the curtain fabric "Lumo" in woven twill, which offers a particularly dense quality. In this interview she explains her concept to us.

DESIGN

Softly luxurious

4/10/2020

Kvadrat and Raf Simons recently presented two new, elaborately made upholstery fabrics: “Helia” and “Silas”. And new warm, dark colors like terracotta or dark green have been added to the “Sunniva 3” fabric range.

FEATURED

Shady

3/24/2020

Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec have come up with a completely new roller blind system for Kvadrat Shade, the latest brand by Danish textiles expert Kvadrat. In this interview, Erwan Bouroullec explains to us the design concept behind it.