By Rachel Gallaher
Updated: Aug 18, 2021
By Rachel Gallaher
The four fabrics—durable and easily woven into a range of décor styles—are available in a handful of colorways and reflect Simons’ decades of experience in the menswear sector. Atom is a coarse bouclé with a seemingly random pattern, Balder 3 is woven from several different tones of thread in an apparently irregular weave, Sonar 3 is based on the fine suiting tweeds used in high fashion garments, and Ria takes inspiration from Pointillism: the textile is made up of thinner, single-toned yarn, through which are woven two colors of thicker yarn to create a subtly textured dotting of color across the surface.
When discussing the new fabrics and the close collaboration with Simons, Anna Vilhelmine Ebbesen, head of design consumers at Kvadrat, notes, “Each textile has a strong character—texture and color play an important role in every design. Color, in particular, is crucial: it is a strong communicator and it brings energy to the furniture.”
The four fabrics—durable and easily woven into a range of décor styles—are available in a handful of colorways and reflect Simons’ decades of experience in the menswear sector. Atom is a coarse bouclé with a seemingly random pattern, Balder 3 is woven from several different tones of thread in an apparently irregular weave, Sonar 3 is based on the fine suiting tweeds used in high fashion garments, and Ria takes inspiration from Pointillism: the textile is made up of a thinner, single-toned yarn, through which are woven two colors of thicker yarn to create a subtly textured dotting of color across the surface.
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When discussing the new fabrics and the close collaboration with Simons, Anna Vilhelmine Ebbesen, head of design consumers at Kvadrat, notes, “Each textile has a strong character—texture and color play an important role in every design. Color, in particular, is crucial: it is a strong communicator and it brings energy to the furniture.”