Textiles
Textiles are a “simple, smart material” says Kvadrat Soft Cells design director
Björk’s Icelandic summer house inspires a patterned furniture and textile collection
Iota’s crochet furniture provides an income for out-of-work women
John Lewis marks Lucienne Day centenary with textile collection
JamesPlumb reworks antique indigo-dyed fabric for limited-edition bench
Issey Miyake and Muji among participants at first New York Textile Month
Beirut architect designs bullet-resistant Kevlar keffiyeh headscarf
Paul Smith launches checked textile for Maharam at NeoCon 2016
Nike opens design studio in Hackney to explore advanced textiles
Aniela Hoitink creates dress from mushroom mycelium
Bouroullec brothers create the “Swiss watch” of roller blinds for Kvadrat
Scholten & Baijings’ Ottoman daybed for Moroso “started with the textile”
Jaime Hayon creates surreal sketches for Nanimarquina’s 30th anniversary rugs
Nendo designs patterns for Jil Sander by photographing layered shapes
Jenny Sabin to create robotically knitted canopy for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2017
Ferm Living looks to luxury with Scenes of Splendour homeware collection
Pauline van Dongen designs solar-powered windbreaker for nature reserve guides
Jalila Essaïdi makes textiles from cow dung “to solve manure problem”
New York Textile Month will highlight the revival of cloth, says Li Edelkoort
Design Academy Eindhoven’s Milan exhibition includes a petting zoo and a vagina mirror
Heal’s Design Ireland exhibition spotlights Irish designers on St Patrick’s Day
Zsofia Kollar weaves human hair to create golden perfumed textile
Buro Belén’s quilted Laying Bag changes colour over time
