September 10, 2025
8 New Textiles Weave Comfort with Care
In 2025 textiles see a return to nature as inspiration. Sustainability remains at the forefront, with a continued focus on doing better for the planet. At the same time, we could all use a softer touch and gentler palettes to soothe us through stressful days.
Bio Silica Hybrid
Momentum
Incorporating the best properties of silicone and biobased polyurethane, this textile collection is inherently antimicrobial and stain resistant, and sustainability is a top priority. It features 100 percent postconsumer recycled polyester backing sourced from recycled water bottles. Bio Silica Hybrid encompasses three distinctive patterns—Kepler Print, Farra, and Flitter Print—and each is PFAS free, flame retardant free, and GREENGUARD Gold certified.
Unified Field
Luum
Luum Textiles’ former creative director Suzanne Tick conceived Unified Field as a thoughtful collection of six textiles inspired by the concept of interconnection. Tick focused on reimagining classic patterns and materials such as argyle, stripes, and wool to capture Luum’s ethos of fiber-to-finish design. The offerings fuse multiple textures, colorways, and sustainable features that will stand up to a variety of commercial environments.
Evy
Brentano
Evy is derived from a Hebrew name meaning “life” or “to breathe”; thus the textile collection’s subtlety and refined elegance invites occupants to relax and recharge. The centerpiece is Catnap, a luxurious bouclé fabric offering 70,000 Wyzenbeek double rubs and bleach cleanability. Lenis is ideal for high-traffic areas, crafted from 50 percent PC FR recycled polyester and 50 percent FR polyester, offering a rich, velvety sheen with 100,000 double rubs.
Haiku
CF Stinson
Featuring eight patterns and 66 colorways, Haiku is a textile collection aimed at health-care designers. Intended to complement healing environments, the collection offers soft pastels to deeply saturated jewel tones. Three patterns are produced using a minimum of 50 percent resin derived from forest industry waste, while the Kigo pattern is produced using yarn containing marine plastics. All patterns have been constructed to meet rigorous health-care requirements.
Palermo II
Mayer Fabrics
There are many ways to leave your mark—but not on this fabric. Featuring a distinctive pebble grain embossing, Palermo II is a premium polyurethane polycarbonate seating fabric that boasts a soil- and stain-resistant top coat with ink resistant technology. Available in 28 colors and 250,000 double rubs, the fabric is GREENGUARD Gold certified and bleach cleanable.
Transistors
Maharam
Transistors is based on a 1957 marker drawing by legendary designer Alexander Girard in which he explores his fascination with intricate mechanisms. In it, an embroidered pattern features a circuit-like design, with short lines articulated by round dots spanning across a felted wool ground. Color palettes derive from Girard’s tritone silk-screen studies in combinations of cream, brick, and brown; ocher, silver, and stone; forest, ink and magenta; and cobalt, steel and cherry.
Color Craft and Criss Cross
Wolf-Gordon
Wolf-Gordon’s Color Craft (pictured) and Criss Cross by Dorothy Cosonas celebrate creativity with patterns inspired by color theory, art materials, and playful experimentation. Printed on durable woven upholstery, the designs blend precise line work with movement and structure—bringing warmth, sophistication, and a fresh yet nostalgic feel to learning spaces and beyond.
Prisme
Pallas Textiles
Prisms provide an enchanting interplay between light, color, and geometry, and the Prisme collection from Pallas aims to capture this magic in textile form. Patterns include Array, a lofty bouclé; Chroma, a vegan leather; Facet, a bold blend of diagonal stripes and fragmented shapes; Glint, a coated textile reminiscent of tweed; Hue, a minimal-yet-vibrant weave; and Lumen, featuring concentric circles set against a serene backdrop.
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