Design And Innovation Are Assessed As Functional Textiles Are Chosen For The LIBRARY Feature At Heimtextil 2023
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On 30 November 2022, an expert jury chose the functional textiles to be presented in the LIBRARY at Heimtextil 2023.
85 exhibitors were selected from the large number of entries and will display their products in the elaborate setting of the LIBRARY in Hall 4.0.
The textiles will be marked with the name and stand number of the manufacturers concerned.
The brand-new edition of the materials library for functional textiles at the beginning of next year will focus on five different characteristics: ‘flame retardant’, ‘sound absorbent’, ‘light resistant’, ‘antimicrobial’ and ‘water repellent’.
When making the selection, the experts took account not only of functionality but also design and innovation.
With Gerhard Sperling, Verband der Deutschen Heimtextilien-Industrie e.V., Jasmin Grego, GREGO Jasmin Grego & Stephanie Kühnle Architektur GmbH, and Felix Diener, Marburger Tapetenfabrik, the jury combined the expertise of a textile engineer with that of two application experts.
"The Interior.Architecture.Hospitality LIBRARY provides visitors with targeted orientation across all five functional categories.
It is imperative that textiles can be experienced three-dimensionally so that they can be seen live in the light and their innovations can stimulate creativity," says Felix Diener.
Jasmin Grego explains: "I see the creation of comparison possibilities between products as a clear strength of the LIBRARY. Experiencing curated submissions staged side by side shows the range of haptic-material designs with the same functionality. In this way, even the unexpected becomes tangible."
Visitors will be able to see the fabric selection at the LIBRARY in Hall 4.0 of Heimtextil 2023 from 10 to 13 January.
Surrounded by Decorative & Furniture Fabrics and Fibres & Yarns exhibitors, the LIBRARY is the perfect starting place for visitors from the contract sector.
For even deeper insights and the opportunity to exchange ideas and information, the curators are offering LIBRARY TOURS on the first two days of the fair, thus giving participants the opportunity to discover all about the latest functional textiles at first hand.
Heimtextil
International Trade Fair for Home and Contract Textiles
Heimtextil will take place from 10 to 13 January 2023.
