A SELECTION

OF WORK

Product

TRIO – Kaldewei

Development of a pillow collection for the bathtub manufacturer Kaldewei.

The stone-shaped cushion design stands out for its modern and modular design. Thanks to integrated magnets, the individual cushions can be freely combined and arranged in the stainless steel bathtub in a personalized and playful manner.

A custom Kaldewei fabric was developed, whose texture beautifully complements the smooth surface of the bathtub.They serve not only as a functional element, but also as a design element in the bathroom.

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VIBIA

Panorama Fabrics is a textile development partner of the lighting company Vibia.

Concept

Shapable Textiles

In an ever-changing world of hi-fi, which is becoming increasingly sophisticated and performance-driven, we are genuinely losing our sense of connection. Our vision is to work on the increase of a tactile environment that connects us through haptic experiences.

Panorama Fabrics has been working with various shapable yarns for several years and is constantly developing new yarn qualities in collaboration with their partners.

By creating soft but structurally stable three-dimensional textile objects and surfaces, we aim to open up new areas of application for textiles, such as textile interfaces and interior objects. At the same time, sustainability is our top priority. What happens when textile objects no longer require supporting structures and function as objects made from a single material?

Concept

Interactive Mobility Concept

Development for industrial interactive concept for mobility. As climate change intensifies, travelling in shared cars and on public transport is becoming more and more essential. So, these shared spaces need to be designed in a new way. The focus here is on adaptation to the individual and functionality for the community.

This is expressed through reactive and simultaneously deformable textile surfaces for personalised seating and surface areas. The surface sense through sensors humans or objects and creates a change its shape by inflating and deflating object related areas. In this way also individual informations can get presented in a not digitally but haptically and inclusive way. This is supported by a diverse, non-heterogeneous textile design language.

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Shape Shifting Lottery Tickets - Allwyn

The bio-based and biodegradable films made from upcycled leftover lottery tickets were developed for a product edition for the lottery Allwyn.

To repurpose paper waste from the lottery paper industry, the material is first shredded and then embedded in a bio-based, biodegradable film. The aim of the project is to create an upcycled product rather than a downcycled one. The result is a new raw material, which has a particularly appealing, unique and high-quality aesthetic.

A large-scale material study investigated which combination of materials is best suited to produce a film that is both soft and strong. A key hightlight is that the material is not dyed, but derives its unique colour only from the paper.

The film can be both welded and stitched, and is also water- and dirt-repellent. Furthermore, the film can be manufactured industrially in large quantities.

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PLUS MINUS – VIBIA

PLUSMINUS is a flexible lighting system designed by Stefan Diez that takes the concept of lighting strips to a new level.

The conductive and at the same time designed textile strip is the core element of the lighting concept. It allows a free placement of the luminaires and the creation of individual lighting solutions on site.

The textile band was developed by Karina Wirth at Textile Prototyping Lab.

Concept

SUNKOLOR makes UV radiation visible through a color change

The textile that communicates awareness about the current UV radiation through a color change of its material. The textile changes its color from white to sunset red or sunrise purple. This color change is intensified by direct sunlight e.g. in contrast to shade.

The color change is to make the invisible visible, since humans can neither see nor feel UV radiation. Thereby the consciousness is to be sharpened and the contact with the sun is to be improved on a long-term basis. Because even though the sun is important for us, it also poses a danger to our skin, especially due to the increasing climate change.

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Tropez Towels

To mark the season opening, TROPEZ — the project space at the Humboldthain public pool in Berlin — presents a towel collection designed by Constant Dullaart, Maya Man, and Mary-Audrey Ramirez.

Made from organic cotton in a southern German weaving mill, produced by Panorama Fabrics.