DESIGN Shading with Added Benefits1/16/2024With its High Performance Textiles, Kvadrat is introducing a new product category: Metallised roller blind textiles that insulate and cool, provide shade and are see-through.
FEATURED NOVELTY Kvadrat 2023: SPORT11/21/2023The new upholstery fabric by Patricia Urquiola for Kvadrat is made from 100 per cent recycled ocean-bound polyester and offers a special look and feel.
FEATURED Working with a View5/3/2021Taking their inspiration from “rough meets warm”, roller-blind solutions by Kvadrat Shade and textiles by Kvadrat ensure a pleasant atmosphere in the Fellow Workspace in Aarhus.
FEATURED The extra at the window4/13/2021With its first collection, Kvadrat Shade presents a system for high-quality roller blind solutions that can add visual, acoustic and thermal value to any room.
INTERVIEWS Three questions to: Patricia Urquiola12/1/2020Patricia Urquiola has designed three new textiles for Kvadrat: The faux-uni upholstery fabrics "Relate" and "Reflect" and the curtain fabric "Lumo" in woven twill, which offers a particularly dense quality. In this interview she explains her concept to us.
DESIGN Softly luxurious4/10/2020Kvadrat and Raf Simons recently presented two new, elaborately made upholstery fabrics: “Helia” and “Silas”. And new warm, dark colors like terracotta or dark green have been added to the “Sunniva 3” fabric range.
FEATURED Shady3/24/2020Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec have come up with a completely new roller blind system for Kvadrat Shade, the latest brand by Danish textiles expert Kvadrat. In this interview, Erwan Bouroullec explains to us the design concept behind it.
IMM COLOGNE 2020 Well screened1/20/2020Stefan Diez developed a concept for the Kvadrat exhibition stand during imm cologne 2020 that encloses it with a swirling umbrella-like structure. The main role in his ingenious design is played by Alfredo Häberli’s new fabric “Nitto”.
SUSTAINABILITY A fabric for all weathers11/12/2019Designer Karina Nielsen Rios teamed up with Kvadrat to develop the outdoor fabric “Patio”, which is both sturdy and environmentally friendly. And it looks good into the bargain.
SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018 Twill weaves and kilims5/9/2018With “Twill Weave” Jonathan Olivares teams up with Kvadrat to forge an intricate link from past to the present, from architecture to fabric. By contrast, in her installation for Kinnasand Katrin Greiling does not so much emphasize the narrative as the pure sensation of textiles.
STYLEPARK KVADRAT Nordhavn sends a textile message12/8/2017Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec not only dream up textile designs for Kvadrat. They have also for the second time designed the label’s Copenhagen flagship showroom.
DESIGN Expanding the textile zone7/6/2017Whether it’s for premium loudspeakers, SUVs or classic sneakers – the fabrics from Danish textile label Kvadrat are ever more frequently a sales argument for luxury products.
SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017 Rhythmic3/28/2017Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have invested two years in the new carpet "Semis" that Danskina will present in Milan.
INTERVIEWS The obsessive boss10/31/2016In conversation with Thomas Edelmann, the CEO of Danish textile icon Kvadrat - Anders Byriel - explains, why quality is the most important thing for him, why almost all the employees in the company are a little obsessed and why his firm is keen to continue expanding its competencies.
INTERVIEWS It always begins with curiosity10/24/2016Talking to Thomas Edelmann, Creative Director of Kinnasand Isa Glink explains what designing and fashioning textiles have in common with the work of an architect, what characterizes the new collection and what it means to belong to the Kvadrat group.
ART Philippe Parreno’s mechanical ballet10/11/2016Magical backdrop in the turbine hall: Using Kvadrat Soft Cells artist Phillippe Parreno has created an elaborate, ever changing art piece for Hyundai Commission 2016 at London’s Tate Modern called “Anywhen” which appeals to all the senses.
FEATURED Live-cell therapy9/30/2016The three interior architects at Kor Interiør have redesigned the interior of a conference center in Oslo. Using Kvadrat Soft Cells panels they have not only optimized the acoustics, but also set colorful accents.