Materialised 2010 Hookless Shower Curtains
Gary stumbled across this simple but ingenious item at a New York Hospitality Design Expo, where a man was captivating a huge crowd by swinging from a shower curtain and then ‘zipping’ it off the rail effortlessly.
This integrated hook system has elevated the humble shower curtain with its pesky (perpetually breaking) plastic hooks, to a thing of beauty and simplicity. Hookless shower curtains adorn high style hotels world-wide.
Materialised 2010 – We Welcome Momentum Textiles To The Fold
Momentum Textiles sought us out to distribute a comprehensive, beautiful collection of environmentally sensitive decorative fabrics and wall coverings. Notably an 100% silicone faux leather with zero nasties, recycled yarns and re-cyclable fabrics.
Momentum, being based on the West Coast of America, has a handwriting very Australasian (never forget our Kiwis) which compliments beautifully the Materialised product.
2014 Hush Acoustic Sheers Were Launched
In a world where room sound absorption has forever been accomplished with fibrous mass, the notion of a light, semi transparent acoustic drapery or acoustic sheer roller blind fabric achieving the same or better outcome was seen as revolutionary among Acousticians!
2016 – WeaveUp Was Born
Of all the innovation, WeaveUp was our biggest and most audacious undertaking.
The notion of a designer able to select from a diverse collection of patterns and textures, customisable by scale, colour, repeat from a computer, iPad or phone anywhere on the planet, only a few years ago would have been considered science fiction!
WeaveUp was to textile printing innovation, what the steam engine was to weaving, all those years ago! A web based print library hosting images from designers around the world, enabling manipulation of colour, scale, repeat and texture; all at the click of a button.
