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Our Common Threads, Darwin Community Arts

Upcycling Fabric With ‘Our Common Threads’

Upcycling fabric through donations has been woven into Materialised company culture for decades. With World Refugee Day today, Wednesday 20 June, we are keen to share with you some of our work that highlights how passionate we are about recycling and upcycling fabric, as well as an organisation that does so much to help others. Our Common … continue reading

Mindfulness matters, aged care design, Materialised

Design Matters! Wellbeing And Interior Design

Whilst washing my car (an activity I enjoy because it takes little concentration, allowing time for some mind wandering and is also activity others don’t want to join), this thought occurred to me, and I want to share it with you! My neighbours are mostly engaged in professions. One an Oncologist, another an Orthopaedic surgeon, … continue reading

Hookless shower curtain. Materialised

Materialised 2010 – Hookless, Momentum, Hush & WeaveUp

What a decade! Hookless shower curtains; Momentum textiles; Hush acoustics and the innovative WeaveUp design platform was launched. A digital revolution!

Florence Broadhurst

2009 – Florence Broadhurst Design Archive

2009 saw us become home to Florence Broadhurst design archives for contract furnishings and here began a partnership that continues today…

Crypton waterproof fabric

Materialised 1990 – Crypton & Our First Digital Printer

This was the decade when, in the midst of the “recession we had to have” along with 20% interest rates, our illustrious leaders decided we should eliminate import tariffs and “have a level playing field.” The Australian textile production industry, along with the associated industries, started on a terminal downward spiral. Weaving mills, dyers and printers were closing by the month.

Materialised 1980 Kent Street

Materialised 1980 – Our First Decade

The launch was a gala event at the new showroom/office in Kent Street Sydney featuring a magician skilfully making all manner of things ‘materialise and de-materialise’. A hoot! The guest list could have been a textile industry ‘Who’s Who’!