Upholstery – Page 6 – Specialty Fabrics Review

Hygienic upholstery on the move

April 1, 2011 | Industry News, Upholstery

One disadvantage of public transportation is the musty smells of bodies in various stages of hygiene that get trapped in the upholstery. Moisture from sweat, spills or condensation accumulates inside the upholstery, leading to growth of mold or bacteria. The Hohenstein Institute, Bönnigheim, Ge…

Environmentally friendly casual furniture fabrics now available from Tri VantageÂ®

March 24, 2011 | Marine, Products, Upholstery

GeoBella®, a line of outdoor cushion fabrics combining performance, comfort and recyclability, has been added to furniture fabric offerings from Tri Vantage®. Woven by Phifer Inc. using post-industrial olefin yarn wastes, GeoBella fabrics are PVC-free and 100 percent recyclable. Available in…

Now accepting entries for the 2011 Upholstery Awards

March 10, 2011 | Industry News, Upholstery

Get your leopard print lounge chair and gold-glittered vinyl seating to strike a pose; it’s time to enter the 2011 Upholstery Awards. We welcome your upholstery entries into what was formerly the Upholstery Journal Design & Craftsmanship Awards and now is a part of the International Achiev…

Custom auto upholsterers craft classic interiors

March 1, 2011 | Markets, Upholstery

Successful custom car upholsterers know how to take a client’s idea and turn it into a one-of-a-kind interior. By Jill C. Lafferty When brothers Adam and Noah Howard began doing custom interior upholstery work for hot rod enthusiasts, they were surprised by the roller coaster of emotions exhib…

New patterns for contract seating

March 1, 2011 | Products, Upholstery

New from J. Ennis Fabrics: two new grade one patterns for contract seating. Spot On is a small print textured pattern, nondirectional, with a four-way stretch in ten trend-setting colors. Single is an abstract, subtle stripe with four-way stretch, also in ten stylish colors. Both fabrics pass Califo…

Weathered leather from Texstyle/Jamie Stern

February 8, 2011 | Products, Upholstery

Sedona, a new introduction from Texstyle/Jamie Stern Leather, is inspired by the beauty of metal which, over time, and left out in the elements, gains a unique characteristic. During the process of weathering, the metal takes on a completely different range of colors from its original form. Sedona, …

Reviving the outdoor furniture market

February 1, 2011 | Industry News, Upholstery

Economic turmoil, fewer new housing starts, scarce credit and consumer insecurities interrupted a healthy growth trend in the U.S. outdoor furniture market, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. (GIA), San Jose, Calif. That growth will resume in 2011, thanks to trends toward outdoor…

Chairs feature custom-made fabrics and digital prints

December 1, 2010 | Graphics, Projects, Upholstery

Fabric artist Suzanne Meyer-Pistorius of Blu Girl Art, Springfield, Mass., describes her unique chair designs simply: “The only thing all of the chairs in our constantly changing collection have in common is … they have a past.” Her one-of-a-kind chair designs consist of antique o…

B & D Upholstery creates award-winning chair designs

December 1, 2010 | Industry News, Upholstery

B & D Upholstery, Reading, Pa., received a platinum award in the antique chair division of the Upholstery Journal 2010 Design and Craftsmanship Awards for its classical, yet funky, chair designs. Business owners Brenda Drey and David Blimline reworked frames of two antique chairs, then added new…

Chairs utilize new upholstery technique

November 1, 2010 | Projects, Upholstery

The Industrial Upholstery standard office side chair seems modestly comfortable, stable, even conventional in shape (in spite of the organic stone-like appearance of the back and the candy colors). However, chair designer Gilli Kuchik of Bakery Studios, Tel Aviv, Israel, was aiming for something mor…

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