Kvadrat’s #coloureffects and new collections launch at Salone del Mobile 2024
Launching at this year’s Salone del Mobile, Kvadrat explores colour and the deep emotional effect it can impart on your senses through its special installation by Margrethe Odgaard in #coloureffects.
The new ranges of textiles being released include Re-wool 2 and Azure Outdoor by Margrethe Odgaard; Serpentine by the colour master Giulio Ridolfo and a selection of new rugs.
Colour and the way it’s perceived is so different for everyone – drawing on this way of thinking, Odgaard has devised an installation that highlights the designer’s unique colour-setting method for #coloureffects. Using two decks of cards, split into white action cards and black emotion cards, each card prompts you to consider between diverging actions and emotions, all within a series of embroidered monuments featuring phrases such as ‘I feel optimistic’ and ‘I feel curious’.
All of the new textiles launching during Salone del Mobile consider Kvadrat’s pillars of sustainability, craftsmanship and creativity.
Re-wool 2 by Margrethe Odgaard
Released in 14 new hues, Re-wool 2 is woven with 45% recycled wool, adding to the original palette to create 25 colourways.
“While many of the original colours for Re-wool are toned-down, for Re-wool 2, I dared to celebrate the undefined tones of the recycled wool by combining it with bolder colours. The refreshed colour palette adds a breadth of tempo. It offers slow colours with built-in longevity as well as energy-shaping, cheeky colours,” says the designer Margrethe Odgaard.
Post-industrial fibre scraps collected from Kvadrat’s own production contributes to the collection, closing the loop in the production cycle, and ensuring the recycled wool is of the same quality in every batch.
The colours were created by Odgaard’s paintings and blended notes inspired by the transitions from light to darkness unique to Scandinavia.
Azure Outdoor by Margrethe Odgaard
Azure Outdoor is an outdoor upholstery textile constructed with 90% recycled polyester with a water-repellent treatment free from PFAS. Designed by Margrethe Odgaard, it comes in 13 colourways informed by changing light in the sky.
Taking inspiration from the colour palettes of the great outdoors, Azure Outdoor features a poetic combination designed to give a sensation of light and colour to the natural and architectural elements that typically populate outdoor settings, rather than overpower them.
“My starting point was the idea that light gives colours life. Colours that live in nature fade, bloom, and develop because of this light. So, we have dedicated Azure Outdoor to the sky and its transitioning light,” says Odgaard.
Azure Outdoor is constructed with a dobby weave, creating a seemingly textured surface even though the textile is quite flat in its construction. In addition, the textile is designed with effective weather resistance and with a fluorocarbon-free finish that is water-repellent, fast-drying and provides resistance against chlorine, seawater, and artificial weathering.
Serpentine by Giulio Ridolfo
Renowned for creating exquisite colour palettes, Giulio Ridolfo’s Serpentine is a voluminous woollen upholstery, which reflects the material heritage of Kvadrat with a contemporary twist. Combining modern techniques with classic craftsmanship, the construction results in a dynamic interplay of colour with a distinct tactility.
Using a thick woollen yarn in the weft, Serpentine is a soft, thick and voluminous textile with a thick, single colour yarn, and two finer yarns in the warp.
“Serpentine connects points of culture. The holistic, organic tones of the thick yarn reference the colours present in my life in Italy, such as adobe brick, mud, stone, and terracotta. This is combined with a resonating buzz of electricity from the Mexican-inspired colours of the thinner yarn, often used for ornamental details on local textiles,” says Ridolfo.
Corde Droit and Corde Chevron rugs by Ronan Bouroullec
The latest rugs by renowned designer Ronan Bouroullec are the the Corde Collection rugs, which feature dynamic colour depth from the vibrant dialogue between their tie-dyed yarns.
Corde Droit features straight lines in horizontal and vertical patterns, while Corde Chevron reinterprets the classic Herringbone design. Artistic yet utilitarian, these woollen rugs are inspired by the allure of hand-written lines and the intricate art of rope construction.
“Drawing has always been part of my life, a long time before I became interested in design,“ says Ronan. “I have always drawn with different types of tools, from ballpoint in a café to a large brush in my studio, drawing, it’s like a constant companion for me.”
Today and Tonight by Kvadrat residential
Today is an uncomplicated, versatile curtain with a soft and stable touch. It is a semi-transparent plain weave curtain textile with a light and gentle character. The curtain can be hung vertically and horizontally and is reversible, as each side has a unique appearance. One side has a subtle lustrous shimmer, created by a calender finish that gives a smooth and silky glazed surface. The other side remains matte and crisp, like cotton.
The colour palette for Today is suitable for everyday use and impresses with natural powdery and chalky tones like Sea salt, Eclipse, Sky and Slate – generating a calming, yet vivid atmosphere. Echoing the colours of Tonight, both curtains can be combined seamlessly to create a joyful interplay of varying shades and transparencies that emphasise their individual character.
Today is crafted from a twisted, spun polyester yarn by Trevira CS eco, which is flame-retardant and derived from 100% recycled post-production waste.
The slight variations in the finely spun yarn create subtle irregularities, which contribute to the specific expression of the curtain. As the yarn is used in both the warp and the weft, this effect occurs in both directions, resulting in a shifting but harmonious, balanced structure that is reminiscent of crossing lines.
Tonight is a piece-dyed woven blackout curtain with a gentle and sophisticated personality. Crafted from 70% recycled polyester, the curtain has a remarkably soft drape and a lustrous, almost silky surface with a smooth hand. The colour come in twelve diverse and appealing colours, ranging from light, muted natural tones to deeper and richer hues like Sky, Forest, Eclipse and Silver Grey.
When light hits the monochrome surface, these colours are given a fascinating shimmering depth, and the subtle structure of diagonal ribs is brought to life. Due to its special weaving construction the twill weave is reversible and can be hung vertically and horizontally.
Echo by Jos Klarenbeek
Echo is a handwoven flat weave rug that balances structure and pattern in a rhythmic ‘echo’. It is designed by Jos Klarenbeek and is made exclusively from regenerative pure New Zealand wool. The rug’s precision and tactility derive from a sophisticated construction incorporating 150 warp and 40 weft threads. The intricate design reflects Jos Klarenbeek’s mathematical background and his years of experimentation with combining dual systems, threading techniques and binding patterns.
Yield Collection by Kvadrat
The Yield Collection consists of three handwoven rugs named Yield, Yield Dot and Yield Melange, made from regenerative pure new wool. They share the same handwoven basket weave construction, subtle yarn irregularities, and a sophisticated colour system that uses wool’s natural hues as its foundation.
Yield offers a subtly irregular play of small checks. It is woven with a naturally coloured warp and a single-coloured weft.
Hand-plied and twisted Yield Melange has a sophisticated melange look and expresses a delicate sense of ebbing movement.
Yield Dot incorporates a third coloured yarn which creates small, consistently spaced dots that seemingly float across its front surface. On its back side, they are more elongated.
Discover the new collections via the links below