It’s National Textile Day! Learn more about how we use them in the field.
It's National Textiles Day, and we're recognizing the major role textiles play in our everyday lives.
Not only does textile lend itself to multiple uses, but it is also versatile. Texture and color allow unlimited possibilities for design and expression. Fabrics also protect us from the elements. And while we manipulate them to our needs, they remain sturdy or delicate depending on their design. While some fabrics breathe for sport others resist wind, rain, and sun.
Textiles in the Field
At Streamline Architects, our design library has every finish and material imaginable. We work with product reps throughout the world to find the right finishes for your space. Materials and textiles are selected and placed immediately in our architect’s interactive design model. At Streamline, the design team and clients become fully engaged in this memorable experience.
Inspiration to Reality
During the schematic design process, our interior designers create material boards that show the materials all together such as flooring, wall coverings, and hardware finishes. and lighting options. We begin with several initial design schemes and narrow down the selection based on the feedback from the owner. We will also integrate the finishes into the interactive design model to help visualize the finishes, fixtures, and furniture within the space. This creates a vision of how the materials will look together.
Shaping the Future
Each year, Streamline staff has the pleasure of teaching younger generations about sustainable textiles through our Discover Architecture program and field trips with local elementary students.
Pictured is Buffy Kaplan, our Design Library Manager, educating students from Rivermont Collegiate about the exciting different textiles that our library has to offer.