Showroom: A Look at the New Elements Collection from KnollTextiles

The new Elements Collection from KnollTextiles includes three designs by creative director Dorothy Casonas. Image courtesy KnollTextiles.

For some of its newest fabrics in its 2013 Elements Collection, KnollTextiles’ Dorothy Cosonas turned to her library. "I collect lots of books and use them constantly as source material for my work as creative director for KnollTextiles,” she says. “With Ikat Square, Ikat Stripe, and Origins, I was initially inspired by patterns that I found in some Japanese textile books. I was also inspired by the traditional ‘Ikat’ concept—an intricate and labor intensive process of binding and dying sections of yarn, then weaving them together to create a fabric with multi-colored tones. The result is three patterns which speak to this old-world technique but have a truly modern twist."

The three fabrics by Cosonas, in addition to additional drapery and upholstery fabrics and wallcoverings will be beloved by architects and interior designers specifying fabrics that emphasizes color, texture and large-scale pattern.

If you happen to be in LA for the Pacific Design Center’s Westweek events, be sure to stop by the new KnollTextiles showroom opening then—just the company’s second textile-only destination. A Knoll Luxe showroom, the space is geared toward residential, hospitality and executive office designers and carries the full line of Knoll Luxe textiles, along with an assortment of other KnollTextiles (including Cosonas’s new designs) intended for residential and contract applications.