Celebrating 20 Years with 20 Collaborations
To celebrate what has been a tremendous adventure in a wonderful industry, we embarked on another adventure and involved some of our closest friends. The 20th Anniversary Collection is a product...
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Evolving Generations: Designing for Changing Consumer Trends
As the world and people evolve, so too does design. The term “resimercial” started popping up back in 2016 as an easy, overarching way to describe designed spaces that utilize...
Hydrolysis Testing Methods
With the popularity of polyurethane (PU) growing in the upholstery marketplace, end users are discovering that not all PUs are created equal. In high traffic seating areas, and under hot...
Sheers: A Love Story
Window treatments are an aspect of the interior space that every designer must address when developing their concept. Whether the window is the focal point of a room or an...
Are You On Board with the Digital Textile Revolution?
Advancing technology has already changed the textile industry. Design trends are now adopting the latest innovations. Read more...
#WomensHistoryMonth Showcase - Karen Daroff
In honor of Women's History Month and as a certified women-owned business, LebaTex has interviewed successful women in the interior design industry. For our second feature in the #WomensHistoryMonth Showcase, we spoke with Karen Daroff...
Sustainable Textile Developments
As consumers and designers are becoming more aware of the materials used in their products, new innovations are being developed to meet the need for sustainable textiles. From organic materials...
Bella-Dura Indoor/Outdoor Upholstery All in One Place
When it comes to commercial textiles, it helps to know the fabrics you specify are proven reliable goods that will meet all of the necessary standards and look attractive. Bella-Dura®...
A Guide to Textile Cleaning and Considerations
With the wide range of fabrics, vinyl and other coated materials in the market today, as well as an ever-increasing number of finishes, cleaning of contract textiles is a complex...
Know Your Fabric Finish Options
Fabric technology has developed so that many quality commercial fabrics inherently meet standards for commercial use in flame retardancy, abrasion, antimicrobials, lightfastness, etc. But it is common for many designers to request...
New Cotton by Argaman Technologies is Germ & Fire Resistant
Jerusalem-based Argaman Technologies has introduced an innovative bio-inhibitive cotton that can be used on products ranging from face masks to hotel linens. CottonX, as the new technology is called, was invented by textile...
Easy Guide to Spot Cleaning Crypton Contract Fabrics
Architects and designers tell us that in their contract projects, one of the most frequent questions from the client side involves not aesthetics, not even facility planning or engineering, but...
New Fabric from Recycled Fiber Almost Feels Like Cotton
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a fabric using a method that involves dissolving worn and discarded cotton, and using it as a raw material for new fiber. The...
Wyzenbeek Performance Testing
For some time the contract textile industry has been disconcerted by the variability of Wyzenbeek Performance test results. Results can and do vary significantly even when the same fabric is...
Do Abrasion Tests Indicate Durability?
The contract textile industry has struggled for years with the negative impact of ever-increasing abrasion resistance numbers. Recognizing that these numbers are believed to represent lifespan and durability for contract...