Interiors from Spain went to Home Textiles Premium 2017

The third Home Textiles Premium by Textilhogar closed its doors on 9 September, consolidating its position as Spain’s leading professional event for the home, decor and upholstery sector. This year, more than 300 new products and collections by 171 brands and companies filled Madrid's Caja Mágica over three days.

Organised jointly by convention centre Feria de Valencia and trade association Ateval-Home Textiles from Spain, the event brought together international buyers from 40 countries who came to inspect the quality and design of the innovative interior decor textiles and finished products made by Spanish companies.

Interiors from Spain went to see what was new and trending. The ‘trends space’ unveiled the textiles set to grace homes next season. Smarter and more environmentally friendly, they come in polyhedral colouring and deepen their ethnic roots. Four top trends are ready to roll: “De Rerum Natura”, “Farbenlehren”, “Lux Perepetua” and “PanOikos”.

“De Rerum Natura” reflects human commitment to our surroundings and to using state-of-the-art technology for sustainable solutions. Examples included hybrid blends of natural, artificial and synthetic fibres based on organic textures, with “open” weaves and intricate, porous surfaces.

“Farbenlehre” was a play on colour and offered high-performance fabrics tested under conditions of maximum stress with technical processes to enhance colour with semi-lustre, lustre and mega-lustre finishes and combinations thereof.

“Lux Perpetua” is a reference to the new “Enlightenment” and to illuminating humanity. Here the influence of research and the discovery of new technical products could be seen in the world of textiles. Key elements include refrigeration technology and iridescent thread to make new-age fabrics that are microwoven, all but invisible to the naked eye and ultra-lightweight. Finishes have reflective, iridescent and prismatic colours. In short, a fresh interpretation of the transparency of light, using digital processes. Finally, “PanOikos” explored what different cultures and their artistic and creative outputs have in common.

New on the scene are trendy colours from Bondrap by Aznar Textil, the “Edelweiss” curtain fabric collection with Swarovsky crystal by Destiny-Interfabrics, digital collections with organic prints and geometric figures by Castilla Textil and new “outdoor” print creations with geometric, tropical and ethnic designs from Comersan. Manuel Revert have jacquard this season, inspired by the elegance of natural colour. Visatex unveiled their new line “Infinite Home” and upholstery and drapery fabrics created by designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. Tejidos Reina exhibited a new collection by designer Jaime Larraínzar and their Lois series, while Rioma went for 100% organic collections.

Last but not least, Spanish businesses are also giving firm backing to fabric-cleaning technologies like Aquaclean and H20h by Froca.