Kvadrat Febrik

Knitted textiles designed to last

Connected from the start

The enduring collaboration between Kvadrat/Febrik &

Ligne Roset began with the launch of Ronan & Erwan

Bouroullec’s Ploum settee. This demonstrated how

a knitted stretch textile & its voluminous 3D effect

can contribute to the look & comfort of a product.

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Upholstered in Mood, the Ploum settee became an

icon in itself & breathed new life into Febrik as a brand

for knitted upholstery textiles. Ligne Roset & Kvadrat

Febrik collaborate to create textiles that add an extra

dimension to products, making them stand out from

the rest. Sustainability is an important theme in the

development & production of textiles but creating long-

lasting relationships is also a way to utilise each other’s

added value to create products that last forever.

Sustainable production & product

Kvadrat/Febrik textiles contain mainly wool, a natural &

sustainable resource. Wool has many excellent properties.

The yarn, from the raw fleece of Australian sheep,

achieves high scores for pilling & abrasion, whilst being

intrinsically water-repellent & flame retardant with no

additional chemical finishes. Products ‘dressed’ in these

textiles will be suitable for all kinds of environments &

locations.

Each textile follows a journey through production facilities

located close to each other, all in Europe. From the yarn,

spun & dyed in Germany, through the Dutch knitting mill

& ending up being cut, sewn & upholstered at the Ligne

Roset factories in Briord, France. In doing so, we ensure

a short production loop, avoiding chains that will

negatively impact the level of sustainability.

Knitted textile

With their interlinked loops, knits

result in a stretch textile which allows

Ligne Roset to upholster organically-

shaped products much more

quickly & easily. This elasticity is

the result of its knitted construction

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which is a sustainable alternative

to adding plastic-based elastic

yarns. The thickness, one of the

signature features of the Kvadrat/

Febrik collection, comprises just

one layer of material, thus keeping

the material’s components to the

essentials with no compromise in

terms of comfort.