"Legendary British designer Tom Dixon teamed up with Designtex to produce a unique pattern for Coalesse Design Group, skillfully executed at the textile brand's digital studio in Portland, Maine. Shown as part of Miami Art Week, this pattern reflects the sharpness of crumpled aluminum foil all captured on a smooth fabric. Gracing the unique vertices of Coalesse's Jean Nouvel Seating Collection, the visually prickly pattern is put into stark contrast with the flowing, elemental curves creating an elegant container for contrast."
"The magic of Nouvel's seating is in its dynamic organicism, large forms padding their sinewy paths through the air. Both figure and ground, they recede into each other, hidden here in the miasma of metal. These forms seem to have minimal shadow, negated by the high contrast of the upholstery. This serves to not only highlight the curves of the pieces, because the eye has to work harder, but obscures any seams, adding a unique fluidity."
A digitally produced textile pattern recreates the sharpness of crumpled aluminum foil on a smooth fabric to create high-contrast upholstery. The pattern renders light like reflections off a crunchy-looking surface, concealing connections and edges between surface patterns and camouflaging seams on complex rounded forms. The upholstery's high contrast reduces apparent shadow, forcing the eye to work harder and emphasizing the seating curves while creating a fluid, seamless appearance. The visual tension between prickly metallic texture and elemental, flowing forms produces an elegant interplay that both hides construction challenges and highlights organic seating geometry.
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