Kvadrat and Raf Simons Expand Collab With Kid's Accessories

"Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons and Danish textile brand have worked together for just over a decade. The close partnership has resulted in a slew of dynamic textiles and accessories innovatively implementing quality materials. Their shared ambition: bringing richer, more nuanced applications of color and texture into our interiors. "Working with Kvadrat is extremely collaborative, almost like a family," says Simons."

"Through this "side hustle" of sorts, the noted polymath has not only applied his sartorial expertise and inherent sense of experimentation (material and composition) to multivalent fabrics but also explored the concept of home with a broader perspective. Now in their third collection, the latest Kvadrat/Raf Simons collaboration is designed with children in mind. In this ongoing working relationship, Simons has often looked to the past to inform the future; citing the lasting validity of certain historic touchpoints."

"Building on the reimagined coat hook Shaker System - originally launched in 2022 - the new Kids collection is a third version in which the considerations of clear function and quotient need have been addressed from a child's vantage point. Naturally, a sprinkling of whimsy is also now part of the equation but doesn't detract from the underlying sophistication of the kit-of-part product."

Raf Simons and Kvadrat have collaborated for just over a decade, producing dynamic textiles and accessories that use high-quality materials. The partnership focuses on richer, nuanced applications of color and texture for interiors. Collaboration is described as extremely collaborative, almost like a family, enabling experimentation in material and composition. The third collection centers on children, reimagining the Shaker System coat hook with clear function and considered needs from a child's vantage point. The modular system features a rectilinear bar in vermillion red and includes items such as an Asator velvet teddy, wool jacquard blankets with graphical relaxed bears and bunnies, and solid wool and velvet pieces.

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