Sure gala’s have the duty of untangling the strings of the current in order that we are able to learn future threads. That is actually the duty of Heimtextil, the most important worldwide commerce honest for residence and contract textiles, the 2025 iteration of which we attended final week (14-17 January) in Frankfurt, Germany.
The huge Messe Frankfurt fairgrounds showcased halls of yarns, materials, and prints – with designer Patricia Urquiola as a really particular and long-awaited visitor. ‘Heimtextil is rising and this yr welcomes over 3,000 exhibitors and contributors from 130 international locations. Patricia Urquiola has created an set up right here that brings us nearer to textile design in a novel method. Guests expertise with all senses how state-of-the-art supplies, AI, digital printing methods, and recycled materials come collectively,’ stated Detlef Braun, member of the Government Board of Messe Frankfurt.
After weaving our method by way of Heimtextil’s fairgrounds, and strolling miles within the course of, Wallpaper* experiences on the highlights, which provide perception into the place the textile trade is heading in 2025.
Heimtextil 2025 highlights
Patricia Urquiola
Patricia Urquiola at Heimtextil
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‘Sneakers off!’ Patricia Urquiola exclaimed. At Heimtextil, she showcased ‘among-us’, an open and welcoming set up that started with a grid on the ground. Nevertheless, to enter the center of the set up, which appeared like a sculpture park, you had been requested to take away your sneakers, and stroll on a gentle floor, which introduced reduction after lengthy hours of strolling on the honest ground.
‘I wished to create a two-layered house, with digital and bodily components,’ stated Urquiola. The sensory invitation included rational modular sofas from Kettal with gentle Kvadrat wool in gentle purple, and 4 tapestries by CC-tapis created with an modern robo-tufting machine. The latter appeared nearly clear due to Econyl, an modern yarn comprised of nylon waste. Subsequent to them was a dangling construction of panels, made from mineral aggregates combined with a new-generation cementing binder known as Cimento. Throughout had been ‘huge creatures’, as she described them, by Moroso – every incorporating a cloth produced utilizing modern water-based printing strategies that scale back each water consumption and greenhouse fuel emissions. Different CC-tapis carpets had been developed utilizing the standard dhurrie approach.
‘It’s an intuitive work, we labored so much on colors, on supplies – utilizing a printing materials was a primary time for me. In your inventive work you might want to break boundaries and get fluid,’ stated Urquiola.
Alcova
Milanese design platform Alcova offered a glimpse into the way forward for textiles
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Curated by the Milanese design platform Alcova, this yr’s Heimtextil Developments 25/26 present – a part of the broader honest – had the theme ‘Future Steady’ and offered a glimpse into the way forward for textiles. On an extended desk, one after the opposite, three sectors emerged, every containing a wide range of materials from the exhibitors on show: ‘Regenerative’ explored biodegradable materials and new methods to rethink the life span of a cloth; ‘Radically Restructured’ checked out digital weaving and methods that may mimic the unpredictable nature of pure manufacturing; and ‘Naturally Uneven’ celebrated the imperfection of pure supplies.
Lanerossi
Lanerossi’s ‘Lavabili’ materials
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Have you ever by no means understood the way to wash cashmere, or are you maybe involved concerning the environmental influence of dry cleansing? That is when Lanerossi steps in, presenting ‘Lavabili’, its machine cleanable plaids and blankets made from 100 per cent cashmere and 100 per cent wool, which may be washed at residence within the washer. The merchandise are licensed World Natural Textile Normal, a world normal for clothes and materials comprised of pure fibres sourced from natural farms.
Lavatech
A brand new polyester generated by finely blended Mount Fuji lava powder
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Amongst our discoveries on the honest, Yagi & Co’s new materials containing high-quality underground lava rock deserves a particular point out. It is known as Lavatech, and because the identify implies, it is made by finely crushing lava rock discovered within the floor round Mount Fuji earlier than weaving it into fibres. Based on the model, it has a robust far-infrared impact (far-infrared radiation being the form of electromagnetic waves that ship thermal results, selling blood circulation), and so will allow the event of latest merchandise to handle a spread of well being and wellbeing points, spanning sleep, sports activities and wonder.
Wellbeing
Lameirinho introduced pyjamas supposed to advertise peace between {couples} with completely different temperature regulation points
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Based on Beddinghouse, skincare begins within the bed room. The mattress and tub linen firm launched a skincare pillowcase with collagen fibres that work whilst you sleep, guaranteeing (the model says) long-term advantages even after a number of washes. A sheet designed for athletes, or energetic folks on the whole, can be fascinating – it is designed to spice up circulation and help muscle restoration, permitting you to get up feeling revitalised.
Bedding and residential textile model Lameirinho, in the meantime, introduced pyjamas designed to assist regulate temperature – so no extra quilt wars for {couples} with completely different temperature necessities. The pyjama textile makes use of ‘superior chemical inducers’ that interact with the pores and skin on a deeper stage – so the warming sensation is greater than only a feeling, it enhances blood move.
Digital
MYTH AI demonstrated the position of generative AI know-how for the design of bedding, wall décor, residence textiles, and flooring
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At Heimtextil, digital know-how, notably synthetic intelligence, was given particular consideration. Kornit Digital specialises in on-demand digital vogue and textile manufacturing applied sciences; right here, it demonstrated the shocking results of pigment printing carried out in such a method that the feel is constructed up, leading to an intriguing 3D impact. The corporate debuted a furnishings assortment in collaboration with Niso Furnishings, that includes sofas, armchairs, a eating desk, and curtains.
MYTH AI, in the meantime, demonstrated the position of generative AI know-how for the design of bedding, wall décor, residence textiles, and flooring. The corporate defined that utilizing superior AI makes the design course of quicker, extra customisable, and cheaper. It additionally supplies design safety by way of blockchain certification and IP safety.
Isidore Bryant
Isidore Bryant, a textile design studio based in 2023 by weaver Elizabeth Ballon, is called after her paternal grandfather and maternal great-grandmother
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Pure supplies undoubtedly performed a task at Heimtextile 2025. Their worth goes far past the truth that a sure irregularity will increase the lifetime of a textile (nobody would discover a brand new flaw in a superbly imperfect piece). However for an instance of quirky pure magnificence, take Isidore Bryant, a textile design studio based in 2023 by educated weaver Elizabeth Ballon (and named after her paternal grandfather and maternal great-grandmother). Ballon loves silk, wool, cashmere, cotton, and linen, and he or she makes use of two restored classic looms (in addition to computer-generated drafts) to supply tactile textile collections whose attraction is certain to endure.
Libeco
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Working with sure pure yarns is akin to producing wine, in accordance with Libeco, Belgium’s largest flax weaving mill and one in every of Europe’s main linen producers. Local weather and soil have an effect on manufacturing, particularly when it’s native and sustainable, as in Libeco’s case. As a result of its merchandise are fully pure, it explains, they are often buried on the finish of their life cycle – from nature to nature. Amongst different items, we beloved the brand new ‘Q581 changeant Laundered’, a cumbersome textured linen-wool mix with such a gentle really feel.
Younger abilities
Kateryna Basiuk investigates how recycled yarns perform in aesthetically interesting acoustic absorbers, impressed by buildings inside moths’ wings
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Among the many younger winners of the Heimtextil College Contest 2025, we had been amazed by Birke-Katharina Weber’s analysis challenge, MycoColors. It explores the potential of mushrooms as a sustainable supply of textile dyes, to exchange artificial colors. Colourants are extracted from the fruiting our bodies of current fungal species and mycelia may be grown in bioreactors underneath managed situations. ‘The purpose is to create a continually increasing palette of colors that will also be utilized to different supplies,’ says Weber.
Equally sensible is Silent Canvas, a challenge by Kateryna Basiuk from Lucerne College of Design, Movie and Artwork. Basiuk investigates how recycled yarns perform when utilized in aesthetically interesting and successfully cushioned round acoustic absorbers. The idea stems from the ultrasonic-absorbing microstructures of moth wings, which may block predator noise, and whose pure buildings are replicated and knitted in recycled supplies.
The Rug Republic
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This yr, Indian model The Rug Republic launched a brand new artisanal lighting assortment – a number of ornamental lamps comprised of pure supplies. One of the crucial modern, and profitable, is the ‘Argo Denim’ lamp, as upcycled denim is an emblem of round provide chains. The corporate explains that waste denim from all over the world is imported into India, stripped of its metals, and the remaining material is used to make rugs, pouffes, and lamps.
Edmund Bell
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Eureka! Festivals like Heimtextil help you uncover small and less-known improvements which can be typically missed by laypeople. Based on Edmund Bell, a worldwide chief in high-performance materials, the idea of a double-sided textured blackout material was tough to acquire for these working within the discipline on account of some technical constraints. On the honest, the corporate offered an unique preview of its resolution, known as Variety, which it claims will set a brand new normal in textured blackout curtains.
Salgado Group
Salgado Group made headlines at Heimtextil, presenting sheets made utilizing the extracted proteins from milk and soya beans, pineapple leaves, and nettle plant stalks
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A pillowcase out of milk? In relation to modern fibres, Portugal’s Salgado Group made headlines at Heimtextil 2025, presenting, amongst different issues, sheets made utilizing the extracted proteins from milk and soya beans, pineapple leaves, and nettle plant stalks. Different sheets comprise waste carpet combined with sustainably sourced wooden pulp derived from fast-growing, responsibly managed forests. All, after all, are cotton-blend.
Wall coverings
Marburger Tapetenfabrik launched Terra, its first clay-based wallpaper assortment
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The Marburger Tapetenfabrik, one in every of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious wallpaper factories, launched Terra, its first clay-based wallpaper assortment. Display and intaglio printing methods are used to create its designs, which function distinctive clay-based colors sourced domestically. Consequently, it’s plasticiser-free. There was loads of curiosity within the model’s Celsius assortment, too, which is a wallpaper that displays warmth rays due to aluminum pigments on the floor.
On one other word, Okay’moor introduced Cemento – an odd identify for environmentally pleasant wallpaper – comprised of an modern biomass compound. An alternative choice is Flax, which is derived from flax-plant fibres and is totally compostable.
Animal pleasant
Boyteks, from Turkey, exports its mattress materials to over 100 international locations annually
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Consideration to animals has made its method into the textile trade in sudden and intriguing methods. Boyteks, from Turkey, exports its mattress materials to over 100 international locations annually. This implies it’s among the many first to reply to new developments and wishes, and it now has a line of vegan merchandise that, in accordance with the model, keep away from any course of that may hurt animals at any stage of producing. Its vegan mattress material, successful at Heimtextil, is completely comprised of plant-based supplies.
One other shock, from Elastron, a widely known provider for the upholstery trade, was its ‘Chanel’ assortment, impressed by the style home and produced by the model Magenta. The specifically developed velvet doesn’t tear or scratch simply, and is simpler to wash than conventional velvet.
Rug developments
‘Vintage Inexperienced Hawaiian Sundown’ rug by Jaipur Rugs
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An fascinating speak, ‘Crafting tomorrow: Key developments shaping the rug trade’, got here from Lucy Upward of Cowl journal, which is devoted to handmade carpets and textiles for interiors. The developments she touched on spanned from the authenticity of storytelling to the prevalence of darkish and heat impartial colors, and the ‘Sudden Purple Idea’, a TikTok pattern suggesting that including a pop of crimson to a room could make the house really feel extra fascinating and cohesive. And naturally, there have been AI-designed rugs. Some examples? The 3D textures of Merinos, the layering of Jaipur Rugs, and using summary patterns at Oriental Weavers.
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