HBF Textiles has launched Moments of Wander, an indoor-outdoor textile line created by Christiane Müller, designer and partner in the Amsterdam-based interior architecture firm MüllerVanTol. Moments of Wander is Müller’s fourth collection with HBF Textiles and builds on 16 years of collaboration.
“It's literally based on her travels and all the sights she's seen,” Annie Ming, senior marketing manager at HBF Textiles, told Hotel Management. “She's gathered all these beautiful, personal images that she's then translated into three patterns.”
Müller, Ming continued, has an “insane eye for color,” having studied design at Design Academy Eindhoven. “She's also really great at combining different colors to create a new color—which is what she's done here.” Müller hand-picked each thread “to make sure that she gets the right colors for her collection,” Ming said.
The three fabrics use natural details to create outdoor-approved textiles that can stand up to the elements but retain indoor woven qualities.
Fields of Velvet
A woven indoor/outdoor velvet with a loop and cut pile, Fields of Velvet is available in five colorways that evoke the outdoors. “It's very rare for velvets to be outdoor-approved,” Ming noted. The fabric uses a double-loom weave for improved durability.
Trails of Tweed
This pattern has “more structure to it,” Ming said. “She references volcanic stone and rocks that she's collected.” In a statement, Müller said that the pattern “recalls my wanderings through the volcanic mountains of Lanzarote, the deserts of [Morocco] and Mali and the canyons of the national parks in America, discovering different shades of oxidized stones, rocks and pebbles.”
The matte fabric is designed to reflect “the multidimensionality of earth,” while the irregular thickness gives the textile a handloom feel.
Seeds of Colour
This pattern’s 13 colorways and irregular micro-check weaves the entire “Moments of Wander” collection together. Inspired by flowers, grasses, trees, and herbs, the design uses a range of shades, represented by thread colors chosen by Müller in its warp and weft to create unique tones. Sunflower, Jasmine, Dahlia and Primrose (Seeds of Colour names) are inspired by gardens designed by Piet Oudolf, a landscape and garden architect who inspired Müller.
As the line gains ground, Ming expects to see it in upscale hotels with extensive indoor-outdoor spaces that require consistency in textiles, or even within spa spaces that promote relaxation with biophilic design.