Twisted Flower is a woollen upholstery textile that unites the colour mastery of Giulio Ridolfo with the weaving ingenuity of the late Frans Dijkmeijer, inspired by their shared love for botanicals.
Twisted Flower
Drawing on Giulio Ridolfo's extensive colour archive and botanical knowledge, it combines calm yet complex neutrals with energetic, vivid shades derived from specific plants, such as the red of Fritillaria Imperialis, blue of Ceanothus Thyrsiflorus, and yellow of Gossypium.
Together they form a bouquet of textile colours.
Twisted Flower’s weave is based on a construction discovered in Frans Dijkmeijer’s archive and translated from a handwoven sample into an industrial weave.
The twisted yarn mimics the simple gesture of twisting a single flower between the fingers, capturing its dynamic colour energy.
Balancing durability with a soft hand, Twisted Flower is suitable for a wide range of commercial and residential applications. It joins the family of textiles designed by Giulio Ridolfo for Kvadrat, complementing his other textiles such as Remix Flow, Serpentine, and the Steelcut collection.
Born in the Netherlands, Frans Dijkmeijer (1936 – 2011) was a master weaver and textile designer. He studied at the Academy of Industrial Design in Eindhoven, before working for established textile brands. His relationship with Kvadrat began in 1992 and led to a substantial body of innovative upholstery textiles, including Colline, Steelcut and Steelcut Trio.
Colour master Giulio Ridolfo uses colour to contextualise design, with an approach rooted in observation, materiality and imagination. To create his signature ‘in-between’ mercurial hues, he assumes many different roles, from self-taught botanist capturing the mutable colours of nature to a rogue anthropologist. At Kvadrat, Giulio Ridolfo brings a warm, southern sensibility to the cool clarity of Nordic design.
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