KOVA Textiles, designed by Libby Kowalski, makes translucent architectural fabrics from clear polymer and vinyl yarns for window coverings, privacy panels and other interior applications. Its Krystal Weave collections are made in the USA and have earned recognition including Best of NeoCon and ADEX awards. The Fort Collins studio’s fabrics bring filtered light and visual privacy together, and can also be incorporated into resin panels and glass applications.
ADEX Award for Design Excellence Platinum
ADEX Award for Design Excellence Gold
Best of NeoCon Silver Winner
Material ConneXion Certificate for Excellence in Material Development
Best of NeoCon Editor's Choice Award
ADEXPLATINUM
Quality certification
ADEXGOLD
Quality certification
YOMA Textiles, IncFounded in New York’s SoHo district in 1987 by Kathryn Hinkle and Lee Olson, YOMA Textiles creates woven fabrics for residential, contract, and hospitality interiors. The women-owned small business is known for an integrated collection shaped by Olson’s design work and for developing custom fabrics, including new designs and exact color matches, through long-standing relationships with textile mills around the world. YOMA now operates from Manhattan’s historic Bennett Building and has built a nationwide network of designers, showrooms, and project partners.NEW YORK, NY
Chapas Textiles, IncFrom its Brooklyn studio, Chapas Textiles creates bespoke hand-woven fabrics for the interiors trade, tailoring each pattern, color and yardage to a specific project. Founded by hand weaver Tara Chapas in 2008, the studio draws on a family weaving tradition from Evoia, Greece, while its fabrics are made in the United States by trained American artisans. Its project-by-project collaboration connects interior designers directly with textile artisans, and a portion of profits supports small-business loans for artisans around the world.BROOKLYN, NY
FRET FabricsFounded in 2010 by artist and woven technical designer Julie Kaminska, Fret Fabrics is a Long Island luxury design house creating fabrics for professional interiors and restoring historic textiles, wallpapers, and trims. Kaminska’s background at the Scalamandré mill informs the studio’s unusual ability to recreate period materials from archival fragments or even black-and-white photographs. Its preservation work includes collaborations with Sunnylands, the Mark Twain House, and the White House.GLEN HEAD, NY
Donna's Knit Resource Concepts, LLCWith more than 35 years in textile design, Donna Melvin creates and manufactures knitted blankets, pillows, bed scarves and the registered Wrap® box-spring cover for hospitality, spa and retail clients. Launched in 2016, Donna’s Knit Resource Concepts is a WBENC-certified, 100% woman-owned business whose products are designed and made entirely in the USA. Melvin has built a directory of more than 350 copyrighted patterns and counts Disney Cruise Line, Hilton Hotels and Marriott International among its accounts.AMBLER, PA