Resin panel DESIGNTEX

This collection of Fusion Architectural Panels, which was developed in collaboration with New York City's Pratt Institute, represents new finishes, patterns and application ideas that resulted from the students’ thought provoking work.

In 1997, Designtex collaborated with Pratt Institute to deliver a collection of design driven textiles. Designtex has once again looked to the teachers and students at Pratt; this time with a challenge of incorporating design innovation into Designtex’s line of Fusion Architectural Panels.

The exploration gave students an opportunity to understand the impact of material and the detail needed for interior/exterior applications, while being challenged with full scale environments and the tectonics of materials. Throughout the creative process raw ideas were translated into representational designs, and then into full scale real life constructions that awed the Designtex Studio. Students presented their innovative and detailed projects to Designtex President & CEO, Tom Hamilton, and the Designtex Studio. Their projects incorporated everyday materials and objects while staying consistent with the Designtex sustainable mission. Four projects were chosen to be further developed by the Designtex team using methods for laminating, embossing, perforating and infilling Fusion Architectural Panels. Pratt professor Anthony Caradonna stated, “This studio became evidence of the incredible potential of the collaborative scenario and how powerful a think tank it can be simultaneously for academic, design-oriented and commercial applications.”

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