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A bold new step for Design Team Fabrics

After some deliberation we at Design Team Fabrics decided that we cannot
be a serious fabric house without an outdoor range. Knowing that with the
South African outdoors the sky is the limit, our designers, in typical Design
Team Fabrics style, really did take it to the limits. No more boring outdoor. If
you want to spend time outside, why shouldn’t it be the most fabulous space
of the house.
Leaving behind our traditional cotton base cloth we moved the designs onto
a 100% Pan (dralon) base cloth to withstand the harsh SA outdoor conditions.
Added to that the use of digital printing has afforded the Designers an
opportunity to push the boundaries of colour and detail.
We designed two ranges: One to complement the varied coastline of Africa
and the other drawn from the inspiration of our wonderful bushveld.
The Coastal range consists of two large format fish designs. The Jewel Fish
inspired by Mozambique with its fine details and bright colours, and the
Carapou range with a more traditional fish design. These are backed up by the
smaller but equally cheerful and quirky Coral designs. A Scales design and
Wave design complement the range with an Art Nouveau look and feel. Even
the most basic of stripes has been given the Design Team makeover with the
Sea Grass design. The colourways have been designed to allow for a mix and
match throughout the range.

The safari range comprises of the signature Serengeti range consisting of a wide format
design inspired by a bushveld scene which is also home to Larry the Lazy Leopard. The
small format designs consist of the Leopard design that only Design Team can pull off – A
Leopard Spot Blue and a Leopard Spot Pink. And then to prove that our feet are still firmly
planted on African soil, we have thrown in the Ilala Black and Ilana Ochre range of plainer
designs. The stripes get the Multi Thatch colour coordinated treatment.

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