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Interiors become multi-layered emotional The bio-tech revolution from smart Jewel toned colours
spaces and fabric inaugurate a new fabric to skin materials.
multisensorial season. In 2024 and 2025 explored the theme
of intelligent fabrics, 2026 will be the time In 2026 some Italian brands will bring
• Fabrics that absorb sound pollution, for large-scale diffusion. We are talking these innovations to their mood boards
introducing elegant acoustic control about surfaces that: intended for the most far-sighted interior
into residential and hospitality designers.
environments. • Regulate body temperature, adapting
• Soft surfaces covered in to humidity and heat. The return of mohair in the living room.
photoluminescent fibres, capable of • Capture fine dust, transforming In an era of apparent chromatic
reflecting natural light during the coatings in active surfaces. simplification, mohair returns to
day and restoring its poetry at night. • Memorise the pressure of the body dominate as living room material with
• Three-dimensional jacquards with and ‘respond’ to it with targeted a museum-worthy personality. Shiny,
tactile patterns that become haptic weights, ideal for the high-end warm, highly elastic, resistant to time and
experiences, a perceptive stimulus residential world, but above all for naturally antibacterial, mohair dyed in
that dialogues with the culture of interior wellness, hospitality, yacht nuances such as oat milk, smoky peach,
wellness and experimental interiors. and aircraft design. dusty lilac or lichen green, establishes
itself as an irresistible texture for bold
These solutions are already being It’s not science fiction: companies armchairs, padded headrests, body-
tested by Scandinavian and South Korean like ByeWool (Japan) and Saltyco (UK) sculpture poufs and iconic chaises
designers, and in 2026 high-end Italian are already studying skin-materials, a longues. After years of absence, this
boutiques will select them for tailor-made new generation of fabrics that behave sumptuous hand is conquering the most
projects. like human skin, reacting to stimuli. interesting collections of coverings. dw

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