Designtex performance fabric and wallcoverings
Designtex is our go-to for performance fabric that is as beautiful as it is hard-wearing. West Elm and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation each have a Designtex collection.
Hume Internationale has been the exclusive supplier of Designtex in Australia and New Zealand since 2019. Designtex have made materials for the built environment since 1962, with performance fabric at their centre.
Bleach cleanable
Most Designtex fabrics take bleach at 10:1, and some the stronger 4:1. Most also take hydrogen peroxide, alcohol and quaternary disinfectants, the cleaners hospitals and aged care homes use.
Most rated to 100,000 double rubs or more
Heavy-duty contract upholstery starts at 30,000 double rubs. Most Designtex upholstery is rated to at least 100,000, over three times that.
Inbuilt stain protection, made without PFAS
The coated silicones resist stains, ink and denim dye in the material itself, with no topcoat. None of it is made with PFAS.
Crypton and Supreen keep a spill out of the cushion
Some wovens have Crypton or Supreen built into the cloth, over a fluid barrier that keeps a spill out of the cushion.
Crypton is sealed onto every fibre in an immersion bath and set with heat. Supreen is a composite: silicone, a polyester textile and a polyurethane layer, embedded in one another.
In both, the barrier is part of the backing, and it breathes.
