Selected Julie Richoz, Zaven, Camille Blatrix and Joschua Brunn (Carmine Brown), Giulia Chéhab, Michel Charlot for Knit!.

Anniina Koivu is a design writer, curator, consultant and teacher based between Milan and Lausanne. Originally from Finland, she studied architecture in Venice and Helsinki before joining Abitare as design editor, and later Vitra as director of research. Koivu works across a number of fields, from curation to art direction and product development. Recent projects include U-Joints, an ongoing research and exhibition series which premiered at the Salone del Mobile in 2018; Tehdas-Fabrik-Factory, an exhibition exploring design production at the 2019 Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale; and Fuori catalogo, a research project looking at the reasons why a product goes out of production, based on the Vico Magistretti archive. Koivu is Head of Master Theory at ECAL in Lausanne, and regularly produces design strategies and research projects for clients such as Kvadrat, Camper, Vitra and Iittala.

Selected Ayzit Bostan, Bahraini — Danish, Faysal Tabbarah (Architecture + Other Things), Maria Blaisse and Bin Xu and Yinka Ilori for Knit!.

Johanna Agerman Ross is an editor, curator and design historian. She is the Curator of Twentieth Century and Contemporary Furniture and Product Design at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and is also the founder and director of the quarterly design journal Disegno. She was Disegno’s editor-in-chief and publisher between 2011 and 2016, having previously worked as an editor at Icon magazine. Originally from Sweden, Agerman Ross moved to London to study at the London College of Fashion and the Royal College of Art, and has now made the city her permanent home. She lectures widely and has taught at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins in the UK; guest-lectured at HEAD Genève and been part of crits at ECAL in Switzerland, Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the United States.

Selected Studio Bertjan Pot, Raw Color, Studio Truly Truly and Léa Baert for Knit!.

Renee Merckx is the creative director of the knitted textiles company Febrik, which she co-founded with her partner Jos Pelders in 2013. After graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven in 1995, she worked as a textile designer for several textile companies and manufacturers. Merckx eventually focused her efforts on knitting, and began to create ground-breaking upholstery textiles with the help of the latest 3D-knitting technologies. These experiments culminated in the launch of Febrik, whose textiles soon ended up on furniture from brands such as Moroso, Ligne Roset and Moooi. Febrik was acquired by Kvadrat in 2018, a move that Merckx welcomed as a major acknowledgement of her work in the field of innovative textile production and design.

Kvadrat Febrik’s versatile collection, innovative approach and collaborative attitude inspires designers and architects to consider textiles as a starting point for interior concepts and industrial designs. Our knitted textiles push the boundaries of technology and creativity, and embody a visionary new approach to the world of upholstery. They are created with celebrated talents such as Bertjan Pot, Anderssen & Voll and Raw Color.

Established in 2013, Febrik is today owned by Kvadrat, a leader in design innovation. By pooling ideas, yarn expertise and logistical strength, we bring a groundbreaking proposition to the field of textile innovation. In doing so, we create pioneering designs characterised by aesthetic and functional excellence.