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Iconic intervals
November 1st, 2015
To connect the city parks along the Hillsborough River, the city of Tampa, Fla., wanted an iconic centerpiece that would attract joggers, bikers and visitors to the area when designing its Riverwalk project. Span Systems Inc., Manchester, N.H., was tasked with bringing the design to life—six tensile fabric canopies and partial tunnels in various configurations […]
Members make the industry
November 1st, 2015
As the Specialty Fabrics Review turns 100, we honor the members, readers and contributors who help keep the industry a strong and evolving economic force. For 100 years the Review has been the voice of the specialty fabrics industry—but it is the members of IFAI who helped to create and have supported that voice; it […]
Ad Vantageous
November 1st, 2015
Review advertisements commemorated key events and trends throughout the years. Shown here are some of our favorites.
Celebrating 100 years of Review
November 1st, 2015
In its earliest incarnation, the Review began as a newsletter shortly after the National Tent & Awning Manufacturers Association was formed in 1912, and gradually took on characteristics resembling a journal of record for the industry, reporting on trends and important industry developments. It became a magazine with the November 1915 publication of The National […]
Engaging the workforce
November 1st, 2015
Finding, training and retaining skilled employees remains a vital issue. Labor and workforce issues have always been an industry concern, and from the first issue to the current one, the Review has run frequent and regular articles about how readers can improve the bottom line by getting a better grip on finding and keeping valuable […]
Airline-material accessories take flight
November 1st, 2015
Fasten your seat belts: Flug zeug is now landing Pan Am fashion belts on a runway near you. Flug zeug, a Vienna, Austria, business selling airline-material accessories for people who like to wear good plane fun, is the brainchild of Andreas Roesler-Schmidt. Roesler-Schmidt worked in marketing, public relations and new media before launching Flug zeug […]
It’s alive! Nature sets Finnish hut in motion
November 1st, 2015
When city living crowds the souls of the outdoor-loving Finns, individuals and families escape to their “mökki,” a basic hut that provides both protection from and connection to nature. This inspired NEON, a London-based design firm, to create a weather-responsive installation for the Barfotastigen (Barefoot Path) Exhibition 2015, in Korppoo, Finland, which focused on environmental […]
Air-inflated awareness
November 1st, 2015
While Israeli Doron Gazit attended college to learn industrial design, he also worked as a street vendor selling twisty balloons. Gazit’s success in business (he founded Air Dimensional Design Inc., or AirDD®, in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1989) and artistic life stem from his recognition that a long, slender balloon inflated with air becomes a […]
Forethought: The once and future industry
November 1st, 2015
As a life-long science fiction fan, I tend to think of the past in terms of the future (and vice-versa). So as I have spent the last ten months researching the history of an industry in the archives of this magazine, I kept compiling important events and themes in my head and letting them bubble […]
Reaching for the stars
November 1st, 2015
Tectoniks pioneers inflatable technology in developing high-value asset protection for Lockheed Martin U.K. To help provide environmental protection to its high-value assets, aerospace and defense contractor Lockheed Martin U.K. needed a robust, portable and retractable structure that met specific and rigorous functional and technical requirements—and everything had to be accomplished in a compressed timeframe. After […]