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www.camirafabrics.com Zap Zap Made from 83% virgin wool, 17% polyamide. Available in 30 colourways Jens Risom: Designed by Jens Risom. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND CELEBRATED DESIGNERS OF THE MID-CENTURY MODERN MOVEMENT, JENS RISOM TRANSFORMED PEOPLE’S PERCEPTIONS OF HOW FURNITURE COULD LOOK. Born in Denmark in 1916, he began his In an exclusive collaboration Camira In just one word Zap describes this STYLE WITH PERFORMANCE career studying at the Danish School is the first company to recreate Jens upholstery fabric. It packs a real punch The inherent style suffused through Jens of Arts and Crafts alongside such Risom’s original fabrics for today’s thanks to its vibrant, clean, saturated, Risom’s original textile design is matched illustrious names as Hans Wegner and commercial interiors. Working closely comic book, jelly bean colours. Zap by the high performance standards Børge Mogensen. In 1939, he moved to with the Risom family and FORM has the softness of young wool, the derived from Camira’s manufacturing New York to learn about North American Portfolios, who manage the Risom toughness of a steel watch spring. Zap innovation. design where he met Hans Knoll, who legacy, to bring new life to these is incomparable wherever super-wear is founded Knoll Furniture, and designed uniquely exciting textile designs, Camira desired with colour impact, excitement, The high wool density of the fabric is the first collection including the classic has emulated the vision held by Jens of interest. Zap is a now and future fabric. complemented with 17% polyamide to Knoll Lounge Chair. furniture and fabric complementing one provide enhanced strength and durability, another in total synchronicity. A reimagining of the iconic textile whist the dual fibre composition also A firm believer that style does not have design, the recreation of Zap brings to enables the vivid brightness of colour to compromise functionality or comfort, In the words of Sven Risom, the life a fabric long forgotten. to be achieved. Suitable for contract in 1946 Jens Risom created his own youngest of Jens’ four children: “Jens environments, Zap meets Low Hazard firm – Jens Risom Design – to realise really wanted the textiles to excel on (cigarette and match) flammability this vision. The distinctive blend of their own, to organically create beautiful BOLD, VIBRANT COLOUR standards and can be treated to Medium Danish minimalism with American style designs. However beautiful the piece of Remaining true to the vibrancy of Hazard (Crib 5) on request. pioneered by the company became the furniture is or the product, the wrong the original palette, Zap is available hallmark of mid-century modern. textiles can change everything or, more in the bold, bright, primary colours importantly, the right textiles can make which typified Jens’ playful textile Celebrated in his time as the epitome of it perfect.” INSPIRED BY JENS RISOM, designs. Perfectly curated to provide a the movement, Jens Risom was featured REIMAGINED BY ABIGAIL BOMFORD contemporary selection of colourways, in the iconic Playboy article ‘Designs for AND RUTH GREENUP these striking colours are now Living’ in 1961 alongside George Nelson, complemented by softer tones created by Directed by Camira’s Creative Director, Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Eero Camira. The range incorporates neutral Abigail Bomford and recreated by Ruth Saarinen and Edward Wormley. Further shades which have been developed to Greenup. cementing his position as a design star, work tonally with the initial palette. Lyndon B. Johnson chose the Risom Ruth has developed a number of C140 chair for the Oval Office during With 28 of the 30 Zap colourways woven successful ranges, including Xtreme CS, his time as President - securing Risom’s from warp and weft yarns of two colours, Citadel and Castillo. With a hands-on place in the design Hall of Fame. the fabric is imbued with a ‘shot’ effect approach, Ruth has been involved in every when draped; creating a dynamic, element of Zap’s recreation, from mixing With many of his designs now considered changing appearance which allows and selecting the yarn colours, creating to be classics, they have remained in the different colours to shine through weave specifications to establishing near continuous production since their depending on the perspective from which technical performance and refining the inception over seventy years ago – it is viewed. The other two colours offer final colour palette. located in museums, homes and hotels the classic simplicity of a woven dobby around the world. with the same yarn colour in the warp As the first textile company to recreate and weft. Jens Risom’s textiles, our aim is to make However, the fabric that accompanied Risom’s designs as relevant today as they the furniture has long laid forgotten. were when they were first created. The Designed, developed and manufactured collaboration highlights the importance of by Jens, these exquisite textiles have sharing skills, knowledge and expertise remained available only as sketches, between designers and makers of different swatches and artefacts. eras to develop a product that goes beyond the period of its creation. Until now..

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