Zap 83% Virgin Wool, 17% Polyamide

www.camirafabrics.com Zap Zap Made from 83% virgin wool, 17% polyamide. Available in 30 colorways 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 colors. 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 color impact, excitement, the first collection including the classic has emulated the vision held by Jens of interest. Zap is a now and future fabric. The high wool density of the fabric is Knoll Lounge Chair. furniture and fabric complementing one complemented with 17% polyamide to another in total synchronicity. A reimagining of the iconic textile provide enhanced strength and durability, A firm believer that style does not have design, the recreation of Zap brings to whist the dual fiber composition also to compromise functionality or comfort, In the words of Sven Risom, the life a fabric long forgotten. enables the vivid brightness of color in 1946 Jens Risom created his own youngest of Jens’ four children: “Jens to be achieved. Suitable for contract firm – Jens Risom Design – to realise really wanted the textiles to excel on environments, Zap meets Low Hazard, this vision. The distinctive blend of their own, to organically create beautiful BOLD, VIBRANT COLOR NFPA 260 + UFAC Class 1 flammability Danish minimalism with American style designs. However beautiful the piece of standards. Remaining true to the vibrancy of 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 colors importantly, the right textiles can make INSPIRED BY JENS RISOM, which typified Jens’ playful textile Celebrated in his time as the epitome of it perfect.” designs. Perfectly curated to provide a REIMAGINED BY ABIGAIL BOMFORD the movement, Jens Risom was featured contemporary selection of colorways, AND RUTH GREENUP in the iconic Playboy article ‘Designs for these striking colors are now Directed by Camira’s Creative Director, Living’ in 1961 alongside George Nelson, complemented by softer tones created by Abigail Bomford and recreated by Ruth Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Eero Camira. The range incorporates neutral Greenup. Saarinen and Edward Wormley. Further shades which have been developed to 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 successful ranges, including Blazer Lite his time as President - securing Risom’s With 28 of the 30 Zap colorways woven and Individuo. With a hands-on approach, place in the design Hall of Fame. from warp and weft yarns of two colors, Ruth has been involved in every element the fabric is imbued with a ‘shot’ effect of Zap’s recreation, from mixing and With many of his designs now considered when draped; creating a dynamic, selecting the yarn colors, creating weave to be classics, they have remained in changing appearance which allows specifications to establishing technical near continuous production since their the different colors to shine through performance and refining the final color inception over seventy years ago – depending on the perspective from which palette. located in museums, homes and hotels it is viewed. The other two colors offer around the world. the classic simplicity of a woven dobby As the first textile company to recreate with the same yarn color in the warp and Jens Risom’s textiles, our aim is to make However, the fabric that accompanied weft. 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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