Performance textiles for contract design have characteristics that many specifiers require. There are many options to meet varying aesthetic and practical design needs. This course clarifies which ones will work best where, and how to keep them brilliant and resilient long into the future. Specifiers will learn: -Fiber types used in textile manufacturing and their inherent characteristics -Ways to identify and select from evolving textile technology options -Marrying the correct specific performance characteristics and optimal fiber content to different design project requirements, sectors and applications -Essential questions to ask before specifying -How to tell which performance tests were done and knowing which are important for specifying -Cleaning codes and methods for indoor performance textiles Contract design trends and a forecast of aesthetic textile trends and uses destined to endure right along with the fabrics.

Speaker:  Kelly Ponder, Crypton LLC