Tex Glass® was recognized as one of the 75 best creations of the product design category at the recent iF gold awards. The product is created using a new collection of textiles from Nya Nordiska placed between two sheets of glass manufactured by Glassolutions, Saint-Gobain.
Nya Nordiska, a leading textile company, gained an iF gold award 2014 for its innovative product Tex Glass®. Recognized as one of the 75 best creations of the product design category, Tex Glass® was celebrated by the International Forum Design GmbH for its excellent performance.
The award ceremony took place on 28 February 2014 during the iF design awards night, during which Remo Röntgen, marketing and sales manager at Nordiska said: “This iF gold award is a highly coveted recognition, thanks to the combination of textile and glass we have been able to celebrate once again the Nya Nordiska spirit of innovation. We are really proud to have received this award together with important brands such as Apple, Mercedes and Sony.”
A collection of 23 extraordinary laminated glass designs have been created in partnership with Glassolutions, Saint-Gobain, an established international glass expert. Based upon their technical know how, Tex Glass® can be used as partitions, doors, balustrades, shop windows, tabletops or shelves.
Tex Glass®, created using a new collection of textiles placed between two sheets of glass manufactured by Glassolutions, Saint-Gobain, convinced the jury with its interpretation of the combination of glass and textiles: “Tex Glass® is a collection made up of laminated glass and textile weaves, an extraordinary concept to give environments a completely individual character. We were convinced by the project because it is able to give new possibilities to textile and its capability of being used in numerous different ways.”