Liberty to Launch New Interiors And Fashion Collection in Collaboration With Federico Forquet
The renowned fabrics pioneer and luxury retailer’s new collections will be celebrated with two major exhibitions in Milan, and the launch of a book during Salone del Mobile, this April 2023
14 April 2023
20 February 2023 - This April, in anticipation of its 150th anniversary, Liberty will launch its new Interiors and Fashion fabrics collections, FuturLiberty, marking the milestone with two large-scale exhibitions at Museo del Novecento and Palazzo Morando in the city of Milan.
Designed in collaboration with esteemed couturier and interior designer, Federico Forquet, FuturLiberty presents an unexpected collection of bold, geometric designs. Whilst internationally renowned for its iconic fabrics and floral patterns, these new collections spotlight the lesser known role of Liberty in developing dynamic and abstract prints. In researching the Liberty archive, home to over 50,000 designs spanning from the 1880s to present day, the designers were drawn to the experimental work of famed Liberty designer, Bernard Nevill. FuturLiberty takes cues from Nevill’s love for the 20th-century avant-garde art, incorporating the visual language of rebellious art movements notably the Italian Futurists and their English contemporaries the Vorticists.
From April through to September 2023, Liberty will take to Milan to present the story of FuturLiberty across two landmark institutions. Working alongside an internationally renowned art historian and curator, Ester Coen, the exhibitions will place the fabrics alongside prominent Futurist and Vorticist artworks loaned from the likes of the Tate and the British Council.
During Salone del Mobile 2023, Liberty will launch a detailed account of FuturLiberty, published by Thames & Hudson. The highly visual study will illuminate the process by which FuturLiberty came into being, revealing how art can inform design, making it contemporary, relevant, and engaging.
Following Design Week in Milan, Liberty will be showcasing the FuturLiberty collections in their iconic department store in London, and online at LibertyLondon.com.
ABOUT LIBERTY
Liberty is a movement dedicated to discovery, animated by arts, culture, design and the pursuit of beauty. Liberty is famed for its original curation, directional design and celebration of craftsmanship. In the spirit of our founder, Arthur Lasenby Liberty, we remain unapologetically eccentric and committed to bringing good design to all.
ABOUT LIBERTY FABRICS
Liberty Fabrics has been at the cutting-edge of design and decorative arts since 1875 and now forms an international wholesale business, working with retailers, brands and designers across womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and homewares. Designed by an in-house team in the heart of London, printing takes place at our mill in northern Italy, which uses both innovative digital technology and age-old techniques. From signature, obsessively fine-tuned Tana Lawn cotton and luxurious silk to lightweight linen, Liberty Fabrics are brilliant canvases for bespoke creations of all kinds.
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