Aquafil to feature its new Bespoke yarn Collection and work by Parsons School of Design Textile Program students during Design Week in Chicago
The Bespoke yarn collection and Parsons migration data textile projects to be shown at NeoCon and Fulton Market Design Days
Trento, Italy, June 4, 2025 – Aquafil is excited to join the design community at the 2025 Design Week shows in Chicago, IL June 9-11 at NeoCon and Fulton Market Design Days. Aquafil has many exciting activations featuring its ECONYL® regenerated nylon, which design industry leaders can participate in throughout the week, including:
- A NeoCon workshop with Pantone and Ultrafabrics on Monday, June 9 at The Mart
- An exhibit of the Parsons textile student works made with ECONYL® representing global migration data reported by the United Nations International Organization for Migration at both NeoCon and Fulton Market Design Days
- Live weaving demonstrations by The Ruggist, Michael Christie in the Aquafil showroom at NeoCon
The Aquafil showroom at NeoCon will have a tactile showcase of its new Bespoke yarn collection made with ECONYL® regenerated nylon, which offers finishes inspired by natural materials such as silk, wool, and sisal. The collection is designed to meet the highest standards and performance demands of contract, hospitality, and residential spaces. Applications include handmade and machine-made rugs, tufted and woven rugs, and residential and commercial wall-to-wall carpets.
There are three finishes available of ECONYL® Bespoke:
- ECONYL® ReLana – Inspired by the classic and timeless appeal of wool, ECONYL® ReLana is a 2-ply dyed twist yarn.
- ECONYL® ReSeta – Recalling the softness and luster of silk, ECONYL® ReSeta is a 2-ply dyed twist nylon available in bright and dull finishes.
- ECONYL® Terra – A sustainable and durable alternative to natural raw fiber, ECONYL® Terra is a high-count air-entangled solution-dyed nylon with a unique collection of colors in stock.
The Aquafil showroom at NeoCon will also feature works by students from the New School’s Parsons School of Design. The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM), Parsons, and Aquafil have launched a textile exhibition called “Passage Patterns”, which interprets displacement and migration data through textile design. The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) of the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration, challenged Parsons MFA Textiles students to translate data from DTM’s displacement and migration reports that included histograms, graphs and pie charts, into textiles.
The IOM is part of the United Nations System as the leading intergovernmental organization promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. DTM is IOM’s primary data collection programme, gathering and analyzing data on the mobility, vulnerabilities, and needs of displaced and migrant populations in over 100 countries to inform context-specific assistance. These innovative textiles made with Aquafil’s ECONYL® regenerated nylon visualize DTM’s data of displacement and migration patterns from different parts of the world.
Aquafil will also have a presence at customer showrooms including Bentley Mills, Interface, and Milliken focused on engaging visitors about ECONYL® regenerated nylon.
“We are excited to have a presence at both NeoCon and Fulton Market Design Days this year,” said Maria Giovanna Sandrini, Group Chief Communications Officer for Aquafil SpA. “This year’s Bespoke yarn collection launch and the UN migration data textile pieces by the Parsons design students are interactive, inspirational, and exciting works to experience. We look forward to joining the design community for a week of learning and advancing the industry.”
Details of where you can find Aquafil and ECONYL® throughout the week are outlined on our Chicago Design Week event site: https://econyl.aquafil.com/landing/neocon/
About Aquafil
Aquafil is a pioneer in the circular economy having developed the ECONYL® regeneration system, an innovative and sustainable process able to create new products from waste and give life to an endless cycle. The nylon waste is collected in locations all over the world and includes industrial waste but also products – such as fishing nets and rugs – that have reached the end of their useful life. Such waste is processed to obtain a raw material – caprolactam – with the same chemical and performance characteristics as those from fossil sources. The polymers produced from ECONYL® caprolactam are distributed to the Group’s production plants, where they are transformed into yarn for rugs, carpet flooring, and for clothing.
Founded in 1965, Aquafil is one of the main producers of nylon in Italy and worldwide. The Group is present on three different continents, employing about 2,400 people at 19 production sites located in Italy, Slovenia, United States, China, Croatia, Chile, Thailand and Japan. Learn more: https://www.aquafil.com/
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