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O Ecotextiles on Top-10 Green Building Products List December 17 2008

Northern Lights from the O Ecotextile Collection - the same drape and luminosity as silk velvet.

Seattle-based O Ecotextiles, debuting in the U.S. this year, has been added to BuildingGreen’s 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec®. This seventh annual award recognizes the most innovative and exciting green building products added to the GreenSpec® Directory during the past year or covered in Environmental Building News. For O Ecotextiles, being an “organic textile" means not just that a fabric uses organic fibers in the yarn, but that every step of the production process has been certified eco-friendly.  The company produces elegant, sumptuous organic fabrics for residential and contract / hospitality design use.

The O Ecotextiles Collection - made from bamboo, hemp, abaca, ramie, linen and silk – offers 17 fabric choices and multiple colorways, plus custom.  Their mission (which clearly parallels our approach to architecture) is to change the way textiles are made by proving that it's possible to produce luxurious, sensuous fabrics in ways that are non-toxic, ethical and sustainable, resulting in a fabric which is safe to bring into our homes. Their worldwide production partners do not support the sale and use of the thousands of chemicals used regularly in textile production that poison our soils, pollute groundwater, and devastate eco-systems. O Ecotextiles’ production partners treat their wastewater so it doesn’t degrade waterways. Their products do not contain toxic chemical residues. They are continuing to work on decreasing their carbon footprint.  O Ecotextiles is currently available in select design centers and retailers throughout the U.S., as well as in London, and through Harrison Architects' interior design partner Barbat Design. Contact Frith to arrange a showing of the fabrics.

-RH