The Designer’s Coach

We’re More Then A Pretty Face

An all-day conference on Dynamic Facades: Architecture’s New Frontier may not be high on your “bucket list” but for DWF Contract it made perfect sense.  It was a long day – but a fascinating look into the engineering and design that goes into modern building systems.  Yes, window coverings are a system, just like HVAC […]

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Shading for the Gladiator

The concept of Engineered Shading Solutions goes back thousands of years. The Greeks and Romans provided shading in their Porticos and Colonnades. The Pantheon in Rome was built in 126 C.E. and shaded the Romans from the harsh Italian sun.

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Sun Powered Shades Are Here!

It’s been a long time coming, but your wait is finally over. Decorating with Fabric Contract is excited to offer a complete window covering control system for your residential or commercial project, powered simply by the new Solar Powered Nickel Metal Hydride battery which is 100% rechargable from the rays of the sun. Welcome to the new InSync SolarPac

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Light Shelves

While light shelves help redistribute the sun’s direct visible energy deep into a building, they also reduce the amount of radiant energy at the building’s perimeter (which, in turn, reduces the building’s cooling load and associated energy consumption). The integration of light shelves to create high-performance building design requires a team approach since, not only are the

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