Kyocera Document Solutions – New Initiative At Milan Design Week 2025: A Collaboration With Elle Decor Italia To Merge Art With The 'FOREARTH' Inkjet Textile Printer
Osaka, Japan (BUSINESS WIRE) - Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. (President: Takashi Nagai) is pleased to announce that a collaborative work featuring its eco-friendly inkjet textile printer "FOREARTH" was unveiled at Milan Design Week 2025 in partnership with Italian design magazine "Elle Decor Italia."
This collaboration was made possible thanks to Elle Decor Italia's interest in the environmental benefits and precision printing technology of the FOREARTH printer.
The graphics designed by Patricia Urquiola, founder of Studio Urquiola and artistic director of Italian furniture manufacturer Cassina, were printed using FOREARTH, highlighting the scale of the exhibition space. This collaborative work is featured at the ELLE DECOR ALCHEMICA exhibition, held at the Palazzo Bovara, a historic venue renowned for its magnificent interiors and exteriors, from April 7 to 13, during Design Week.
Three works are featured in the Alchemic Corridor and another in the Herbarium Restaurant. The scarves worn by the staff also use FOREARTH's printing technology.
FOREARTH uses water-based pigments and combines unique technologies to reduce water consumption by 99.98% compared to traditional analog textile printing, which typically consumes large amounts of water. It also significantly reduces CO2 emissions , making it an environmentally friendly printer. It can also print on a wide variety of fabrics, including silk, cotton, polyester, acetate, and nylon, all within a single system. The soft texture, durability, and vibrant colors achieved with this printer meet Patricia Urquiola's high standards.
Patricia Urquiola's comments:
What caught my attention in this collaboration was the possibility of working with a printing technology that approaches things differently from traditional methods. I was curious about FOREARTH from Kyocera Document Solutions, particularly because it addresses the issue of water use in a more limited way. I'm always interested in tools that open up new avenues of thinking and production.
Using FOREARTH allowed us to print these delicate, layered images with precision, without resorting to traditional dyeing processes. This seemed important in the context of Alchemica, an exhibition that analyzes the home as a living, transformative organism, changing throughout the day, the seasons, and the phases of life.
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