Blue Tape, Caviar and Chrome. How are these related? Each refers to a colorway name within the debut textile collection from Mark Grattan called Layered. HBF Textiles selected Grattan as the brand’s guest designer for 2025. Following a debut at NeoCon, the collection was exhibited at HBF’s NYC Flatiron showroom. Grattan’s main inspiration for the collection stemmed from a need shared by almost every designer, things he couldn’t find anywhere else.

A master woodworker, Grattan admitted designing textiles was hard for the sole reason of not knowing where to start both aesthetically and technically. He decided to base the three patterns around elements of his personality.

Creativo is a checkered velvet and most structured of the three. The uncut velvet produces a falloff-effect color change when the fabric wraps around a curved surface. The pattern reflects Grattan’s creative approach to mixing materials and precise attention to detail.

Wright is a solid color with subtle variations in the weave to simulate the pores in wood. The pattern pays homage to Gattan’s father, a hobbyist woodworker and his own path to becoming a full-time craftsman. The colorway names like 400 Grit, Miter and Saw Dust were chosen by Gattan as a nod to his woodshop life.

Finally, Decadent is an abstracted zebra stripe print (HBF’s first animal-inspired textile) that pairs a textured bouclé with a smooth chenille. The pattern represents Gattan’s cross-cultural experiences, growing up in Ohio and living in Mexico and Brazil prior to NYC. The colorway names refer to indulgences and experiences Gattan relates to pleasure and luxury.

Photos and Text: Dave Pinter