Span Systems Inc. used duraskin® B 18059 from Verseidag-Indutex GmbH to create the canopies. Designed for frame and tension fabric structures, the PTFE-coated fabric offers tensile strength, tear resistance and flame retardancy. Photo: Span Systems Inc. To connect the city parks along the Hillsborough River, the city of Tampa, Fla., wanted an iconic [...]

As the Specialty Fabrics Review turns 100, we honor the members, readers and contributors who help keep the industry a strong and evolving economic force. For 100 years the Review has been the voice of the specialty fabrics industry—but it is the members of ATA who helped to create and have supported that voice; it [...]

Review advertisements commemorated key events and trends throughout the years. Shown here are some of our favorites.  

In its earliest incarnation, the Review began as a newsletter shortly after the National Tent & Awning Manufacturers Association was formed in 1912, and gradually took on characteristics resembling a journal of record for the industry, reporting on trends and important industry developments. It became a magazine with the November 1915 publication of The National [...]

With new skills needed for employees, the Feb. 1984 issue of the Review suggested that awning shops should make a commitment to in-house “painting departments” and make substantial investments in new technology to incorporate commercial graphics, opening up the signage and graphics markets to awning and canopy manufacturers. Finding, training and retaining skilled [...]

Aviation, design and marketing converge in Vienna, where Flug zeug produces belts and bags made of recognizable airline materials for high-flying fashion lovers.Photo: Flug zeug Fasten your seat belts: Flug zeug is now landing Pan Am fashion belts on a runway near you. Flug zeug, a Vienna, Austria, business selling airline-material accessories for [...]

NEON director Mark Nixon and his team want to explore the territories among architecture, design and art, and the Barfotastigen Exhibition provided an opportunity to “engender a deeper and longer lasting emotional relationship between people and the structures we inhabit.” Photos: ©NEON When city living crowds the souls of the outdoor-loving Finns, individuals [...]

The Red Line Project involves the installation of one or multiple tubes, in red or other colors, to illustrate the impacts of climate change and environmental deterioration at the site of some of the world’s most threatened natural resources. Photo: Doron Gazit While Israeli Doron Gazit attended college to learn industrial design, he [...]

As a life-long science fiction fan, I tend to think of the past in terms of the future (and vice-versa). So as I have spent the last ten months researching the history of an industry in the archives of this magazine, I kept compiling important events and themes in my head and letting them bubble [...]

Tectoniks created a protective shelter for Lockeed Martin U.K. that is easy to transport, quick to erect, and stands up to wind, snow and cold. The hybrid roller door, a first for the company, runs up and over the structure and also acts as part of the roof. Photo: Tectoniks Limited Tectoniks pioneers [...]