Kvadrat Rumor Fabric

Rumor is a knitted uphol­stery textile by Bertjan Pot that bridges the worlds of hand­crafted aesthet­ics and digital design. Its shift­ing surface plays with color and pattern inten­sity, creat­ing a rich, pixe­lated land­scape that evolves with perspective.

Notably, Rumor is Kvadrat Febrik’s first knitted textile made from over 70% post-consumer recy­cled poly­ester, combined with a specially devel­oped filling yarn that adds distinc­tive volume and softness.

To develop the design, Pot used the ​‘diffu­sion dither’ tool — a digital process that trans­forms images into randomly arranged colored pixels. This tech­nique provided the perfect link between the pixe­lated logic of digital design and the struc­tural square units inher­ent to knitted textiles.

Bertjan Pot explains: ​“The diffu­sion dither tool creates these lovely square pixels, which works perfectly with knit­ting — it trans­forms a tech­ni­cal, digital process into some­thing that feels organic and handcrafted.”

Rumor is offered in nine versa­tile color­ways. From a distance, the textile presents a uniform, muted appear­ance. Up close, clus­ters of pixel-like stitches in four contrast­ing tones reveal them­selves, adding depth and move­ment to the surface. These colors are inte­grated during the knit­ting process — not applied through post-produc­tion dyeing — ensur­ing a rich, long-lasting expression.

As with all Kvadrat Febrik knitted textiles, Rumor provides excel­lent stretch and is ideal for uphol­ster­ing organic forms, enhanc­ing both tactile comfort and visual intrigue.