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Mood board featuring fabric samples, yarns and colour charts for textile and design concepts.

Design & Development

This is where new ideas, patterns and collections are born. Creativity meets technical expertise – resulting in fabrics that combine character with functionality.

Creativity that becomes productive

Our design team combines creativity with technical expertise. Here, we create not only beautiful patterns, but designs that can be produced on complex looms.

Colour charts featuring yarn samples in various colours to help you choose textiles and materials.

What makes the design at Rohleder so special?

Designers compare and combine different fabric patterns for a textile or upholstery design.
Direct collaboration
with the laboratory, production, and sales departments.
A textile designer works at her desk with fabric samples and a materials catalogue in the design studio.
9 in-house designers
with decades of experience.
A selection of different fabric samples and materials for upholstery or textile design.
International inspiration
through trade fairs, trade journals and freelance designers.
Stacked lengths of fabric in various patterns and colours for upholstery or textile collections.
80 Years of Archives
featuring fabric samples from throughout our history.
A close-up of an industrial loom with bright green threads during the textile production process.
Our own looms
for rapid screening.
A close-up of a striped upholstery fabric in shades of brown and rust, with a visible weave.

From idea to fabric

If you’d like to work in design or product development, we’ll teach you not just how to design, but how to turn ideas into a tangible reality. It’s a skill set you can only develop at a handful of companies.