TDS Textildruckerei Arbon GmbH
Haptik und 3-dimensionalität
Winner
Martin Schlegel (1978)
min. 100%
Commercial employee, (KV)
Haptik und 3-dimensionalität
2018–2023
TDS Arbon
The golden galaxy: The customer requested a textile wallcovering to match his existing interior, the style of a 9 m long galaxy without a repeat. To print this three-color design with gold, screen print was the only option. Due to its size, there is no machine able to print this, so we did it 100% manually. A full-manual print in this size and accuracy has, according to our knowledge, never been done until now. We accepted the challenge and succeeded.
Three-dimensional textile print: To create a three-dimensional effect on a textile for fashion, we used high-expanding puff paste – water-based as usual, of course. We developed a print technique for naive flowers as well as industrial designs inspired by concrete structures.
Four-dimensional structure print: Finding a fourth dimension sounds like a challenge. However, the solution was found across the border in Munich with the company GRDXKN. The integrated, volume-forming material is abrasion-resistant and shock-absorbent (tested). This creates a novel interplay between graphics and structure. Function and design are elevated to a common level.
Print on sequins: Prints on sequins have become a very common thing and as such are not a novelty. Using digital or transfer printing techniques, it is fairly easy to achieve a beautiful product. Over several years, we developed a method for adding pastes to sequins, giving them a haptic surface feeling and additionally fulfilling all of the fashion industry’s quality requirements.
Andrin Schweizer Company; Design works: Patricia Wicky (marble technique, scale 1:100); FotoFinese SRL, Como; Linda Nafzger; Jakob Schlaepfer AG; Yannik Zamboni; Linda Nafzger; Bastian Müller GRDXKN; Brander Siebdruck, Mörschwil; Linda Nafzger
Textile wallcovering, Various
Overall dimensions: 2.5 × 9.2 m; Screen dimensions: 3.0 × 1.75 m; Number of screens: 18; Total amount of water-based paste: 55 kg
The golden galaxy:Cotton, pigment print.
Three-dimensional textile print:Cotton/wool fabrics, puff paste.
Four-dimensional structure print:Cotton, water-based, high-volume forming, paste.
Print on sequins: PES sequins
Victor Rhein AG, Zurich; CHT-Bezema AG, Montlingen. Jakob Schlaepfer AG; GRDXKN
Founded in 1903, TDS Textildruckerei Arbon GmbH is probably one of the oldest printing companies in Switzerland. Fully dedicated to screen printing, with a healthy pinch of insanity, they develop and produce extraordinary creations together with their customers. There is no minimum, there is no maximum. The more complex, the better… Where others decline, TDS says “come on by”! • They see themselves as the link between craftmanship and industry. Using only water-based inks and being one of the first circular clothing certified printers in Switzerland, they fully integrate sustainability into their day-to-day work. • TDS works with the following companies: Jakob Schlaepfer AG, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Yannik Zamboni, Rafael Kouto, TaDa Residency, Andrin Schweizer Company, Forster Rohner AG, Okutex AG, Filtex AG, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Dörig Kreier AG.
