--- title: Designtex 5x5 description: The leading company in the development, design and manufacturing of applied materials for the built environment. --- # 5 Artists, 25 Products, Celebrating 25 Years ![Five-Cities](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Five-Cities-903-Dynamic-BG-2853-RGB_1192x493.jpg) ![BitDrift](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/BitDrift-501-Dynamic-BG-2865-RGB_1192x493.jpg) ![Social-Dance](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Social-Dance-901-Dynamic-BG-2891-RGB_1192x493.jpg) ![Line-Variations](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Line-Variations-401-Dynamic-BG-2873-RGB_1192x493.jpg) ![CrissCross](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/CrissCross-901-Dynamic-BG-2837-RGB_1192x493.jpg) In celebration of 25 years since the creation of Crypton®, we’ve commissioned five contemporary artists from around the globe— each lending a distinct vision to process and use of color— to design a pattern to be digitally printed in our Portland facility on Crypton fabric. [Meet the artists](https://info.designtex.com/5x5#introduction) [Product specs](https://info.designtex.com/5x5#product_specs) Introduction ### The artists Arturo Guerrero, New York, NY A self-taught painter born in Madrid, Guerrero creates multilayered compositions that evoke complex imagery and wide-ranging references, from ancient landscapes to modern technology, through abstracted forms and the expressive tenor of his signature thick brushstrokes. ### The artists Elizabeth Atterbury, Portland, ME @e_atterbury A native of Southern Florida, Atterbury studied studio photography and writing concurrently, and later developed her conceptual approach to include pictorial sculpture, collage and printmaking. ### The artists Ellie Malin, Melbourne, Australia @elliemalin A trained printmaker, Malin applies a bold, colorful eye to geometric landscapes rendered in a range of textural mediums. ### The artists Kapitza, London, UK @kapitza_studio Taking an aesthetic approach to problem-solving, sisters Petra and Nicole Kapitza both worked independently as graphic designers before founding their collaborative studio focused on explorations into the optics of geometry and color. ### The artists Phillip D. Stearns, Brooklyn, NY @glitchtextiles Stearns studied physics and audio engineering before reorienting his attention to artistic endeavors and particularly, textile weavings and analog counterpart to computational logic. Product Inspiration ![BitDrift](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/01_BitDrift.RGB_color.jpg) ![CrissCross](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/02_CrissCross.RGB_color.jpg) ![FiveCities](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/03_FiveCities.RGB_color.jpg) ![Line-Variations](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/04_Line-Variations.RGB_color.jpg) ![social_dance](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/05_social_dance.RGB_color.jpg) ### Globally inspired, printed in Portland, Maine Bitdrift by Phillip David Stearns Created through parametric computation and cellular automata, Bitdrift is sourced from sections of a photograph whose pixels have been algorithmically sorted and shuffled to generate a wholly unique composition that vacillates between order and entropy. ### Globally inspired, printed in Portland, Maine Criss Cross by Kapitza Informed by a wide range of references, from abstraction to natural forms, the studio's distinct, vibrant aesthetic makes use of a wide color spectrum in Criss Cross, featuring a syncopated, striped pattern in five brilliant colorways. ### Globally inspired, printed in Portland, Maine Five Cities by Ellie Malin Five Cities combines tonal planes and overlaid cutout shapes that together form a playful abstract composition with a layered and dimensional depth. ### Globally inspired, printed in Portland, Maine Line Variations by Arturo Guerrero Originally trained as an architect, Guerrero's works often evolve through iteration, forming tectonic planes of oil and watercolor. Line Variations features warm overlapping fields of earth tones and cool indigo blue. ### Globally inspired, printed in Portland, Maine Social Dance by Elizabeth Atterbury Organic forms and serendipitous collage play into the work of Atterbury. Social Dance grew out of a series of monoprints with Wingate Studio, from which she reconfigured plates of abstract colorforms to create a wholly new composition. Product Specs [![3960801s](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3960801s.jpg) ](https://www.designtex.com/five-cities.html) [Download Image ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3960801s.jpg) [Download Product Spec Sheet ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Designtex%20PDF%20Swatches/Designtex-Five_Cities-3960.pdf) [Pin Image ](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?media=https://info.steelcase.com/hubfs/3960801s.jpg) Five Cities 3960 [![3958801s](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3958801s.jpg) ](https://www.designtex.com/bitdrift.html) [Download Image ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3958801s.jpg) [Download Product Spec Sheet ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Designtex%20PDF%20Swatches/Designtex-BitDrift-3958.pdf) [Pin Image ](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?media=https://info.steelcase.com/hubfs/3958801s.jpg) Bitdrift 3958 [![3961401s](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3961401s.jpg) ](https://www.designtex.com/line-variations.html) [Download Image ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3961401s.jpg) [Download Product Spec Sheet ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Designtex%20PDF%20Swatches/Designtex-Line_Variations-3961.pdf) [Pin Image ](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?media=https://info.steelcase.com/hubfs/3961401s.jpg) Line Variations 3961 [![3959101s](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3959101s.jpg) ](https://www.designtex.com/crisscross.html) [Download Image ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3959101s.jpg) [Download Product Spec Sheet ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Designtex%20PDF%20Swatches/Designtex-CrissCross-3959.pdf) [Pin Image ](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?media=https://info.steelcase.com/hubfs/3959101s.jpg) CrissCross 3959 [![3962901s](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3962901s.jpg) ](https://www.designtex.com/social-dance.html) [Download Image ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/3962901s.jpg) [Download Product Spec Sheet ](https://info.designtex.com/hubfs/Designtex%20PDF%20Swatches/Designtex-Social_Dance-3962.pdf) [Pin Image ](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?media=https://info.steelcase.com/hubfs/3962901s.jpg) Social Dance 3962 RxArt ### The healing power of art A portion of the sales from the 5x5 collection will be donated to RxArt. RxArt is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help children heal through the extraordinary power of visual art. It commissions exceptional contemporary artists to transform sterile healthcare facilities into engaging and inspiring environments full of beauty, humor and comfort. [Learn More](https://rxart.net/) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "contentUrl" : "https://1822507.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/1822507/Crypton%20Master%20no%20credits.mp4", "dateModified" : "2022-06-01T03:24:15.996Z", "duration" : "PT4M23.973S", "height" : 1080, "name" : "Crypton Master no credits", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://api-na1.hubapi.com/filemanager/api/v3/files/thumbnail-redirect/6937788235?portalId=1822507&size=medium", "uploadDate" : "2019-01-04T16:01:50.369Z", "width" : 1920 } ``` ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "contentUrl" : "https://1822507.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/1822507/FULL%20RxArt%20Why%20We%20Do%20what%20we%20do-2.mp4", "dateModified" : "2022-06-01T03:24:17.506Z", "description" : "A portion of the sales from the 5x5 collection will be donated to RxArt, a nonprofit organization that helps children heal through the extraordinary power of visual art.", "duration" : "PT2M31S", "height" : 1080, "name" : "Why We Do What We Do", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://api-na1.hubapi.com/filemanager/api/v3/files/thumbnail-redirect/6937787717?portalId=1822507&size=medium", "uploadDate" : "2019-01-04T16:29:22.544Z", "width" : 1920 } ```