NORDISK wins three ISPO Textrends Awards F/W 2028/29

NORDISK has received three ISPO Textrends Awards for Fall/Winter 2028/29, recognising three of our material developments across fabrics and insulation.

NORDISK BioBio Nylon and NORDISK Crystal Down – Single Farm Edition have both been named BEST PRODUCT, while NORDISK SilPoly Pro has received a SELECTION award.

For us, the three recognitions are particularly meaningful because they celebrate what happens before a finished product takes shape: developing the materials needed to make it possible.

NORDISK BioBio Nylon – BEST PRODUCT

NORDISK BioBio Nylon addresses both how a technical synthetic fabric is made and how it receives its colour. Its polyamide polymer is derived from plant-based feedstocks rather than conventional petrochemical oil, while retaining the strength, durability and performance required from a lightweight outdoor fabric.

The fabric is coloured with 100% natural dyes derived from Hokkaido onion skins. Beyond replacing synthetic pigments with a renewable source, the process creates rich, nuanced hues that shift subtly with changing light. The result is a technical nylon with a depth and character rarely associated with synthetic outdoor fabrics.

NORDISK Crystal Down – Single Farm Edition – BEST PRODUCT

Crystal Down – Single Farm Edition takes a different approach to premium insulation by starting with its origin. The RDS-certified blend of white goose and white duck down comes from a single farm in Jutland, Denmark, creating an unusually short and transparent supply chain.

Rather than separating goose and duck down, we found that combining them offered an unexpected performance benefit. Laboratory testing showed that the firmer duck down clusters stabilise the goose down, allowing a fillpower of 694 cuin to perform on par with a conventional 750+ cuin pure goose down. At the same time, relying on a single farm means accepting its natural limits of availability rather than sourcing elsewhere to increase volume.

NORDISK SilPoly Pro – SELECTION

NORDISK SilPoly Pro was developed to address a familiar compromise in high-performance tent fabrics. SilNylon offers high tear strength but absorbs moisture and stretches when wet. SilPoly remains dimensionally stable in wet conditions, but traditionally cannot match Polyamide for mechanical strength.

SilPoly Pro brings these properties much closer together. With a tear strength of 120 N and a hydrostatic head of 3,000 mm, it combines exceptional strength for a siliconised Polyester fabric with the dimensional stability that makes Polyester so valuable when exposed to rain, snow and prolonged humidity.

At NORDISK, we are particularly proud that all three recognitions go to materials rather than finished products. Our work does not always begin by designing a tent or sleeping bag. Sometimes it begins one step earlier, by developing a new fabric or filling when the material we need simply does not yet exist.

With the NORDISK range spanning expedition tents and technical sleeping bags to glamping castles and comfortable blanket bags, these three ISPO Textrends Awards underline the strong technical foundation behind a remarkably broad product world.

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