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Warwick is an upholstery and drapery fabric wholesaler and sells only directly to furniture trade customers on a wholesale basis. There are showrooms mostly around Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Since 1966 Warwick has supplied furnishing fabrics which have been quality tested to global standards. Warwick Australia has always been at the cutting-edge of fabric trends. In the 1960’s and ‘70’s it was vinyl and velvet; in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s it was range development and international distribution. Today, Warwick Fabrics is a household name in innovation, quality and service around the world.

With global distributors in Hongkong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, ever-expanding Warwick Australia is at the forefront of international design and distribution, exporting Australian made fabric and even recycled fabrics and other textiles to over 50 countries.

The first ever Australian-owned company to receive the Queen’s Award for export achievement, Warwick Fabrics (UK) together with Warwick’s other operations continue to meet the challenges of today’s competitive worldwide markets by developing different curtain fabrics, decorating fabrics and encore fabrics in partnership with local mills that, in turn, provides enormous benefits for the host domestic industry.

Another innovation from Warwick is the annual Dreamweaver Design Award, a woven textiles and decorative fabrics competition for current design students and graduates to showcase their talents on the world stage. Encouraging students and emerging designers while promoting Australian made fabric and textile design in local and overseas markets; entrants must design woven upholstery or furniture fabrics suitable for domestic furniture and make a presentation to a panel of industry representatives. Three finalists will be selected to work with a Warwick design team before having their fabric commercially woven at Bekaert Textiles. Finally, the woven designs are manufactured into a piece of upholstered furniture by Colby Furniture for presentation at the Furnitex Exhibition where the winner will be announced.

The Dreamweaver Award winning designer travels with Warwick to Belgium to experience the world's largest upholstery fabrics exhibition, Decosit. The winning design then becomes the property of Warwick Australia.

To learn more about Warwick, visit http://www.warwick.com.au/