David Kaihoi Fabric

David Kaihoi Fabric by the Yard

David Kaihoi is a New York-based textile and surface designer whose fabric collection for Schumacher brings a graphic, pattern-intelligent sensibility to residential textiles. His designs are characterised by a rigorous understanding of pattern structure — how repeat, scale, and colour work together to create visual rhythm and optical interest — combined with a warmth and residential approachability that gives his work genuine livability alongside its design intelligence. At The WorkRoom, we carry David Kaihoi fabric as an authorised Schumacher dealer, with samples available before committing to a full order.

The David Kaihoi Aesthetic

Kaihoi's design practice spans multiple scales and pattern traditions — from delicate small-scale designs that create texture and subtle visual interest to larger-scale prints with genuine graphic confidence. His colour palette reflects a designer who understands how colour functions in fabric rather than on paper — the way pigment and dye interact with fibre, the way a colour reads differently at scale than in a swatch, and the way colour relationships in fabric must account for the lighting conditions and material context of residential interiors. The result is a collection that feels simultaneously designed and livable — patterns with intellectual rigour and genuine domestic warmth.

David Kaihoi Fabric for Upholstery and Drapery

The Kaihoi collection serves both upholstery and drapery applications. His geometric and abstract designs translate naturally to upholstered seating where the pattern can be fully appreciated at close range and touch. Drapery applications allow larger-scale patterns to be read in their full repeat, creating the visual rhythm that defines his strongest designs. The collection coordinates naturally with Schumacher's broader range — particularly the more design-forward, contemporary-positioned fabric collections that share Kaihoi's graphic sensibility.

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Schumacher fabric — the producer and distributor — provides the full luxury resource alongside David Kaihoi. Geometric fabric and abstract fabric cover the pattern traditions central to Kaihoi's design vocabulary.