Lori Roop (Image credit: Courtesy CF Stinson)
In expanding its environmental line for healthcare settings, CF Stinson (Rochester Hills, Mich.) sought to pair sustainability with biophilic aesthetics in creating a new fabric collection that sources biodegradable vinyl technology and recycled yarn while drawing inspiration from the natural world.
Awarded the Best of Sustainability winner in the 2025 Nightingale Awards, the Bloomscape collection features four high-performance woven textiles and five biodegradable vinyl patterns for upholstery, as well as a privacy curtain designed with yarn made of recycled marine plastic. The collection also took home the Gold Award in the Fabrics & Textiles category in the 2025 Nightingale Awards, presented at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, held Oct. 25-28 in Kansas City, Mo.
Nightingale jurors cited the fabric line’s dual approach to sustainability with biodegradable vinyl and recycled plastics as a feature that set the product apart in the annual healthcare products competition. For example, the Wildwood privacy curtain comprises 54 percent recycled polyester yarn, including a material upcycled from marine plastic by SEAQUEL.
For the five new vinyl patterns, CF Stinson worked with manufacturer Hyphyn to utilize a coating with an embedded enzyme that’s combined with a proprietary resin formulation. According to CF Stinson, the enzyme is dormant while the material is in use, but once it reaches a landfill, the vinyl decomposes by 98 percent within two years.
Healthcare Design interviewed Lori Roop, director of design at CF Stinson, to talk about features of the fabric line and its sustainability story.
Healthcare Design: What industry need were you looking to address with Bloomscape?
Lori Roop: We wanted to create a complete collection of textiles that is drenched with beauty, makes use of new technology [Hyphyn’s technology for biodegradable vinyl], and speaks to many different types of spaces within the healthcare umbrella.
The overarching Bloomscape theme is versatile enough to provide an easy palette of elements that designers can pull from, cutting down on time spent sourcing. Regardless of which textiles are pulled, Bloomscape offers both a variety of scale and surfaces while still providing cohesion within the space.
All non-woven products in the collection are HC-201 certified [from the Coated Fabrics and Film Association] and designed specifically for healthcare. Bloomscape is diverse enough to be used in healthcare waiting rooms, nurses’ stations, private consultation, patient rooms, café, chapel, assisted living, etc.
HCD: How does this product address cleanability for healthcare environments?
Roop: The Bloomscape line offers a variety of products that can be cleaned effectively. Pattern Flow is a woven textile that is fused with a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) layer on the surface, making it durable, wipeable, and compatible with many cleaners. The five coated fabrics in the collection perform and clean like vinyl with the added benefit of biodegrading at the end of their useful life.
All the textiles are bleach-solution cleanable. Cleanability and durability are our most requested healthcare textile features; therefore, we build them into the collection from the very inception.
HCD: Tell us about the product line’s sustainability story?
Roop: We have engineered sustainability into the fabrics individually. For example, the signature upholstery pattern Fleur is woven with post-consumer recycled polyester, while the Wildwood privacy curtain uses post-consumer recycled polyester and Sequel yarn (made from reclaimed plastic from oceans and waterways).
Several of the woven products use non-PVC moisture barriers. The five new vinyl patterns in Bloomscape use Hyphyn technology, the first-of-its-kind biodegradable vinyl. Altogether, Bloomscape offers a compelling sustainability story that we are proud of.
HCD: How is this fabric line inspired by biophilia, and why was that important here?
Roop: Our design studios are influenced daily by our natural surroundings. We reach for inspiration in unexpected places—rain clouds, rich soil, wildflower fields, and mossy forest paths all spark design ideas. This collection feels uniquely organic; we have been referring to Bloomscape as “untamed biophilia.”
The inspiration comes across in the collection, which we hope flows into interiors that feel restorative and rooted in nature. Each textile speaks of the textures and imagery of the natural world, as biophilic influences are essential in healing and restorative spaces. Also, the mixed surfaces and diverse scales provide a thoughtful toolbox for healthcare designers.
Robert McCune is senior editor of Healthcare Design and can be reached at [email protected].
