01 / OUR FOUNDATION
JACQUARD
DENIM
Advanced indigo jacquard weaving combining structure, color, texture and imagery. Denim becomes more than a surface. It becomes a medium.
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開啟聲音進入
音とともに入る
音とともに入る
WEAVING STORIES
INTO MATERIALS.
A Woven Material & Storytelling Platform from Taiwan.
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WHAT
DESERVES
TO BE
WOVEN?
A brand archive.
A city.
An artwork.
A discarded uniform.
A cultural pattern.
A new technology.
A city.
An artwork.
A discarded uniform.
A cultural pattern.
A new technology.
496 translates ideas into weaving structures, materials into stories, and textiles into products, spaces and experiences.
THREE MATERIAL
DIRECTIONS.
Our Material Platform
CUSTOM JACQUARD DEVELOPMENT ↓JACQUARD
02 / MATERIAL REBORN
CIRCULAR
JACQUARD
Recycled denim, textile waste, recycled fibers and regenerative materials re-engineered into new woven possibilities.
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03 / RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
FUNCTIONAL
JACQUARD R&D
Our R&D platform for conductive yarns, engineered structures and functional fibers — extending jacquard beyond aesthetics into ESD and future technical applications.
Research & development. Not currently offered as a Library product.
DISCUSS R&D →BRING US AN IDEA / CUSTOMIZED DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOM JACQUARD
DEVELOPMENT.
Start with an artwork, pattern, archive or concept. We translate it into weaving structures, optimize the repeat, develop the construction and move it from digital design to loom.
Repeat Size25 cm / 50 cm
Fabric Width150 cm
File FormatAI / PSD
Color Layers2–4 recommended
FROM ARTWORK TO LOOM / DEVELOPMENT PROCESS01 — 05
START A CUSTOM JACQUARD PROJECT →
DAXI SMART
WEAVING CENTER.
WHERE IDEAS BECOME MATERIAL.
NOT JUST A MILL.
A DEVELOPMENT ENGINE.
Our own weaving center connects digital development with physical making — bringing pattern engineering, sampling, weaving and quality control under one roof.
496 FABRIC LAB · Daxi Smart Weaving Center
Advanced Jacquard Weaving
Integrated Production Floor
Pattern EngineeringDigital SamplingJacquard WeavingQuality Control
EXPLORE OUR MILL → CIRCULARITY / MATERIAL REBORN
DENIM TO
DENIM™.
A new beginning, woven from what already exists.
THE COMPLETE DENIM TO DENIM™ PROCESS
Recycled denim → Regenerated fibers → New Jacquard materials
START A CIRCULAR PROJECT →FROM STORY
TO WOVEN.
Five Collaboration Paths
01
ARCHIVE → WOVEN
Museum · Art · Brand Heritage
Translate archives and cultural references into new tactile expressions.
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02
WASTE → WOVEN
Corporate · Hotel · Fashion
Give uniforms, denim and textile waste a new beginning.
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03
PLACE → WOVEN
Hotel · City · Tourism
Turn architecture, landscape and culture into a woven identity.
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04
ICON → WOVEN
Furniture · Footwear · Objects
Reframe familiar icons through material, structure and weaving.
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05
TECHNOLOGY → WOVEN
ESD · Conductive · Future Materials
Where textile engineering meets new industrial possibilities.
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MATERIAL LIBRARY / CURATED SELECTION
EXPLORE THE
MATERIAL LIBRARY.
Not a catalog. A material discovery interface.
EXPLORE BY COLLECTION08 COLLECTIONS
INDIGO HERITAGE JACQUARD04 SELECTED FABRICS / 10 IN COLLECTION
↗RDJ3013RAW / 03 FINISHES
Sculptural abstraction
↗RDJ4878RAW / 03 FINISHES
Mineral movement
↗RDJ496B44RAW / 03 FINISHES
Open network
↗RDJ9078RAW / 03 FINISHES
Botanical archive
IDEAS NEED A MILL
THAT CAN MAKE
THEM REAL.
WHY 496
SINCE
2012
Independent textile development rooted in jacquard denim.
FLEXIBLE MOQ
10m / 300m
Sampling / Bulk
WEAVING CAPACITY
12,000m
Per month.
AVERAGE LEAD TIME
10–15 DAYS
For selected 300m production programs.
LOCATION
TAIWAN
Material development and manufacturing anchored in Daxi.
WORKFLOW
AI × CRAFT
Digital and AI-assisted workflows accelerated by textile expertise.
MATERIAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
Accountability Behind the Material
01
AFIRM RSL TESTED
Chemical safety testing by Intertek Taiwan.
02
RESPONSIBLE MATERIALS
Regenerative / Recycled / Circular.
03
TRACEABILITY
Material & production data.
04
DPP READY
Preparing product-level carbon & traceability information.
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