by Brianna Crandall — July 1, 2016 — Tarkett Johnsonite , a worldwide provider of innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, had products recognized from both hard- and soft-surface categories among a record-breaking number of entries in the prestigious Best of NeoCon Awards [see FMLink article] during the NeoCon 2016 contract furnishings show earlier this month.
The award-winning Open Archive and Collections Infinies lines were covered in an earlier FMLink story. The company’s updated Mesto Configurations rubber tile and plank collection described below won an Innovation Award in the competition.
Mesto Configurations rubber flooring
Tarkett created color gradients to enliven the floor plane by introducing three tones for each color grouping within the Mesto Configurations rubber tile and plank collection newly re-designed color palette. By using color progressions to reflect gradations in geology and the natural world, Mesto Configurations rubber flooring can help bring a feeling of nature into any space.
Updated Mesto Configurations rubber tile and plank collection uses color progressions to reflect gradations in nature to arouse creativity in students and promote health in patients.
Evidence-based design studies have shown that nature-inspired elements, particularly within education or healthcare spaces, can incorporate variety, color, and form as a means of arousing creativity in students and promoting health in patients. A tonal study with a soft marbleized visual, Mesto Configurations rubber tiles can be used together in very subtle gradations to create the effect of layered textural shifts found in geology and other natural formations.
Additionally, the sound absorption that Mesto Configurations rubber flooring provides can improve auditory environments by reducing noise from walking and rolling traffic, which according to evidence-based design can result in improved cognition, and more restful sleep within healing spaces. Mesto Configurations is also naturally slip-resistant, which is ideal for active spaces as well as in hospitals, where patient well-being is paramount.
The popular Mesto Configurations line is introducing 12 new colors, each in three different shades and five different sizes of tiles and planks — 6”x6”, 12”x12” or 24”x24” tiles and 6”x24” or 12”x24” planks.
Environmentally conscious and developed through closed-loop circular design, Mesto Configurations holds a Cradle to Cradle Bronze Certification — Tarkett rubber flooring products are reportedly the only such products to do so. Mesto Configurations is also FloorScore certified, with low-emitting adhesives contributing to good indoor air quality. It is also part of Tarkett’s ReStart reclamation and recycling program.
To learn more about the Mesto Configurations line, visit the Tarkett/Johnsonite Web site.
