by Brianna Crandall — June 24, 2016 — Tarkett, 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 last week.
Awards
Tarkett’s world premiere of digitally printed luxury vinyl tile (LVT), Collections Infinies, received Best of NeoCon Gold in the Flooring: Hard-Surface category; the collection is highlighted below. Open Archive by Tandus Centiva won Gold in the Carpet: Broadloom category for OverStitch and Moquette.
Open Archive by Tandus Centiva won Gold in the Carpet: Broadloom category for OverStitch and Moquette.
Two of only ten industry-wide Innovation Awards were received by Tarkett for Open Archive GeoKnit and Cache Tweed by Tandus Centiva in the Carpet: Modular (tiles) category, and Mesto Configurations by Johnsonite (to be covered in a separate FMLink article) in the Healthcare Flooring category.
Tarkett’s Collections Infinies also won the Workplace Flooring – Hard Surface category in Interior Design’s HiP Awards. The company received HiP Honoree Awards for iQ One in the Health & Wellness Flooring category; Tandus Centiva’s MetalEdge Trim in the Accessories category; Jhane Barnes’ LightSpeed and Velocity for Education Flooring; and Open Archive Broadloom: OverStitch and Moquette in the Hospitality Flooring category, according to an awards summary in Floor Covering News .
Collections Infinies luxury vinyl tile collection
Tarkett unveiled Collections Infinies, a digitally printed luxury vinyl tile (LVT), at NeoCon 2016 last week. The collection features designs from internationally renowned artists Suzanne Tick of Suzanne Tick Inc.; Krista Ninivaggi of K&Co; D.B. Kim, 2×4; and Stefan Sagmeister of Sagmeister & Walsh.
Tarkett’s Collections Infinies digitally printed luxury vinyl tile (LVT) custom flooring won Best of NeoCon Gold in the Flooring: Hard-Surface category.
Tarkett also recently debuted a co-creation and visualization tool for Collections Infinies. This innovative co-creation technology enables architects and designers to personalize Collections Infinies designs using specially selected color palettes for each layer of the design.
Collections Infinies was created to revolutionize the creative process for commercial flooring, allowing customers to “think beyond expected flooring solutions,” and to “connect differently with their flooring” through the design tool, says Tarkett. Flooring has traditionally been offered in a standard series of colors and patterns, notes the company, but now Collections Infinies enables architects and designers to actively participate in the product design process.
Collections Infinies currently includes the following designs, with a fifth design to be introduced from Stefan Sagmeister in fall 2016:
- “Trans-Materia” from Suzanne Tick
- “Glow” from Krista Ninivaggi of K&Co
- “Riot” from 2×4
- “Crystal” from D.B. Kim
“Co-creation continues to grow in importance,” noted Chris Stulpin, senior vice president of Design at Tarkett. “You see greater collaboration between customers and brands on everything from running shoes, to cars, to greeting cards. Customers now have greater control and oversight during the creative process, which presents a new challenge for designers. However, with Collections Infinies, customers are provided with flexible, adaptable commercial flooring options that can customize and transform whatever building they’re in.”
Open Archive GeoKnit and Cache Tweed by Tandus Centiva received an Innovation Award in the Carpet: Modular (tiles) category.
Collections Infinies, molded after Collections Privées that launched in Europe in 1999, maintains Tarkett’s historical commitment to challenging the status quo through innovative and creative design techniques. Previous collaborators to Tarkett include Andree Putnam, Jean Nouvel and Tom Dixon, all of whom Tarkett says were integral to its industry-leading offerings in soft-surface printing.
To learn more, visit Tarkett’s Collections Infinies site and watch the related video.
