60 second: Carpet:talk Issue VII 2008
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Bonar Floors has responded to growing demand For added peace of mind, it comes with an ex-
throughout the market, for texture and new tensive 10-year guarantee, which can be extended
colourways, with the launch of Vista, a new to 15-years if supplied with SOFTbac®
highly textured, tufted carpet tile from its Tessera secondary backing.
range. SOFTbac® provides additional underfoot
Tessera was primarily designed and manufac- comfort, durability and performance.
tured as a high performance tufted carpet tile, It also offers improved thermal and sound
for the most demanding commercial interiors. insulation compared with conventional backings,
And using a special advanced yarn route, making it the perfect solution for a variety of
which is new to the company, Bonar Floors has applications.
produced Vista using Nylon 6.6 yarn. Bonar Floors /
This yarn, which has an unusually high www.bonarfloors.com
Desso carpet tiles are making a statement
recycled content, is therefore meeting increasing
at Oxford University’s Old Road Campus.
environmental concerns for sustainable products
Desso Bizz carpet tiles in a charcoal
and resources.
colourway were installed throughout the of-
Vista has been designed using high and low
fice areas of the building, with Desso Pallas
level loops, and the restrained and muted shad-
carpet tiles specified in various colourways
ing results in a subtle, random geometric pattern
to form “ghost corridors”, an innovative in-
and a deceptive broadloom appearance.
terior design technique to mark emergency
Its sophisticated patterning and varied palette,
exits in an open-plan environment.
increases its appeal to installers, contractors,
Hannah Warner, interior designer for
specifiers and architects especially as they tradi-
architects Nightingale Associates explained:
tionally favour international aesthetics.
‘The motivation behind the ghost corridors
Vista is available in a choice of nine contempo-
was to provide a simple way of marking
rary, yet natural, easy to work with hues.
pathways in an open-plan office, while also
linking the carpet tiles to the themes of the
building levels. Rags and riches
‘We were impressed by the colour match
using a limited palette of colour dyes, however
to the themes we had specified, and the
Ulster Carpets and RPW Designs, were able to
value for money of the carpet tiles was
recreate an authentic look using special PSYLO
TM

impressive too. The contractor assured us
weaving technology and a choice of up to 25
that Desso’s customer service was excellent
colours.
also, and we’ve since found this to be very
The PSYLO
TM
technology has revolutionised
much the case, both on this project and
the carpet industry in recent times, thanks to its
others where we have used Desso carpet
high tech capabilities, allowing flexibility, greater
tiles since.’
freedom of design and endless possibilities.
Desso supplied four shades of Pallas, a
Legend has it that the thistle was adopted as
structured loop pile carpet tile with Teflon®
the national symbol of Scotland in the 13
th
century,
anti-soiling protection, ranging from a dark
when it alerted the Scotsmen to advancing bare-
cherry colourway through to a light fawn
foot soldiers.
tone.
The patriotic thistle motif was incorporated into
The geometric style of the velvet cut and
Ulster Carpets has created some spectacular
the hotel’s conference rooms in burgundy and
loop pile, Bizz carpet tiles complemented the
designs encompassing the traditional Scottish
gold, mirroring the rich colours used in the func-
softer tones of the Pallas, and the innovative
tartan and thistle, for St Andrews Fairmont Hotel,
tion room, giving an opulent, sophisticated look to
interior design scheme of the office.
the interior.
Desso / www.desso.co.uk
overlooking the historic town of St Andrews.

In the past, tartan was developed on cloth, by
Ulster Carpets / www.ulstercarpets.com
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