Working nine to five Office Sector Flooring
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Working
nine to five
With staff treading the halls and meeting rooms for eight hours a
day, a lot is demanded of office sector flooring...
After the home (and the pub), the work place is where we
spend the majority of our time. Five days a week, four weeks
a month and too many weeks a year, we tread the halls of our
offices and trample throughout the boardrooms.
The flooring, therefore, must fulfil a number of purposes
from durability to ease of maintenance, not forgetting the aes-
thetic requirements for an environment that needs to promote
well-being and positivity.
These considerations demand that office sector flooring is
both flexible and effective, while a stimulating appearance is
also critical.
Offices account for a whopping majority of commercial
buildings and typically, carpet is the most popular choice
thanks to its comfort and strength, but creatively, it can some-
times be restricting.
Aside from the traditional work-place flooring materials
and providing a less than conventional option, Forbo Flooring
Systems, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of resilient
floorcoverings, has launched its reinvigorated Project Vinyl
collection for 2008.
Incorporating a rich and diverse mix into the development
of the new Heterogenous Project Vinyl collection, the design
team at Forbo has delivered a contemporary range of vinyl
floorcoverings that further enhance Forbo’s already extensive
product portfolio and suit the office environment beautifully.
Comprising three distinct product ranges (Eternal, Effect
and Smaragd), 10 decorative effects and a massive 114 colour-
ways, the new Project Vinyl collection significantly contributes
flexible and stunning design concepts for many commercial
applications.
Effect signals a revolutionary breakthrough in the design of
resilient floorcoverings, incorporating innovative and original
designs that breathe new life into old offices.
It comes in two options. Effect Linea challenges perceptions
by delivering a combination of six metallic, luminous colours
with a new linear structure to generate the appearance of a
textile finish. Ideal for stylish office interiors, it’s cutting edge
design recreates the much desired carpeting effect whilst
retaining all of the essential benefits of a resilient flooring.
Effect Contrast is a graphic, eye-catching range contain-
ing patterns that take a fresh twist on classic monochrome
shades. It sits well with contemporary finishes such as stain-
less steel and glass to produce striking feature areas or to
distinguish one zone from the next.
Eternal comprises four distinct ranges inspired by nature
38 ContractFloors Issue VII 2008
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