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1. Stone Circle Bespoke Service
2. Shaw Contract Dye Lab
3. Atlas Concorde Marvel Travertine
4. Topfloor by Esti Abaca
Stone Circle has fabricated and installed marble flooring in many of London’s most prestigious hotels. One of the techniques available as part of the company’s bespoke service is book-matching, wherein the marble’s veins are mirrored and matched. This was used to dramatic effect in one of its London projects, where the firm installed a polished Black Wave marble floor in the bathroom of a suite. To create a truly unique look, it is also possible to inlay different marbles to create patterns within the floor. This is carried out on Stone Circle’s waterjet machines, which cut stone into the required design before bonding it on to sheets to allow for accurate installation. www.stone-circle.com
Shaw Contract’s Dye Lab carpet tile collection is now available for the EMEA market. Featuring intensely saturated hues, softer washes and a range of neutral tones, the collection draws inspiration from natural dyes and mimics the colour shifts rendered in naturally dyed textiles, creating an elegant and unpredictable visual with organic progressions from lightly pigmented to deeper saturation. Dye Lab carpet tiles are installed with Shaw’s Cradle to Cradle-certified EcoWorx backing. Seven Dye Lab colours are now stocked at the company’s carbon neutral facility in Scotland, resulting in significantly reduced lead times. www.shawcontract.com
Designed in collaboration with hospitality design firm Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), Marvel Travertine is a porcelain tile range with travertine marble effect. Reimagining the prestige of iconic materials used for classical architecture in a contemporary manner, HBA has created a collection of extreme realism and versatility of application. The series comprises two variants of Vein Cut and Cross Cut, which are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use covering walls, façades and floors. The former reproduces the striped appearance typical of travertine, while the latter showcases its rich colours with a stonelook surface characterised by shading. www.atlasconcorde.com
Abaca is a super-strong fibre that can be harvested from its stem to make textiles. Topfloor by Esti has partnered with an Abaca farmers’ cooperative in the Philippines to develop next generation rugs that combine the material’s best natural qualities with a strong, graphic aesthetic. The Essential collection for instance comprises plain colours or simple two or more toned weaves, while the Dis-coloured range – created by Dutch designer Claire Vos – plays with asymmetrical shapes, graduated colour and contrast borders. Topfloor’s Abaca fibre is available in a broad palette of natural shades, though it can be dyed in every Pantone colourway. www.topfloorrugs.com