New Flotex FR designs
April, 2022
TRANSPRESS
At Forbo we are passionate about our customers and meeting their expectations. This is why we have developed the Flotex Vision FR marine collection especially for our cruise & ferry customers. Whether in cabins, leisure facilities, lounge, restaurant, or bar areas we understand that you need a high-performance floor covering that provides comfort and safety while giving pride of place to design. In these spaces, who wouldn’t dream of a strikingly designed floor that’s easy to live with? We sit down with Sarah Oldfield, Designer and Custom Digital Print Specialist, who talks us through the new additions to the collection.
Why is Flotex FR so great for cruise & ferry applications?
Flotex FR is a unique, textile flocked floor covering, combining the cleaning properties and durability of resilient flooring with the comfort, slip resistance and acoustic properties usually associated with textiles. Flotex FR is the ideal substrate for digital printing, thanks to its dense flocked surface.
Thanks to our high-definition printing technology, we can offer you a wide selection of designs that will suit every area. Whether you are working on the interior design scheme for a trendy bar, a cosy lounge area, or a charming traditional styled restaurant, each application will find a design that tells its story. Choosing Flotex FR and its unique construction is the promise of a design textile floor covering that will keep its original appearance over time. It is the assurance that your visitors will be welcomed in the environment you dreamed of.
New Flotex FR designs
The design team have created a total of 25 new Flotex FR designs, with a wide variety of designs they are broken down into 4 categories; Floral, Textile, Statement and Geometric/Graphic.
I have chosen 9 designs below, to discuss where the inspiration came from, but to see all the new designs clickhere
Chambord border
A very traditional French inspired design which comes from the idea of having a centre rosette of flowers with ornamental trellis work around it. It lends itself well for a border because you can then take elements from that pattern and make a linear stripe down each side which works well in corridors and where you are transitioning between a walkway and a main area.
Marquis
This is a very simple, modern take on the traditional fleur-de-lis motif. A trellis format but a very simple balance between two colours with a lot of texture which lends itself well for recoloration and customisation.
Arabesque
Traditional scroll design based on ornamental metal work. The subtle colourings that we have in this collection lend themselves to any traditional or contemporary space where you want that subtle but interesting ornament aesthetic.
Trianon border
Continuing the idea of scroll work, with the border you can take the same elements, reduce it in scale and enclose it in a stripe and that way you have a perfect solution between corridors and main spaces where you can keep the design looking the same but differentiate between the space and zoning more easily.
Jaipur
A modern, hybrid type design where the origins are a little more vague or subtle, you look at it and think is it a stone texture, wood, where has it come from? A nice organic way of creating colour and texture within the floor, without trying to pretend it’s a natural surface.
Natural Blend
It’s a design containing elements of other designs within the collection. The idea being that it has a herringbone plank feel, without being traditional herringbone wood or stone. This gives a contemporary twist to the design theme and a link back to all the other designs within this mini collection. Involves feelings of well-being with natural elements and textural elements but at the same time is contemporary because of its herringbone layout.
Empire
Based on a traditional art deco motif, the repeat works well because you get these colour changes between the light and dark with a line effect in between which gives it a 3-dimensional feeling. It is heavily textured to look like a woven surface and lends itself well to more intimate spaces.
Chrysler
An art deco design, on a much larger scale and designed for more formal seating areas, lounges, restaurants where you want a stylish, sleek deco inspired interior.
Mandala
More contemporary influences in Maori art and it’s a combination of two different colours each which are heavily textured creating a wonderful wave like motif which interact and flow within the space.