Tibor Reich, the pioneering textile designer and creator of Tibor, was one of the most famous figures in the UK post-war textile business. Although his eye-catching patterns date from the 1950s, they could easily have been designed yesterday.
Forbo Flooring teamed up with this design legend to develop an exciting new range for Flotex, with the majority of the designs coming from Tibor’s revolutionary 1957 Fotexur collection, winner of the Council of Industrial Design’s inaugural Design Centre Award.
Had he still been alive today, Tibor would no doubt have relished working with Forbo. Happily, his creativity lives on thanks to his internationally recognised archives at the Victoria & Albert Museum and University of Leeds International Textile Archive.
Flotex is the perfect medium for Tibor’s vibrant graphic designs as digital technology’s cutting-edge printing techniques breathes new life into his remarkable patterns.
You can also immediately download the following Flotex documents here:
Forbo Flotex Colour and Linear Technical Specification
Forbo Flotex Sheet Environmental Datasheet
Forbo Flotex Tile Environmental Datasheet
Document download centre
Forbo has a wide variety of promotional and technical documentation available for Flotex flocked flooring, including technical specifications and environmental datasheets. All documents can be found on the following link document download centre
Installation, Cleaning & Maintenance
Full installation, cleaning and maintenance instructions for the Flotex flocked flooring range can be downloaded below:
Forbo Flotex Sheet & Tile Installation Guide
Forbo Flotex Floor Care
Forbo Adhesive Guide
Forbo also offer a full range of tools, installation aids and Eurocol installation products. To visit our full Installation and Floorcare section, please click here
Click here to watch our ‘Clean and Care’ video to see how the floor below was quickly and simply cleaned to look just like a new floor:
Flotex Cleaning & Maintenance Video
Click here to watch our 'Installation' video:
Flotex Installation Video
Click here to watch our 'Repair' video:
Flotex Repair video
Our unique hybrid flooring combines the benefits of textile and resilient flooring to give you the comfort of a high tech carpet tile and the durability of a resilient floor.
We are always looking for ways in which to improve our production processes and product constructions to make them more sustainable. Not only do our Flotex tiles contain 67% and Flotex sheet contains 22% recycled content, (by weight), Flotex is 100% waterproof, which means you just need water and standard cleaning materials for an effective clean using minimal hazardous chemicals, which would have a detrimental effect on the environment.
For more information about how we Create Better Environments click here
To read more about Flotex & Tibor, please download the following brochure(s):
product portfolio
Flotex by Tibor brochure
Tibor and The Art of Fotexur
Watch the video to learn more about the collaboration between Forbo and Tibor.
