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Interface Introduces NY+LON Streets
New Collection Reimagines Urban Streetscapes as Carpet Tile ATLANTA, Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Interface®, a worldwide commercial flooring company and
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[{"type":"text","content":"New Collection Reimagines Urban Streetscapes as Carpet Tile\n\n\nATLANTA, Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Interface®, a worldwide commercial flooring company and global leader in sustainability, today unveils its latest carpet tile collection, NY+LON Streets™. The playful carpet collection uses fresh textures and patterns to encourage a new perspective on urban exploration. \n\n \n \n\n \nThe collection takes inspiration from two of the world's most iconic cities, New York City and London, as well as one of the carpet tile's core materials – nylon. The playful designs strive to create spaces that become their own community hubs – cities within cities. NY+LON Streets explores the effects of aging architecture, technological advancement, and sustainable design – through pattern, texture, and aesthetic – and brings these qualities to commercial interiors, specifically corporate offices.\nTo create the collection, David Oakey, founder of David Oakey Designs and product designer exclusive to Interface, focused on the trend of old becoming new again, a design approach that involves renovating older structures and adapting them for use as office or hospitality spaces. These repurposed buildings frequently showcase rustic aesthetics juxtaposed with contemporary elements and can have a lower carbon impact than new construction projects. \n\"The inspiration for this collection came to me while standing on the street in London when I noticed the anti-slip surface on the sidewalk. The diversity and randomness of the repeating squares within the pattern lend themselves well to flooring design, especially carpet tile, and became the basis of the entire collection,\" explains Oakey. \"To round out the collection, we shifted our focus to New York City with the beautiful, iridescent colors found in glass vault lights as well as the distressed metal plates peppered throughout the city's streets and sidewalks.\" \nThe Intersection of Contemporary and IndustrialIn today's increasingly tech-connected world, people crave human connection in spaces that feel both comfortable and flexible. With a variety of patterns and textures, NY+LON Streets takes inspiration from details found in busy cities, such as subway grates, to create the collection's six carpet tile products in eight colorways. \nWheler Street™, Old Street™, Dover Street™ and Reade Street™ in...