Interface to launch new carpet tile collection

The Net Effect product collection provides a subtle visual reminder of the sea on its surface, with a design reminiscent of swirling currents. Created by David Oakey, owner of David Oakey Designs, an exclusive designer for Interface, the collection of six modular carpet tile options embraces sustainability in construction and concept.

"Aesthetically, we wanted Net Effect to capture the positivity of the Net-Works partnership and the beauty of the waters it's so closely tied to," said Oakey. "This collection connects people with the emotions and memories associated with the beach, but their enjoyment is its most superficial benefit. What's beneath the surface—including the product's ties to the good work Net-Works is doing—is what makes it extraordinary."

Net Effect's three 50 cm square tiles – comprising a neutral ground, transition tile and textural accent—evoke the sea with a texture that references the moment when waves wash over land. The three tiles can be combined to create design elements including continuous transitions, borders and inset area rugs.

The square tiles' organic forms pair beautifully with three 25 cm-x-1 m skinny plank styles that capture the fluidity of water and convey the expanding and contracting rhythms of the tides with more linear patterns. The square and plank tiles' shared coastal color palette of two blues and six neutrals was drawn from the depths of the ocean, and the sun-and-salt-bleached wood and stone found on shore.

Product With a Purpose 

Reflecting Interface's abiding Mission Zero promise to eliminate any negative impact it may have on the environment by 2020, Net Effect contains up to 81 percent recycled content with 100 percent of recycled content yarn. The yarn is made from various sources including used carpet fluff harvested from Interface's ReEntry  program, commercial fishing nets and, shortly, nets from the Net-Works project in the Philippines. Since 1995, ReEntry has processed more than 121,000 metric tonnes (268 million pounds) of used carpet tile and broadloom globally.

As for Net-Works, it provides significant economic benefits to the fishing communities involved, protects marine life and helps clear vulnerable beaches and endangered reefs, thereby providing environmental, economic and social benefits not usually synonymous with carpet tile manufacturing.

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