Modular flooring manufacturer, Interface, has launched Human Connections, a new flooring system that embraces natural elements’ relationship with urban neighbourhoods.
Moss in Stone
Interface’s sole South African distributor is KBAC Flooring with operations in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
The Human Connections collection consists of eight designs that bring humans in offices, shops, or homes closer to “freedom” in the urban world outside or to nature. The eight designs combine innovatively to mimic city surfaces such as green moss-covered pathways, pavements with graffiti scribbling, or nature-tinged red stones.
David Oakey, who created Human Connections for Interface, says the collection responds to the workforce’s need to connect with each other and life outside while in the confines of offices. “Human Connections’ modular tiles achieve a new level of flexibility whether as a seamless organic field, pathway, or defined graphic space,” he states.
Included in the new collection are Sett in Stone, Kerbstone, Paver, and Flagstone – four textures that recall well-worn streets of the city. Moss and Moss in Stone attach seamlessly to Sett in Stone to introduce rural greenery in an organic manner. Interface has also included two highly patterned and colourful styles, Rue, and Stone Course, for additional impact.
Rue, a highly patterned and colourful design
The new range coordinates with existing and popular Interface collections, such as Human Nature and Urban Retreat, to give designers and end-users greater flexibility.
Human Connections’ 50cm x 50cm carpet tiles are treated with stain repellent and an antimicrobial solution. “The new range demonstrates Interface’s commitment to sustainability as it is derived from a 100% recycled, solution-dyed yarn system with 56% recycled content. The collection uses Interface’s TacTiles installation system which eliminates the need for glue and the dangers of staff inhaling hazardous vapours. The TacTiles system produces a floor that ‘floats’ to make tiles easy to update and replace,” says Hannetjie Smit, KBAC Flooring Sales Consultant.