Wed.Jan 29, 2020

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Playlist of the Week – Restaurant Week

Architectural Ceramics

Week of January 27th, 2020. New York City Restaurant Week runs from January 21st to February 9th and features great deals on some of the city’s best places to dine. DC, MD, and VA are also hosting restaurant weeks in January. Some Bossa Nova covers of these hits would fit right in at a cozy cafe or happy hour lounge. Feed your appetite for easy listening with our Restaurant Week playlist.

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A sector-specific eco-label for ceramic tiles

Diary of a Tile Addict

Deco Tattoo by Apavisa. Ceramics are a safe choice for the environment. Made by combining fire, clay, and water, tiles are a natural material and do not give off harmful emissions. They are durable and resistant to sudden temperature changes, damp, and chemical and biological agents, offering a highly sustainable and lengthy life cycle. And, with their hardness and scratch resistance, tiles are an ideal choice for public spaces with high-traffic areas, looking pristine for many years to come.

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Bostik introduces new products at TISE

Floor Covering News

Wauwatosa, Wis.—Bostik will be unveiling three new, cutting-edge installation products at The International Surface Event (TISE) Jan. 27-30 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. These introductions include VCT-Lock, a state-of-the-art, moisture-resistant, vinyl composition tile adhesive. This solvent-free adhesive dries translucent, and installers can trowel out a whole room, and then put down the tile up to 16 hours later.

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Tips for Making All of Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick!

JG Kitchens

It’s the end of January and, if you’re like most folks, your New Year’s resolutions are already falling by the wayside. If they’re not, kudos! You’re on your way to a healthier year and a healthier you. The tips in this series I wrote for Forbes.com can turbo-boost your success with a secret weapon: Your Home! Whether you own or rent, making changes to your living space can enhance your health and well-being.

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Global trendsetters on display at Domotex USA 2020

Floor Covering News

I4F digital printing. Chicago — In keeping with Domotex USA’s 2020 trade show theme “The World At Your Feet” attendees will discover floor covering trendsetters from around the globe. This year’s educational sessions and trade show are scheduled to run from Feb. 5-7 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. “There is no other floor covering trade show or market in North America that is more focused on the business needs of floor covering buyers, designers and installers than Domotex USA,”

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Daltile presents RevoTile to retailers during Surfaces 2020

Floor Covering News

Dallas—Daltile’s RevoTile is an innovative product line destined to revolutionize the tile industry and increase dealer revenue. This new product is being prominently featured in Daltile’s booth #5603 during The International Surfaces Event (TISE) in Las Vegas, Jan. 28-30. Live installation demonstrations of RevoTile will be conducted by Chip Wade (expert craftsman, celebrity designer and host of HGTV’s Elbow Room ) on the first two days of TISE in Daltile’s booth #5603 at 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:

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Interface unveils Guest Rooms collection for hospitality spaces

Floor Covering News

Interface Hospitality has launched its latest carpet collection, Guest Rooms , designed for the hospitality segment. The collection was created based on how texture, pattern and color impact a person’s experience with a space and has 19 versatile patterns in square and plank styles. Assembled into color palettes that evoke the four distinct shades of nature—Painted Light, Windswept Terrain, Winter Chill and Morning Haze—these carpet styles create a home away from home for guests through the int

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Antron brand celebrates 60 years in 2020

Floor Covering News

Kennesaw—Invista celebrates the 60-year heritage of the Antron brand, known today for high-performance premium nylon type 6,6 commercial carpet fiber. The Antron brand was introduced in 1960 and was first used in luxury apparel because of its luster and excellent coloration. A few years after that, it was launched as a carpet fiber, giving interior designers and facility managers a premium carpet fiber that offered key performance benefits that help carpet look newer longer, including easy clean

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Välinge further strengthened its IP portfolio in 2019

Floor Covering News

After a company record of more than 800 new patents was granted to Välinge in 2019, the company’s patent portfolio today includes more than 3,100 granted patents. From an R&D perspective, 2019 was also an intensive year with 19 new patent families related to new materials, locking technologies for flooring, walls and furniture as well as surface technologies. “We invest considerable resources in R&D to develop, test and patent new technologies that enhance customer experience while

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Mobile Marketing, RoomVo partner to offer fully integrated visualization

Floor Covering News

Royersford, Pa.—Mobile Marketing has partnered with Roomvo to offer cutting-edge visualization to flooring retailers. Mobile Marketing fully integrates the visualization technology with advanced web, mobile and social solutions that give shoppers an unparalleled experience across all platforms. Roomvo makes it easy for consumers to view flooring colors and styles in a digital photo of their own room.

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QFloors launches affordable new software designed for smaller dealers

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas—With an official ribbon cutting by QFloors owners Chad and Trent Ogden, the software company launched their new software, QPro POS+. Held the first day of TISE 2020, the launch party celebrated the official release of a browser-based cloud software program designed specifically for the thousands of smaller dealers in the flooring industry.

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Mohawk to unveil ‘plastic wave’ art installation at Surfaces 2020

Floor Covering News

Las Vegas—This year at The International Surface Event (TISE), Mohawk will be unveiling an interactive art installation by Brooklyn-based artist Basia Goszczynska to help attendees visualize the true impact of plastic in the world’s waterways. Made almost entirely from recycled and upcycled materials and the different components that comprise Mohawk carpeting, “Overflow” will demonstrate how thoughtful product design, innovation and sustainability in the flooring industry is reducing the waste s