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SCANDINAVIAN TREND
The Scandinavian trend of light surfaces, wood and loads of texture is now brought to South Africans by local manufacturers. The Scandinavian tile range has been developed by local tile manufacturers who have realised the demand for this type of product on a global scale. As South Africans, we have a unique style that we own and develop according to our lifestyles. Use any one of these tile choices to create your unique South African style if it is not Scandinavian you are after. This porcelain floor tile features two colours that stand true to the trend: a light ash grey( Silver) and a warm light brown( Moon). This new tile range provides for a number of unique faces, which translates to a surface that is unique and natural looking. www. italtile. co. za
Technical Detail Size: 300 x 1,000 mm Price: From R199 / m 2 Material: Porcelain Surface: Wood look Thickness: 6.5 mm Colours: Moon and Silver Grout: recommended 6 – 8 mm Use: Wall and floor tiles
BOLON FLOORING COLLABORATION WITH ACCLAIMED ARCHITECT
Swedish woven vinyl flooring designer and manufacturer, Bolon – represented in South Africa by KBAC Flooring – has launched a new architect-driven range of flooring designed by acclaimed Pritzker Prize winning French architect, Jean Nouvel.
The Bolon by Jean Nouvel Design flooring concept was first unveiled at the architect’ s retrospective exhibition in Paris in October last year. Bolon’ s collaboration with Nouvel marks the Swedish manufacturer and designer’ s first architect-driven flooring concept and directly addresses the concerns of architects in its concept and execution.
The Bolon by Jean Nouvel Design collection features six signature colours. A departure from Bolon’ s typically designer-driven flooring, the flooring was conceived with spatiality in mind and has a textural, hand-woven effect in combinations of black, grey, red and blue. The colour panes make it possible to have complete control and flexibility within the interior. The flooring amplifies the interior geometry, making it possible to experiment with the layout and natural circulation in an interior space.
“ The freedom is yours to use the flooring to play with colour and light, and engage the windows of the space,” says Nouvel.“ It is not a decorative carpet, but an architectural floor. Using Bolon is a bit like choosing the fabric for a suit: it makes you want to look closely and to touch. I designed the striped pattern so that it could be arranged at a diagonal from a window to appear as sunlight coming through glass. I’ m a bit of a minimalist, so I enjoy it when the figurative theme disappears and one goes towards the most essential thing: the basis of the texture.”
Bolon by Jean Nouvel Design woven vinyl rolls are available in six colours: Black Warp with red, blue or grey weft; and Grey Warp with red, blue or dark grey weft. The new collection is also available in 50cm by 50cm tiles in Black Warp with blue weft, or Grey Warp with dark grey weft.
Bolon is a 70-year-old Swedish company that makes innovative flooring solutions for public spaces with a list of clientele that includes Armani, Google, Volvo Cars, Adidas, Skype, Missoni and Radisson Red. KBAC Flooring was appointed as sole Bolon distributor in South Africa last year. www. kbac. co. za
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