Design is a communication tool. Culture, language and age can present obstacles, so design must ‘speak’ in non-verbal ways, using primary senses. Eklutna Estates Senior Housing was completed in 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska for Cook Inlet Housing Authority with this design approach in mind.

Infection control is a primary concern within Healthcare settings and the focus of Environmental Service staff across acute care settings worldwide.

Following the devastation left in the wake of 2004’s Hurricane Ivan, The Lodge at Gulf State Park was established.

When designing the new AMEA regional offices for Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity company, the team at M Moser Associates aimed to create a human-centric workspace focusing on the wellbeing of the staff and guests.

During Hale Junior School’s original consultation with SITE Architecture Studio, school leadership made it clear they wanted to create a learning environment that mirrored their educational philosophy of Prepare, Teach, and Connect.

The idea behind Collision Lab at Cornell Tech is simple— get the best and brightest in the space and let their minds “collide” to create tech solutions, start-up companies, new products and so much more.

As one of the largest library systems in North America, Calgary Public Library is an important part of the community it serves. The new main branch was created and inspired by its diverse inhabitants, as more than half of Calgary’s residents are active cardholders.

When BP decided to re-brand the US ‘Lower 48’ section of their corporation, they named it BPX Energy. They then decided to move the headquarters from Houston, TX to Denver, CO to grow their onshore oil and gas business in the Rocky Mountains.

Transforming a space from a two-story Art Deco building into a 21st Century learning facility was the challenge assigned to architecture firm Chaulk Studio. Fortunately, designing thoughtful, innovative and socially-impactful projects is what Chaulk specialises in.

A large body of evidence attests to the fact that the physical environment impacts patient stress, staff effectiveness, and quality of care provided in hospitals and other healthcare settings.

You could call this a marriage of the minds. John Stephens is the Vice President of Marketing for Shaw Contract. Shannan Billings is the Senior Director of Global Sourcing for Shaw Industries, the parent company to Shaw Contract. He’s a former history major. She can’t get through a meeting without using the word “molecule” more than a dozen times. They share a belief system, an employer and their home. Is this a house united? Here’s what happens when they sit down to talk.

Green Schools National Network (GSNN) works with educators, government and non-governmental organizations and agencies, and private partners to create broad-based initiatives and successful strategies aimed at fostering healthy, sustainable K-12 schools across the United States. Founded in 2008 by principals, superintendents, and teachers, GSNN is devoted to accelerating student achievement through the implementation of green, healthy, and sustainable practices as outlined in our GreenPrint® for green, healthy, and sustainable schools.

Experimenting with colour is what the Dye Lab carpet tile collection is all about. For years, Dye Lab has brought a lush intimacy into the spaces we work, rest and converge. Now, we’re expanding its reach with exciting new colours.

Around this time last year, we were preparing to introduce our collaboration with Stockholm-based design studio Form Us With Love at NeoCon. This year, we’re thrilled to share the Inside Shapes Design Tool with you. It’s a digital toolkit that empowers designers to create a floorscape using the Inside Shapes collection.

That starting point of elusive, natural beauty is the inspiration behind the new custom collection Mist.

At their peak, the closures affected at least 55.1 million students in 124,000 U.S. public and private schools. Nearly every state either ordered or recommended that schools remain closed through the end of the 2019-20 school year.

We 🖤 NY. Especially in the fall, when we get to gather yearly with some of the leading hospitality designers in our industry at BDNY. This year, we brought two new collections to BDNY: Desert Lights, our sixth collaboration with Rockwell Group, and Soundscape, a new LVT with acoustic backing. See some of our favorite moments from the show below.

School buildings and sites, which cover 2 million acres of land and operate over 7.5 billion gross square feet of building area, are responsible for significant carbon emissions in the U.S.

Our Pattern Coding Format may be confusing at first glance, so we offer this format table to help. Using this table, you can see that VF47731 indicates a canvas field, CF47037 is a colorpoint field, PR30191 is a print rug, YN25708 is a CYP runner, and CT20845 is colorpoint tile.

Our Custom Design Studio can transform your imaginings into unique flooring to fit your space. Our artists take a creative approach to designing one-of-a-kind, custom solutions for your hotel or hospitality space. Whatever pattern you can imagine, we can create.

Shaw Europe Ltd., trading as Shaw Contract, is pleased to announce that it has opened a new office, showroom and sample distribution base in Oosterhout, the Netherlands. Located in the southern Netherlands, within easy access from The Randstad, the new space offers an opportunity to showcase the company’s product portfolio and meet with clients and aligned dealers to discuss their flooring project needs.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is pleased to introduce Soundscape, a new innovation that pairs LVT in wood visual planks with acoustic backing underneath to absorb and stop sound from traveling.

City governments are increasingly recognised as leaders on environmental issues. But one important tool they use to promote sustainability—procurement—sometimes flies under the radar.

We have to reevaluate the idea that this land is here for our consumption.

In the world of design, sustainability can take many forms. It can involve a renewable material. It can mandate buildings that respect the geography of a place. It can come from architecture that favours local materials and building types. Or it can encompass all of the above, as the work of the three design professionals profiled here illustrates so eloquently.

Today, the design industry is complex. Key ingredients used to be attention to detail, market analysis and strong technical knowledge. However, ethics and building consensus increasingly surface as more important design skills.

In the jungle of the Congo Basin, in a part of the Democratic Republic of Congo that is six hours by motorcycle from the nearest airstrip, the Ilima Primary School serves as a learning and community centre that enables and encourages integration with local wildlife. Opened in 2015, the school was designed and built by the architecture firm MASS Design Group, in collaboration with the African Wildlife Foundation.

More than 60 trans-disciplinary projects including two large-scale, site-specific installations. Five curators. A six-person advisory board. A 240-page book. And countless hours of investigation, meditation, experimentation and scholarship. Those are just a few ingredients in the heady stew of “Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial,” the sixth instalment of the museum’s signature exhibition.

I’m an optimist, by nature, so I’ve had to befriend failure over the course of my career—seeing it as instructive for the next big thing, rather than a referendum on my leadership or the capacity of change in design. I experienced this most acutely when I co-created “The 1%” pro bono design program with my colleagues at Public Architecture in the mid-aughts.

That starting point of elusive, natural beauty is the inspiration behind the new custom collection Mist.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is pleased to introduce Inhabit Sheet and Abide LVT, a new resilient flooring collection of natural wood visuals that offer a welcoming space in acute care settings.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is pleased to introduce Terrace LVT , a resilient flooring collection featuring 12” x 24” LVT tiles and a fresh abstract pattern that evokes a sense of peace and restfulness.

Living in a time of increasing choices and possibilities made answering this question even more important. Our brand refresh was born out of a need to have an answer to this question. We know that purpose-driven companies have 4X the CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of companies in the S&P 500 Consumer Sector. Generating a vision that connects us all enables us to better connect with our clients, and it empowers them to choose Shaw Contract.

Living in a time of increasing choices and possibilities made answering this question even more important. Our brand refresh was born out of a need to have an answer to this question. We know that purpose-driven companies have 4X the CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of companies in the S&P 500 Consumer Sector. Generating a vision that connects us all enables us to better connect with our clients, and it empowers them to choose Shaw Contract.

On the front of the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) international conference, a group of Disney fans and the curious gathered at Disneyland. After all, when your conference is held near one of the most magical places on earth, you must take the opportunity to connect to your childlike self and get inspired by a brand you grew up with. A few of us may have walked in as sceptics to the magic, but we all left as believers.

We’re thrilled to announce that our HQ in Cartersville, Georgia, the Shaw Create Centre, has been awarded top honours in the Workplace category in Fast Company’s 2019 Innovation by Design Awards, the only competition to honour creative work at the intersection of design, business, and innovation.

Dating back to the eighth century, dyeing technique consisted of taking fabrics that are bound, stitched, folded, twisted, compressed or clamped then dipping them into a colour bath. The results were not just distinctive in pattern but in depth of colour, too. The Shaw Contract design team took inspiration from this ancient textile dyeing method when conceptualising new colours to update our best-selling Dye Lab collection.

With the recent launch of Joy Squared, Shaw Contract is adding an LVT product to our portfolio in a square tile format. We thought we would take a moment to explain what LVT is and how it differs from a more traditional vinyl offering, VCT.

For this year’s Design Awards, we pulled together an elite group of judges from all around the globe. For us, the Design Awards are a celebration of the creative vision architects and designers bring to the world. They highlight the truly innovative and inspiring work being done by the design community.

Meet Joy Squared, an American-made LVT collection of 24” x 24” (61 cm x 61 cm) tiles inspired by the spontaneous and joyous moments of our youth.

This year’s summer event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. promises to be airy, fun and nostalgic. The Lawn 2019 Summer Block Party installation at the National Building Museum was designed by LAB at Rockwell Group and features interactive elements, games, community activities in summertime surroundings in one of D.C.’s most prominent institutions.

If you’re like us, you’re both recovering from and reliving the magic of NeoCon after a week of amazing design and fabulous events. We’re back at the Create Centre reflecting on the show and all of the people we met.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is pleased to introduce Living Systems, a new Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Silver collection of 9” x 36” carpet tiles that represents a holistic design approach. Embracing the concept of regenerative design, Living Systems integrates our human needs in the built environment with sustainable integrity.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is excited to introduce Suited, a collection designed to bring an innate confidence to workspace interiors.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is excited to introduce reFrame, a category-defining collection of 9” x 36” woven LVT resilient tiles, that blurs the boundary between hard and soft surface. reFrame sets the stage for both subtle or dramatic color play, transforming spaces with a convergence of tonal gradations and color.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is excited to announce that Dye Lab, a best-selling collection, now has an expanded color range with thirteen unique, new saturated hues. Dye Lab brings lush intimacy or expansive and dramatic floorscapes to the spaces where we work, rest and come together.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is excited to introduce Gradation, a carpet tile collection that explores a new spectrum of color – a realm that merges the digital environment we live in and the physical interior spaces we inhabit. With Gradation, multiple hues combine to create distinctive and unique results. Color has a profound, subliminal effect on how we process and interact with the world, others and ourselves – this concept is at the core of Gradation.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is pleased to introduce Desert Lights, a new carpet and rug collection that draws inspiration from the plants, animals and geography of the American Southwest.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces, is pleased to introduce Community, a collection designed to work together in harmony. Each of its four core products complements the others, giving designers unlimited options to meet the demands of the new commercial environments.

This year’s HD Expo marked another year of knowledge-share and connectivity within the hospitality design industry. Take a look below at some highlights from the show.

This year’s design award program saw over 700 submissions from around the world. To select winners, we gathered ten designers to evaluate and select their favourite designs. The process took two days, and each submission category was evaluated by a group of judges, with Shaw Contract designers and marketing leaders facilitating dialogue. Together, the teams selected 36 category winners and 6 final winners, to be announced soon.

Shaw Contract is pleased to announce that it has opened a new showroom and office in Dubai, UAE. Located in the Dubai Design District (d3), the new space offers an opportunity to showcase the company’s product portfolio and meet with clients and aligned dealers to discuss their flooring project needs.

On this day and all days, we’re making an effort to consume less and produce less waste. One of the best ways we can do that is to use less plastic - a cause that we’re actively tackling through product development.

On this day and all days, we’re making an effort to consume less and produce less waste. One of the best ways we can do that is to use less plastic - a cause that we’re actively tackling through product development.

The impact of color in our inhabited spaces has a profound, subliminal effect on how we process and interact with the world, others and ourselves.

In its 14 years, the Shaw Contract Design Awards Program has given nearly $150,000 to non-profit and charitable organizations around the world. Each year, the final winners and People’s Choice Award winner select a charity of their choice to donate $2000 USD as part of their prize winnings. This allows designers the opportunity to make an impact beyond the built environment.

This year’s Shaw Contract Design Award Final and People’s Choice winners have shown us how designers are reacting to evolving needs in the built environment. The very nature of an awards program begs the question, what actually defines good design? How do judges of a competition like this decide on standout talent and ingenuity? We asked two of our Final judges, Karen Daroff of Daroff Design and Sophie Safrin of Hot Black to weigh in on their definition of good design, observed trends and the future of design.

Shaw Contract, a design leader in commercial flooring solutions and surfaces for the healthcare industry, is pleased to introduce Bio-Based Polyurethane, a new flooring platform designed for today’s healthcare environments. The new flooring solution is first presented in the collection Innate & In Tandem, a coordinating tile and sheet product composed of the bio-based polyurethane material for ease of installation and seamless transitions.

Anyone who follows us on social media or who had the chance to visit our booth at NeoCon this year will have been as excited as we are by the launch of Inside Shapes, the new creative toolkit designed to take carpet tile from being a surface covering to an interactive design tool.

Shaw Contract Engineered Hardwood. Nature. Reimagined. Wood flooring, beloved for its warm, tactile nature, has been reimagined by Shaw. We start with the highest quality timbre. We add artisanal craftsmanship. Then we combine them in an innovative manufacturing process that honors the authentic properties of the material while advancing its capabilities to a new level of performance. Hardwood has the power to bring warmth, familiarity and tactility to commercial spaces. Unique visuals and textures anchor us to natural elements in our day-to-day lives.

It’s a universal truth. But what if home was not simply a place but a state of mind? The Haven collection reimagines home as a mood, an idea, a quality of comfort and familiarity that feeds our instinctual desire to feel grounded in the world. This collection of modular carpet tiles is designed to add the comforts and familiarity of a residential space to the contract market drawing inspiration from the singular qualities we associate with home - comfort, well-being, warmth, softness and a profound sense of place.

Natural Choreography is a collaboration with renowned global architecture and design firm, the Rockwell Group.

You may have heard the news that all our commercial carpet manufacturing facilities worldwide are now carbon neutral. It is a giant step toward creating a better future with products and business practices that are healthy and environmentally conscious. But what is carbon neutrality, and how will it contribute to the overall sustainability of the built environment? We’ve answered some of the questions you may have about carbon neutral manufacturing and how it works.

Rapid Select, from Shaw Contract, has launched. The ideal flooring choice for quick turnaround projects without compromising on quality, performance or design, Rapid Select has been developed specifically by Shaw Contract for the UK and European commercial interiors markets and is made in the UK.