Analogue Meets Digital
September 25, 2018
David Oakey’s latest global collection for Interface, Visual Code, celebrates technology and handcrafted products in that vein.
Interface
Interface, Inc. is a global commercial flooring company with an integrated collection of carpet tiles and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and nora® rubber flooring. Our modular system helps customers create beautiful interior spaces which positively impact the people who use them and our planet.
Our mission, Climate Take Back™, invites other companies to join us as we commit to running our business in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life.
+Positive Spaces Make People Happier
September 21, 2018
The design of a space and the products that go into it should allow the people who work, live and exist there to be happier. +Positive spaces motivate us to be our best, but they also help us feel our best. From inspiring colour palettes to elements that promote well-being, well-designed spaces can make us happier and healthier.
Collaboration for Sustainable Manufacturing
September 14, 2018
As Interface works toward its Climate Take Back mission – to reverse global warming and create a climate fit for life – the company is partnering with Manufacture 2030, an online community focused on sustainable manufacturing.
Better Products Make for +Positive Spaces
August 10, 2018
People’s expectations of interior spaces are becoming increasingly complicated. To keep pace (and even outpace) our complex lives, today’s built environments must offer more than ever before. It’s not enough for the spaces we live and work in to simply exist – they need to contribute to our lives, offering something positive.
How the Next Generation is Tackling Global Warming
July 24, 2018
In November of last year, we announced our support of a student-led competition inspired by Paul Hawken’s Project Drawdown, which identifies 100 of the most substantive solutions to reverse global warming. A panel of judges from Net Impact and Interface recently judged the projects and found four projects to be outstanding, all in the field of food waste or regenerative agriculture.
Taking a New Perspective on Climate Protection
June 18, 2018
Project Drawdown Launches in Europe “It is time for Europe to reframe its climate protection efforts,” said German Energy Agency Chief Andreas Kuhlmann, at the recent Drawdown Europe launch in Berlin. “Project Drawdown shows how this can be done in a way that encourages cooperation, understanding and action. It is an exceptional coalition of some…
A new Living Workplace in the heart of Paris
May 10, 2018
Entering a new era in Paris Since 2001, Interface’s Paris offices have been based in the southern area, a stone’s throw from Parc Montsouris. These offices are unusual in that they serve both as work space for our teams and as display and demonstration spaces for our products.To keep in step with changes taking place…
GreenBiz 2018: The New Carbon Economy and Other Observations
March 27, 2018
At this year’s GreenBiz event, our Chief Sustainability Officer Erin Meezan participated in a panel called “Building a New Carbon Economy: Strategies for Turning Waste Carbon from Liability to Asset.” We sat down to unravel what that really means and how businesses can work alongside academia, non-government organisations and government to build this new “economy.”…
Q&A: How to Inject Critical Brand Values Into a Space
January 4, 2018
Designed by Andrew Tu’inukuafe and the Creative Spaces team, the Lion’s new HQ in Freemans Bay, Auckland is a solid example of design’s ability to speak the language of a brand and its space. We sat down with Andrew to discuss the project. What was the overall the design objective and brief for the Lion’s HQ project? Lion…
Biophilic Design at Cranfield University
December 12, 2017
When refurbishing the Water Sciences Department at Cranfield University, Tracy Flynn, Development Project Manager, wanted to create a flexible space that would provide staff and students with areas to work independently, as well as places where they could work collaboratively to discuss ideas. Tracy was keen to use the principles of biophilic design – which…