Human Spaces: Flooring & Design Blog by Interface

HeadFirst: The Floor as a Connector

January 18, 2023

HR services provider HeadFirst Group has unveiled its new headquarters in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. The company asked architecture firm Fokkema & Partners to renovate the former ANWB building – a well-known location in the north of the Netherlands. To support HeadFirst’s sustainability ambitions, 1,950m2 of Interface’s Embodied Beauty carbon negative carpet tiles (as measured from cradle to gate) were specified throughout the space, connecting the building with the values of the company.

Setting the Tone: The Colours of 2023

January 4, 2023

There’s one event in a designer’s calendar that generates a great deal of anticipation and spurs excitement for the year ahead – Colour of the Year releases. And in a year where people have returned enthusiastically to commercial environments, designers have been bringing the outside in with projects inspired by the natural environment. The colours…

Creating Education Spaces to Support Cognitive and Sensory Wellbeing

December 13, 2022

An extensive period away from campus during the pandemic meant that university students developed different expectations from their working spaces. Home comforts and routines became interwoven with learning in a remote environment and were tailored to support the needs of individuals. Now, to promote wellbeing and ensure they’re helping students reach their full potential, universities…

Education

Colour Spotlight: Vivid Teals

December 12, 2022

Throughout this blog series, we’re taking a look at trending colours in commercial design. Next up is vivid teals – a colour family that has been used in residential settings for a number of years but is gradually making its stamp on commercial spaces too. Read on to find out more from Natalie Makowski, Product…

Meet the Team Behind our Designs: Rebecka Oberg

November 28, 2022

We’re introducing you to the team behind our designs to give you a chance to get to know them and find out more about what inspires them. Next up is Rebecka Oberg, our concept designer in the Nordics and Baltics. Could you introduce yourself and what you do? I work as a concept designer in…

Textures, Materials & Patterns

Orgatec 2022: Trends

November 24, 2022

Orgatec is the leading international trade fair for equipment and furnishing of offices and modern working. The fair takes place every two years in Cologne, Germany and is considered a driver of all operators throughout the industry for office and commercial equipment. International exhibitors show the latest trends and innovations in furnishing, lighting, flooring, acoustics,…

Colour Spotlight: Rich Browns

November 21, 2022

This blog series explores the colour trends that will be driving commercial interior design over the next 12 months. Here, Natalie Makowski, Product Design Manager, takes a look at how the rich browns of the 1970s are making a comeback. Origins Inspired by crafts and natural materials, the rich browns trend stems from the growing…

Meet the Team Behind our Designs: Laura Light

November 7, 2022

In this blog series, our designers have been telling you all about their roles at Interface, some of their favourite projects and what inspires them in the world of design. Next up is Laura Light, Concept Design Team Leader for UKIME. Laura’s varied role at Interface means no one day is the same, from working…

Colour Spotlight: Nourishing Greens

November 3, 2022

Colour trends can be tricky to navigate – what’s in, what’s out and, most importantly, what works for a particular space? In our latest blog series, Natalie Makowski, Product Design Manager, shines a spotlight on emerging colour trends, exploring how to apply these tones to commercial spaces. First up is nourishing green, which has become…

Meet the Team Behind our Designs: Emily Brown

August 24, 2022

If you want to know more about the people behind our designs, you’ve come to the right place. This is the blog series where we sit down with our designers and chat about their career, what they get up to at Interface and their inspirations. Here, we speak to Emily Brown, a Senior Product Designer…

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