At NeoCon, the spotlight often falls on the latest workplace furniture. Yet textiles and flooring can have just as much influence on how an interior is experienced. This year’s introductions demonstrate the range of possibilities: archival patterns reimagined for contemporary settings, upholstery with sculpted, tactile surfaces, and flooring collections that draw on everything from garden landscapes to graphic geometry. Together, they show how materials can shape the mood, texture and identity of a space long before a single chair is specified.

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Cult Classics by Shaw Contract

With its Cult Classics flooring collection, Shaw Contract focuses a contemporary lens on iconic design influences from the 1960s and ’70s. Drawing on “nostalgic imagery, analogue references and cultural touchstones,” the series includes carpet tile, broadloom and rugs with coordinating LVT and porcelain — a new material offering for the brand — to create cohesively layered environments.
From classic plaids and archival patterns to handcrafted textures, the designs are multi-directional, highly expressive and just plain fun.

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Puffer by Designtex

The sculpted surface of Puffer by Designtex captivates the senses with its haptic, moss-like patterning. Velvety and luxurious, the polyester upholstery textile — made with 100 per cent post-consumer recycled content — introduces a biophilic element with both grace and a sense of play, while its high-performance technology has an abrasion rate of 100,000 Martindale cycles.
Puffer is available in four rich colours: Cloud, Poodle, Moss and Teal.

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Zen Garden by J+J Flooring

Intended to conjure “sanctuaries of calm,” the Zen Garden collection from J+J Flooring draws on elements of the natural world: Koi Pond (shown) translates a shimmering water surface into a small-scale pattern with tonnes of movement; Lotus Blossom scales up an organic floral into an abstract form; and Shoji Screen references the geometry and elegance of the Japanese architectural feature it’s named for. The one solid — Curate, a textural tweed-effect — grounds the entire collection.

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Fine Line by Stinson

CF Stinson will unveil its newly reimagined showroom during NeoCon; designed by Chicago-based multidisciplinary interiors firm Kuchar, the “intentional space” will bring the company’s three textile brands (Stinson, Arc-Com and Anzea) together under one roof. Among the collections that will debut in the colour-blocked space are Fine Line by Stinson. Expressing a graphic precision, the series is a linear exploration that veers into playfulness with buoyant colours, a soft texture and unexpected movement.