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Creative Connections Collection - Understated Style

that make them lighter, more durable, and
easier to handle. Every improvement helps
reduce embodied carbon and supports
healthier buildings.'
He points to Shaw Contract’s focus on
material health and indoor air quality.
'We talk about the occupant, the person
using the space,' he says. 'That means
ensuring low VOCs and safe, transparent
ingredients. Sustainability isn’t just about
recycling, it’s also about creating better
environments for the people who use
them every day.'
Reinforcing the case for carpet tile
While resilient products have grown,
Andrew believes carpet tiles continue to
hold their ground by offering a complete Creative Connections Collection - Intelaced,
balance of comfort, acoustics, safety, and Understated, Interwoven and Understated Neutrals
design freedom.
'There has been a perception shift,' and the circular economy will all play to Jackson points out, they are not going
he admits. 'Some specifiers moved to carpet tiles’ strengths,' he says. 'This is an anywhere. 'Carpet tile is dead? Long
resilient for practical reasons, but we are opportunity for the category to reinvent live carpet tile,' he says. 'With circularity,
now seeing them return to carpet tiles itself, to prove that it is not just relevant, modularity and innovation driving change,
because of their long-term performance but essential to the next generation of we are only just getting started.' 
and circular potential.' sustainable interiors.'
He sees the next few years as pivotal. Carpet tiles may have been declared Visit the BRAND LEADERS section on our
'Future legislation, digital passports, dead more than once, but as Andrew website to read more from Shaw Contracts

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