Tarkett Wins Two GOOD DESIGN Awards
Tatami System and FlightPath & AirSpace Are Honored
Tarkett, a worldwide leader of innovative and sustainable flooring and sports surface solutions, announces that Tatami System and FlightPath & AirSpace won the esteemed GOOD DESIGNŽ Award for their design excellence in 2019.
Tarkett has a history of designing and producing award-winning and innovative flooring solutions. Tatami System is a new category of floorcovering that upends conventional broadloom and gives designers and end users the autonomy to continually adjust spaces to align with their ever-changing needs. Designed by Jhane Barnes, FlightPath & AirSpace were first inspired by the lines and angles of intersecting flight paths on an air traffic map. This aesthetic inspiration quickly evolved into a beautifully functional flooring designâone that could simplify installation in contemporary architectural designs, where right angles and straight lines give way to open, multi-use spaces and curved walls.
GOOD DESIGNÂŽÂ is the worldâs most prestigious, recognized, and oldest Design Awards program organized annually by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies.The trademarked, historic awards program was founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., and has continued for 70 years.
âSince 1950, Good Design has become an internationally acknowledged benchmark and symbol of outstanding design that serves as a beacon for design-interested audiences in our global economies,â states Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, Museum President, The Chicago Athenaeum.
This year, the Museum received a record number of submissions from the worldâs leading manufacturers and industrial and graphic design firms representing the most important and critical mass of influential corporations in the design industry from over 47 countries.
In November/December, the 69th GOOD DESIGN jury met in Los Angeles and New York and selected over 900 product designs and graphics from over 47 nations worthy of the GOOD DESIGN Award for their Design Excellence.
Good Design is synonymous with the leading and best contemporary design produced around the world ranging from the âspoon to the cityâ for sustainability, superior design, and unparalleled function. Winning products and graphics for 2019 can be viewed at the Museumâs websites at www.gooddesign.org.
More information about all of Tarkettâs products can be found at www.tarkettna.com.
About Tarkett
With a history stretching back 135 years, Tarkett is a worldwide leader in innovative flooring and sports surface solutions, with net sales of more than âŹ2.8 billion in 2018. Offering a wide range of products, including vinyl, linoleum, rubber, carpet, wood, laminate, artificial turf and athletic tracks, the Group serves customers in over 100 countries across the globe. Tarkett has 13,000 employees and 36 industrial sites and sells 1.3 million square meters of flooring every day, for hospitals, schools, housing, hotels, offices, stores and sports fields. Committed to “Doing GoodâTogether,” the Group has implemented an eco-innovation strategy that is based on Cradle to Cradle principles and promotes a circular economy, with the ultimate goal of contributing to people’s health and wellbeing, and preserving natural capital. Tarkett is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A, ISIN: FR0004188670, ticker: TKTT) and is included in the following indices: SBF 120 and CAC Mid 60. www.tarkett.com.
About The Chicago Athenaeum
The Chicago Athenaeum (www.chi-athenaeum.org) is a global nonprofit education and research institute supported by its members. Its mission is to provide public education about the significance of architecture and design and how those disciplines can have a positive effect on the human environment.
About The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies (www.europeanarch. eu) is dedicated to public education concerning all aspects of the built environment – from entire cities to individual buildings – including the philosophical issues of arts and culture that ultimately give the final shape to design. A high emphasis exists on contemporary values and aesthetics, conservation and sustainability, and the theoretical exploration and advancement of art and design as the highest expression of culture and urbanism.
The GOOD DESIGNÂŽÂ is a trademark of The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies in the E.U.
