Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Mannington Commercial Awarded Best of NeoCon for Design-centric Wood Flooring and Mobile App

Mannington Commercial has been honored with two Best of NeoCon awards in this year’s competition: for Earthly Elements hardwood flooring in square tiles and planks, and for Choices that Work, a mobile App that truly serves designers.

Designers working in segments from corporate to healthcare are inspired by the new look in engineered hardwood, Earthly Elements. Hardwood flooring in squares and rectangles that is truly unique to the flooring industry, the handcrafted 12×12 squares, 12×24 planks and coordinating 6′ planks are available in two species (oak and hickory) and eight colors. Custom patterning options include classic wood installations such as herringbone and pinwheels, or more modern looks such as checkerboard and rectangular subway tiles.

Also awarded was the floorcovering industry’s first mobile application designed to serve designers’ process. Using a smart phone’s camera, Mannington Choices that Work App employs scanning technology integrated with Mannington sample books to show coordinating collections across carpet and hard surface floorcovering. By simply scanning the bar code printed on a Mannington sample book, a designer can immediately see coordinating patterns and colors across Mannington carpet collections and hard surface products. This is the first tool of its kind from Mannington, or any other floorcovering manufacturer.

The App also scans individual products to order samples instantly, without a designer having to write down product information or take the sample book back to her desk to call or email a sales representative. Notification is immediately sent to the appropriate sales representative, for follow up with the designer to ensure the highest levels of customer service. The App works on the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry platforms.

We are so pleased to have good news to share both in product design and innovative tools that serve designers,” said Natalie Jones, Vice President, Commercial Brand Development and Creative Product. “As with everything we do, Earthly Elements and the Choices that Work App were developed to meet designers with what they want, where they work, Earthly Elements through allowing designers to customize wood floors for their spaces, like never before, and the App by connecting designers to coordinating products and samples through their smart phones, at the click of a button.

Mannington was also honored with this year’s International Interior Design Association’s Creative Excellence award for showroom design (small showroom), recognizing the space for outstanding design.

Visit the space in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, 10th floor, space #1039.