SOM, Milliken Invent a New Way to Look at Carpet
February 21, 2005
ATLANTA, Georiga — Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and Milliken Carpet will launch, a modular carpet collection called Way in late February.
The carpet is the result of two years of product development and numerous "nontraditional" influences such as skylines, bridges, and geological formations.
Designed to visually sculpt the floor plane, Way's three design families, Riverbed, Forcefield and Urbanscape achieve this through three-dimensional imagery that looks different in macro versus micro perspectives.
Miliken Carpet is responsible for creating the new dye technology which makes Way possible, and produces the highly dimensional looks through precise gradation of colors and layering of visual textures.
SOM and Miliken used a new software program called Pattern Builder™ that has been developed to facilitate the creative process of arranging different patterns on the floor plane and rotating them in any direction to compose their own graphic art.
The carpet is the result of two years of product development and numerous "nontraditional" influences such as skylines, bridges, and geological formations.
Designed to visually sculpt the floor plane, Way's three design families, Riverbed, Forcefield and Urbanscape achieve this through three-dimensional imagery that looks different in macro versus micro perspectives.
Miliken Carpet is responsible for creating the new dye technology which makes Way possible, and produces the highly dimensional looks through precise gradation of colors and layering of visual textures.
SOM and Miliken used a new software program called Pattern Builder™ that has been developed to facilitate the creative process of arranging different patterns on the floor plane and rotating them in any direction to compose their own graphic art.
