ADD TEXTURE Architectural Systems has debuted its Eco-Dimensions Bamboo Wall Panels in six silhouettes. The lightweight, flexible panels are made from pressed bamboo pulp. The unfinished 18- by 18-inch panels can be painted or stained to create a feature or focal wall, accent area, or ceiling tile for any commercial or contract project. The panels boast a Class A fire rating, are water-repellent and sound-absorbent.
Glidden has created an online plat- form, offering a range of colors suited to unique commercial and institutional environments. Currently available for health-care spaces, Functional Color & Design provides light, mid-tone and dark colors from each color family that are spectrally arranged for ease of selection. It reviews rooms and spaces within a facility to provide suggestions for color design, and it offers products that will stand up to demand in hospitals and long-term care spaces.
PPG Industries’ Speedhide zero interior paint is a vinyl acrylic formulation ideal for new and repaint applications where a complete professional line of zero- VOC paint is required. The paint, which contains no ethylene glycol, has a low odor that enables contractors to paint in occupied spaces with little disruption to everyday activities. It is recommend- ed for use on drywall, plaster, masonry, wood and metal surfaces. The paint is available in primer, flat, eggshell and semi-gloss finishes.
Benjamin Moore has made its Chalkboard Paint tintable in any color. With more than 3,300 hues in the Benjamin Moore system—plus the ability for unlimited color matching—the color choices go far beyond classic black and green chalk- boards. The latex topcoat turns virtually any interior surface into a chalkboard. It is easy to apply, dries in a matter of hours to a durable eggshell finish, is easy to clean and is fully washable. It also is for- mulated to minimize any lingering odors.
Pulp Studio has created Fragmento glass panels by taking pieces of glass, cutting them into shards of various sizes and shapes, then fusing them back together. After the glass is fused, it is laminated for safety. The texture is available on both sides, one side or with silvering for a wall application. Colors also can be applied.
The Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap Studio iPad app blends the company’s color inspiration tools with a tablet’s capa- bilities, including high definition, pinch, zoom and swipe features. Users can find the closest-matching paint colors to those captured within an image and fine-tune colors using lightness, saturation and hue features. Preloaded room scenes or uploaded images can be painted with a finger. Paint colors can be matched to existing photos in the user’s iPad library, on Flickr or Facebook. The app also can calculate how much paint is needed for a room.