ETHEREAL CARPET BRINGS REAL STYLE TO


PREMIUM BAR CONCEPT With worn Persian effects, deconstructed and broken patterns and tattered, layered florals; Wilton Carpets’ Ethereal collection captures an intimate aesthetic that has been used to great effect at Henry’s Café Bar, Kingston upon Thames.


Chosen by interior design company, Spatialized, as part of a rebrand for the existing Slug & Lettuce establishment, the woven axminster Ethereal proved exactly what was needed. Proven in London’s popular Piccadilly district, Henry’s Café & Bar represents a premium dining and drinking experience, so it was important the new interior reflected this:


“The existing interior was more suited to the late-night end of the market and it was considered cold and hard, particularly in the daytime,” explained Lee Armstrong, Managing Director, Spatialized. “We used our previous experience of the Piccadilly venue to create an interior that combined ceramics, marble and glass with soft furnishings and carpet to soften the feel. The true beauty of Ethereal is in its ability to enhance


NTGRATE WOVEN VINYL


TAKES TO THE CATWALK Ntgrate woven vinyl from Quadrant is giving one of fashion’s biggest online retailers, Net-A-Porter, beautiful and resilient pathway, breakout and circulation area flooring.


Home to the global fashion retailer’s technology teams, the Yoox Net-A- Porter Technology Centre covers 70,000ft2


and blend a space, maybe it’s the fluidity of the design or its elegance and charm; either way compliments from the client and customers have been too numerous to count.”


Woven in a custom colourway, Ethereal was made in Wiltshire in an eight- row, narrow-width axminster quality. Using British wool and nylon for appearance retention and durability, the carpet will withstand high levels of foot-traffic expected at Henry’s Café Bar, Kingston upon Thames.


“One of the main reasons we use Wilton’s axminster carpets is their


suitability to endure the high-traffic volumes of an all-day venue. We have the confidence in the company’s track record supplying high-specification woven products that withstand the hardest of tests,” continued Lee. “The fast-track nature of the project would usually make us lean towards a stock carpet, however Wilton has always worked hard to provide the best lead times and so we decided to create a custom carpet based on one of Wilton’s most striking and inspirational collections.”


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pathways, breakout and circulation areas; all places where footfall is likely to be high. Grimshaw opted for Gentle Remi tiles, a subtle linear patterned texture in grey. Class 33 Heavy Contract rated, Gentle Remi, like all Ntgrate woven flooring is available in tile and sheet formats.


of office space for 500 staff.


Part of the redevelopment of the BBC Media Works building at London’s White City, the centre was designed by leading architects, Grimshaw, with Ntgrate Gentle woven vinyl tiles forming part of a space that embraces architectural values of adaptability, flexibility and sustainability.


Ntgrate Gentle woven vinyl tiles are made from high-performance vinyl, using state-of-the-art weaving machinery to produce a floor that


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delivers a strong textural aesthetic with excellent wear performance and easy maintenance. These features made it ideal for use in main atrium


The woven texture of Ntgrate echoes the ‘warp and weft’ approach to the layout and materials used in the centre. Comfortable seating sits naturally amongst formal meeting spaces and innovation rooms; timber, concrete, velvet, leather, felt and bronze intermingling with one another for a luxurious and refined feel.


In total 900 square metres of Ntgrate Gentle in Remi where used throughout the Yoox Net-A-Porter Technology Centre, supplied and installed by O’Sullivan flooring.


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