Products: Surfacing

E Ink Prism E Ink eink.com E Ink is now applying its electronic ink technology to the architecture and design market. Available in seven hues, E Ink Prism color-changing architectural film acts like a dynamic skin for architectural products, allowing architects and designers to change the color of a wall, ceiling panel, or entire room with the flip of a switch. E Ink Prism’s paint-like appearance, color palette, and compatibility with materials such as decorative panels, glass, marker boards, and laminates make it suitable for many architectural applications. The film can be custom programmed to dynamically switch colors in nearly any pattern, shape, speed, or sequence.

Neolith Stone Surfacing TheSize Surfaces SL neolith.com The Neolith range of durable, all-natural sintered stone surfacing has been expanded to include new patterns, thicknesses, formats, and finishes. With the new introductions, Neolith now offers over 56 different designs across its seven collections. The architecture and design firm Corgan specified Neolith Arena and Neolith Chocolate as a durable wall surfacing to withstand heavy pedestrian traffic in the Parkland Hospital in Dallas (shown here), which opened in 2015.

Subtractive Layers Patcraft patcraft.com The Subtractive Layers luxury vinyl tile collection from Patcraft is available in 12-in-x-24-in tiles and 20 colors. The award-winning collection features a 20-mil wear layer for high-demand environments and includes two patterns designed by Patcraft’s Hard Surface Designer Kelly Stewart. The two tile patterns, Remove and Withdraw, were made by manipulating scenes of Stewart’s original acrylic paintings and layering them over one another.

Transcend Glass Collection Skyline Glass skydesign.com This award-winning glass collection by textile designer Suzanne Tick features six etched and printed patterns on glass that intersect, overlap, or fade using different techniques. All patterns are available in sizes up to 60-in-x-120-in, in standard glass thicknesses. Transcend consists of three fading geometrics: Angled Mesh, Shift Grid, Lineal Fade, and three technical textures — Disperse, Diffuse, and Integrate — that relate to the materiality and construction of buildings.

Eastern Earthenware Clé Tile cletile.com Available exclusively through clé, the Eastern Earthenware collection of handcrafted terracotta tiles are hand-formed from rustic terracotta and fired in a traditional beehive-shaped kiln, fueled by natural materials. The uneven firing temperatures produce luminous variations in the glazes. The mineral-based pigments have produced a palette of 25 variegated colors, curated by clé founder and creative director Deborah Osburn. Eastern Earthenware tiles are available in 4-in-x-4-in and can be installed on floors and walls inside and out.

Fractal Smith&Fong robinreigi.com The new Fractal panel series by Smith&Fong utilizes a collection of four different patterned triangles made of carved plyboo bamboo that can be infinitely mixed and matched to create modular feature walls and ceilings. An interactive Fractal Design Tool and a smaller-scaled sample kit are available to demonstrate the limitless configurability of the pieces. Fractal panels are available in natural colors, as well as oiled Greige, Fog, and Noir finishes, and measure 24-in-x-24-in-x-34-in. Fractal is available through the Robin Reigi New York City-based architectural materials showroom.