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>> Mariska de Wild: Planks is really giving a new dimension to modular flooring.
>> Joe Foley: It's a fresh shape for a soft surface.
>> Paul Colando: It's a different type of tile that they haven't seen before.
>> Chris Johnson: The skinny plank has given us a new opportunity to kinda sell a different
format to an existing client.
>> Siyao He: I love planks because it's cool and funky, and other than that, it is like
all the products, really sustainable.
>> Katelin Connealy: Just recently I was working with a design firm in Chicago, Gensler. And
we were working with the design director on a project for Dunnhumby in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The design director, Todd Heiser, here in Chicago was really taken away with the concept
of using the skinny planks in very tonal colors. Doing a gradiating pattern with all greys,
and installing it on an angle throughout the entire open office. And it's been specified
for the job in Cincinnati, about 2000 square yards, and would be used throughout the globe
moving forward.
>> Jermaine Ching: We recently did a project with Nike in Taiwan using Planks, the Lamella
Planks. They really really liked it, it's creative, it's different, and we had a great
time selling this product as well.
>> Didier Havard: We had some criteria that we had to respect so we sought the counsel
of a decorator who advised us some, especially in respect to the colors that were already
defined by sector. And it turns out that your product fit perfectly in the color scheme
that we were looking for and in addition the format/design was completely original, and
allowed us to respect all the regulations and instructions.
>> Paul Colando: My most memorable plank installation was with a design firm called Gary Lee. They
were anti quarter-turn installations. When the plank came out it, I presented it to them,
and the beauty of it for their needs was the fact that it eliminated a lot of the seams.
So it looked like a very plush installation. It ended up getting specified in a New York
law firm; it was roughly 1200 yards and it's now become their standard nationally.
>> Diego Carmona: From a design standpoint, the unique patterns you can do now with Planks,
really does allow for more geometrical shapes. We used a whole mishmash of different layouts
throughout the space, to really create not only do way-finding, but also create unique
areas within the space itself, and I think the plank product really allows us to do that.
>> Mariska de Wild: We recently did a project with planks, the planks 701 with the Dutch
Cancer Institute, and this was a CBRE project. The interior architect decided to use Planks
because of the difference in size.
>> Joe Foley: My first job with the skinny plank is actually my favorite job, it's a
project called "Goldman Ismail" a law firm. In working with the principle at the design
firm, he pointed out to me very clearly that he would never use carpet tile in a law firm.
Brought in Walk the Plank, our first skinny plank tile and it was a hit. I knew I had
scored my first law firm job with a carpet tile.
>> Serene Lin: One of the experiences we had with some of the other design consultants,
we actually got together to figure out how to use this new product and we found it was
really fun because there is so much you can do with it.
>> Mariska de Wild: I've been presenting this new collection to many architects and they
mainly are very enthusiastic on this collection, just like me, for the rich texture, the difference
in size and it's really providing the interior architects with a way to using their creativity
to make spaces different than with a standard 50x50 tile. There was even one architect who
decided to change the wooden floor he proposed for the project to the real Planks from interface.
>> Chris Johnson: A memorable job I can think of where we used Planks was at Kildeer School
District 96. What they were really looking for was based on how some areas were kinda
set up was that the Planks were actually able to be angled in a certain way that actually
minimized the amount of waste that we actually had on the install. The product they used
was Verticals, which they were familiar with because it had a similar pattern to Cubic
which we've had for a long time, and it really kinda played into what they wanted and it
was a specific color that they were looking for to match the existing space.
>> Eric Kline: The reason we decided to go with Planks is because we were trying to create
a site that really stood out. We went with a lot of raw in this space, there's a lot
of glass, there's a lot of concrete, and there's a lot of wood. And being able to bring a plank
product in directly next to that raw concrete feel, really changed the dynamic of the floor.
So it felt like a better fit because it was a little more dynamic and I think it wasn't
what people expected. And I think that had a pretty resounding effect throughout the
floor.
>> Elodie Esnoult: Now in addition to Heuga 530, Transformation, Equilibrium, you will
have Urban Retreat 501 Planks in your building, thank you!
>> Didier Havard: We hope that this idea that we had is well received, applied elsewhere
and adopted by many others!
>> Elodie Esnoult: Thanks very much!
>> Diego Carmona: Rolling out the plank product in Paris, France. Recently just opened up
a new office in Tel Aviv. And we are currently under design for a new marquee space in Suttgart
Germany.
>> David Hill: I've been surprised about the acceptance of that product and I think it's
because we're naturally accustomed to seeing planks in wood form.
>> Lunny Lundstrom: Once you show them different installation types or photographs or great
images, they immediately embrace it, they want to buy it. It goes from a situation where
I'm trying to sell something, to where they want to buy.
>> Mariska de Wild: Interface Planks really provide the sales team all over the world
to having a different story for architects.
>> Katelin Connealy: The design industry, they want to be inspired and they want to
provide new ideas to their clients and this is another tool that we can use to keep them
interested.