New looks, including stone, wood and textiles, expand uses for cork flooring
What is that? Just when we thought we had seen every style and color of cork flooring available today, Wicanders has thrown us a curve.
Some of it looks like stone. Some of it looks like marble, granite, wood and textiles. But it is an illusion, enabled by the latest digital optic technology that embosses these patterns directly onto the cork.
“You cannot tell its cork until you touch it,” says Tim Tompkins, national marketing director for
Wicanders. “We are able to print these patterns directly on our cork veneers. The texture of the cork veneer beneath it adds more texture and realism to the finished product, and each floor is a fingerprint of itself as no two planks, panels or tiles are identical. It’s very amazing technology.”
What is that? Just when we thought we had seen every style and color of cork flooring available today, Wicanders has thrown us a curve.
Some of it looks like stone. Some of it looks like marble, granite, wood and textiles. But it is an illusion, enabled by the latest digital optic technology that embosses these patterns directly onto the cork.
“You cannot tell its cork until you touch it,” says Tim Tompkins, national marketing director for Wicanders. “We are able to print these patterns directly on our cork veneers. The texture of the cork veneer beneath it adds more texture and realism to the finished product, and each floor is a fingerprint of itself as no two planks, panels or tiles are identical. It’s very amazing technology.”