Forbo stories

Marmoleum Solid: connect with modern nature

In today's fast-paced world, the need to connect with nature has also become more prominent than ever. Enter Marmoleum Solid, a flooring solution that not only embraces contemporary design principles but also allows you to connect with modern nature in your projects.

Design Trends: Pantone Color of the Year 2024

Pantone, the world's leading colour authority, has announced its 2024 Color of the Year: Peach Fuzz 13-1023. The colour was chosen to express a yearning for community and cosiness during uncertain times. We love how this new colour connects with Forbo Flooring's own trend and colour research.

Design Trends: bringing nature indoors

Discover the latest additions to our digital print library of flooring designs: Stone, Cornfield, and Moss. These stunning designs, available in both Flotex and vinyl, are a testament to the power of nature-inspired design.

100 Years of Nuway

With a heritage going back 100 years, our Nuway barrier matting is a unique and effective entrance flooring system.

Graphical patterns: a design statement

Discover the latest additions to our digital library of flooring designs - Miami, Memphis, and Manhattan. These bold and vibrant graphical patterns will make a powerful statement in any space.

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Dealing with used flooring and product waste responsibly is the final step to creating a circular model for flooring.

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Developing long-lasting, hard-wearing products that are perfectly fit-for-purpose is a key tenet of sustainable design.

Designing with circularity in mind

A look at the different ways we can design more sustainable products and work towards circularity in the flooring industry.

Sourcing for circularity

What role does sourcing and raw materials play in achieving circularity in the flooring industry? Find out how Forbo Flooring is leading the way with a forward-thinking use of resources.

4 reasons to go adhesive free

Designing for Healthcare

For healthcare buildings, both the design of the interior spaces and the materials chosen play an important role in supporting the health and wellbeing of those who use the building.

Delft University of Technology

In 2020 the Delft University of Technology reached out to Forbo Flooring with the wish to re-use their old flooring material.

Ensuring long-lasting linoleum

To maximise the lifespan of our superior Marmoleum products, minimise costs and contribute towards healthy indoor air, three key factors should be respected.

Healthier Indoor Spaces

The recent pandemic has brought with it countless obvious challenges. But it has also offered us an opportunity to reflect on and review the healthiness of our indoor environments.

Behind the collection

We've refreshed our Marmoleum Linear collection, designed to add warmth and comfort to a room and reflect evolving trends in public buildings.

Design Trends: Terrazzo

Building with a conscience

The CooLoo Circular Canopy

The CooLoo Circular Canopy

The Story Behind TRNDS 2021

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Part I: Acoustics and why it matters

Part 2: Acoustics for comfort

Part III: Acoustics for performance

Biophilic Design: A Healthy Dose of Nature

Marmoleum - Designing with linoleum

Linoleum is a 160-year-old innovation.
What makes this material special is its scope for endless new possibilities. One of the challenges our Design studio faces, is identifying these possibilities and translating them into a new visual that is in-keeping with the modern zeitgeist.

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Linoleum - How sustainability is done

Linoleum from Forbo is naturally good. It captures more climate-harming CO2 than it releases, if you produce it the right way, like Forbo does. The Netherlands is home to the most modern linoleum plant in the world, a factory that shows how industry and ecology really can be compatible.

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Design Series - The Dynamics of A Building

Over time, there has been a strong shift in segment design. Before, there was clear uniformity; a hospital would look like a hospital and an office would be designed to be exactly what you would expect from an office, simply a place to work. Our designer takes a look at how the boundaries between different segments have blurred, and buildings are adopting a variety of identities.

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Linoleum - Rise of Off the Floor Applications

The naturally smooth and durable nature of linoleum lends itself perfectly to finishing all kinds of surfaces, with the versatile material being used for much more than just creating beautiful floors. Our Senior Designer, Marijke, takes a look.

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Meet The Maker - Thomas Eurlings

In the first of our Allura Meet The Maker blog series, we catch up with Thomas Eurlings, Senior Designer Vinyl at Forbo Flooring Systems, to find out more about his involvement in the creation of the new collection, what it means to him, and current design trends within the flooring industry.

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Retail - Making An Entrance

Enhancing the shopping experience starts from the moment a customer sets foot in the building. As part of our ‘Floored It’ blog series, Louise Serjeant, Key Account Manager for Retail, discusses the importance of choosing an effective entrance flooring system for retail environments.

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3 tips to prevent falls and slips