Flooring

Flooring Options That Work Harder

Modern furnishings manufacturer Artek and forest products group UPM jointly introduced two new products featuring UPM’s ProFi wood-plastic composite material at the Salone del Mobile held last April in Milan. The UPM ProFi Floor tile, designed by Artek Studio, and the 10-Unit System modular furniture range, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, a 2009 Product Reports winner, both capitalize on the potential of this new composite material. This is the second time these two Finnish companies have collaborated: In 2007, Ban designed the Artek Pavilion made of UPM ProFi for the Triennale garden in Milan. [cont.]

[Reader Service: January 2010 #200]

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