Chattanooga, TN, September 15, 2005---At Hospitality Design Boutique in Miami this week, Signature Hospitality Carpets is launching new products on paper.
Courtesy of SIM from Tricycle digital modeling, designers visiting Signature's booth can see new patterns and colorways as paper prints that are realistically three-dimensional and as color specific as physically tufted samples.
Already proven in the commercial market, where Tricycle works with eight of the top ten manufacturers and has won four NeoCon awards in as many years, SIM from Tricycle has expanded into the hospitality sector this year. The advantages to Signature as it prepared for HD boutique were obvious: Tricycle created color accurate, visually textured prints of the mill's new products on a short turnaround and at a cost less than running physical samples, without producing waste that would find its way to landfill.
Through its new partnership with Tricycle, Signature will bring the same advantages to the hospitality designers it serves. Color-accurate samples of Signature products will be delivered to designers within 24 hours of request. In addition to the advantage of speed, Signature is making it easy for specifiers to dramatically reduce their design waste, as sustainability initiatives begin to take hold in the hospitality sector.
"The print presentation of our new products is being so well-received by designers that we are ecstatic," said Signature president Brenda Smith at the show. "Designers are running their hands over the prints, unable to believe how much they look like our carpet, and are enthusiastic about being able to see the simulation in room scenes. Younger designers, especially, are thinking about the future, about how to keep carpet out of landfill; we are glad to be able to tell them to demand print samples, because it makes such a difference."
Signature Hospitality Carpets is a mid-sized manufacturer of carpet for the hospitality market, with many years of experience in the carpet business. Signature presents fabulous patterns using the latest in technology, bringing innovative responses to designers' needs. To view Signature's wide variety of pattern and color offerings, please visit www.signaturehospitalitycarpets.com.
Tricycle is an international company that enables sustainable design in the interiors industry. Tricycles trademarks include SIM from Tricycle, the SIM+Factory, and Apso. For more information visit www.tricycleinc.com.
