Wilsonart Launches 15 Designs Capturing the Cutting-Edge Spirit and Style of Brooklyn

New Virtual Design Library laminate collection, “Inside Brooklyn,”
showcases gems within the borough

TEMPLE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#brooklyn–An epicenter of what’s ‘cool and hip,’ New York City’s Brooklyn borough
stands at the inception of trend and style. Wilsonart,
a world leading provider of engineered surfacing solutions, celebrates
the city’s cutting-edge spirit and unique, inventive flair through
“Inside Brooklyn.” Infused with timeless sensibility, tradition and
modernism combine for a masterful assemblage of 15 new laminate designs
within the Inside Brooklyn Collection available online through the
company’s Virtual
Design Library
.


“Always striving to stay ahead of trends, the Wilsonart design team,
with a group of eight other designers from across the country, set out
on a trendspotting jaunt throughout Brooklyn,” said Andrea Flint,
product designer at Wilsonart. “Four distinct and unique main trends
were identified – Artisanal, Authenticity, Graphic, Texture – and we’ve
intertwined these trends to create 15 new patterns that revel and honor
the borough.”

The 15 new designs in the Inside
Brooklyn Collection
are inspired by these four main trends found
throughout the city.

Artisanal
Artisanal, or the
crafters movement, plays into this collection with the following
globally-inspired inlaid wood patterns seen amongst the hand-crafted
trinkets sold in local boutique shops throughout the borough:

  • Arabesque series features a globally inspired inlaid design with Casual
    Rustic
    texture: Ash Arabesque (Y0488K-16), Sun Bleached
    Arabesque (Y0492K-16), Olive Arabesque (Y0493K-16), Sky Arabesque
    (Y0494K-16)

Authenticity
Authenticity is at
the core of Brooklyn’s stories which captivate its admirers.
Unapologetic authenticity and effortless design make their way through
the depths of whiskey crafters’ intent to find purpose in what’s already
available by repurposing machinery and using locally sourced products.
Instead of settling for what’s shiny and new, these woodgrain patterns
personify simple and sophisticated lives while also staying true to
genuine experiences:

  • Simple and sophisticated, ash woodgrains are refined with Wilsonart’s Casual
    Rustic 16 finish
    : Bright Ash (Y0521K-16), Chocolate Ash
    (Y0522K-16), Cottage Ash (Y0524K-16)
  • A subtle wood grid design mirrors the original scrap wood found under
    a marble stone saw: Woven Oak (Y0495-60)

Graphic
Ethnic designs and
street art are bursting from the boulevards of the borough. On the
streets of Williamsburg, daring graphics inspired our Botanical and
Tweedish designs:

  • A sophisticated bold botanical print pairs well with “Greenery”- the
    color of the year: Lush Jungle (Y0511-60)
  • Wilsonart’s beloved bold and graphic Tweedish debuts in VDL in a
    classic red and white color with abstracted textile pattern: Tweedish
    (Y0513-38)

Texture
From an 1800s stone
wall to a modern, cerused wood table, textures from past to present
appear throughout Brooklyn celebrating the evolution of surfaces over
time. Utilizing specific finishes and visual design, we elevated these
dimensional abstracted stone and material looks:

  • Paired with Wilsonart’s Gloss
    Line 28 finish
    elevates this design to a dimensional lineal
    abstracted stone look perfect for hospitality applications: Linear
    Graphite (Y0496K-28)
  • A distressed stone with a circular floral relief design: Piedra
    Flor (Y0497-38)

    • Coordinates with inline Brush Park Slate (Y0369-38)
  • Abstracted textured material looks: Inky Indigo (Y0498-60), Denim
    (Y0499-60), Tide Pool (Y0501-60)

The Inside Brooklyn Collection is now available online as part of the Wilsonart®
Virtual Design Library
, an evolving, curated collection of laminates
available in just 2-3 weeks from order.

About Wilsonart
Wilsonart, a world leading engineered
surfaces company, is driven by a mission to create surfaces people love,
with service you can count on, delivered by people who care. The company
manufactures and distributes High Pressure Laminate, Quartz, Solid
Surface, Coordinated TFL and Edgebanding and other engineered surface
options for use in furniture, office and retail space, countertops,
worktops and other applications. Operating under the Wilsonart®,
Resopal®, Polyrey®, Arborite®, Laminart®,
Bushboard, Ralph Wilson® and Durcon® brands, the
company continuously redefines decorative surfaces through improved
performance and aesthetics. For more information, visit www.Wilsonart.com
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Contacts

For Wilsonart
Veronica Hunt, 213-929-2689
[email protected]
or
Tammy
Weadock, 254-207-3444
[email protected]