Asana, Nidra, and ZenScape make up our newest collections of heterogeneous sheet flooring. Inspired by meditative colors and patterns found throughout nature, these collections emit tranquil, therapeutic vibes with the goal of enhancing the quality of life in healing environments.
Featuring a plethora of subtle therapeutic tones and a wide variety of nature-driven designs, these collections complement one another and can easily coexist within a single space – think hospital corridors with an Asana design and patient rooms with a pattern out of the Nidra or ZenScape collection.
To get a better understanding of the story behind these collections, we sat down with members of the Armstrong Flooring design team to discuss the intent and inspiration behind the unique, zen-like designs and colorways.
The Asana collection features 3 designs – Allure, Hillier, and Namaste – with a total of 12 colorways. And while the designs differ in terms of pattern and inspiration, each was designed to aid in creating calm, relaxing atmospheres to improve the patient experience.
Oxana Dallas, a key member of the design team and a major catalyst in bringing these HET sheet collections to life, stressed the importance of harmony.
”The Asana collection relies on harmony,” explained Oxana. “By combining geometric shapes, the look of stone and wood, and other abstract patterns found in nature, we were able to create a collection that brings calm, meditative sensations to the forefront.”
The Hillier design, for example, features terrazzo-inspired visuals with realistic patterns to aid in relaxation and ease tension. The simplicity of the terrazzo pattern combined with Hillier’s soft, neutral color palette adds a feeling of peacefulness to healing environments with the goal of reducing anxiety and stress.
Much of the same can be said for the other designs in the Asana collection, too.
Allure, for example, beautifully mimics a soft breeze passing over gentle, orchid-filled waters, while Namaste takes inspiration from the arched, semi-circular lines left behind in the sand of Zen gardens. By pairing these subtle details with a swatch of calming color tones, the Armstrong Flooring design team has created a one-of-a-kind collection that radiates serenity.