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Mannington Commercial Introduces The Hocus Collection

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Mannington Commercial introduces The Hocus Collection, an array of modular carpet styles designed in collaboration with minimalist artist, Larry Bell. (l to r: The Maquette; The Observer; Transference)
December 4, 2019

Mannington Commercial introduces The Hocus Collection, an array of three modular carpet styles designed in collaboration with minimalist artist, Larry Bell. Bringing forth Bell’s 60-year career of exploring the interaction of light and surfaces, the collection is rich with color and dimension and creates an intriguing flooring option for a variety of commercial environments.

Bell’s Standing Walls series provided the inspiration for The Hocus. The art series features large installations of glass panels revealing complex shapes of transparency, reflection, and color that change as the observer walks through or around them. In these works, the nature of surface and light is explored, with their curious, even magical, relationship to space and the observer’s shifting perception.

“When you have the opportunity to walk around his work, as our Mannington Commercial Design Studio team did, you immediately notice the play of depth, which makes you feel like a part of the piece," said Roby Isacc, Mannington Commercial's vice president of design. "That immersive experience is what we were trying to create with The Hocus."

The Hocus Collection is available in three modular carpet styles in 24x24” and 18x36” formats. The Observer uses layered color values to create the impression of angular shapes seen from different vantage points. The Maquette emphasizes right angles and straight lines to translate the areas of opacity and transparency as seen in Bell’s glass sculptures. Transference’s smaller-scale, textural pattern incorporates line work to mirror the depth in cubes, a key shape in Bell’s art.

The Hocus’ color palette artistically ties into the colors Bell explores in his glass sculptures. Each colorway features neutrals alongside soft, airy shades of subdued color. “We purposely worked three colors into all the colorways to speak to the complexity of how light hits glass,” said Isaac.

The collection features a special treatment of high-luster yarn unique to Mannington Commercial, which creates the effect of light within the patterns. The mix of luster levels reveals a sense of reflectivity and sheen, bringing the colors to life and enhancing the sense of dimension.

“To me, The Hocus means something magical and improbable,” said Bell, who noted that this was his first time working with this kind of media. “Images of things that I’ve done were played with, changed and combined with different textures and different surfaces. The collection that came from it is beautiful. The patterns, the colors, are just really amazing--and they all work extremely well together. The Hocus Collection has added another dimension to my media that I had not realized was possible.”

With a 3.5 TARR for exceptional durability, the Hocus Collection is made with premium Antron Legacy type 6,6 nylon, which allows the carpet to last up to 75% longer, and Mannington Commercial’s Infinity 2 Modular backing for superior performance. Antron Legacy is a third-party certified Environmentally Preferable Product. Infinity 2 Modular backing contains recycled content and is NSF/ASI 140 Certified Gold. The Hocus Collection is also CRI Green Label Plus Certified to support indoor air quality and features an EPD and HPD.

The collection carries a limited lifetime wear and backing warranty, as well as a limited 15-year XGUARD Stain Resistant Warranty and a limited 15-year ColorSafe Bleach Resistant Warranty.

For more information, visit www.manningtoncommercial.com.

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