Meet the Flooring Winners of the 2024 Good Design Awards
Karndean Art Select combines artistry, hands-on craftsmanship and cutting-edge manufacturing technology to replicate wood and stone flooring in striking detail. The Art Select collection includes more than 45 wood- and stone-inspired designs – all with a top-of-the-line 30 mil wear layer, and all available in both gluedown and rigid core for installation.
Designed by Ashley Dunne of Karndean Designflooring Global Product Team and manufactured by Karndean Designflooring.
Photo: Karndean Designflooring.
MedinPure utilizes Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU), known for its flexibility, abrasion resistance, and recyclability. It is devoid of plasticizers, ortho-phthalates, halogens, isocyanates, and Red List Chemicals of Concern. A product-specific third-party certified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is also available.
MedinPure offers a newly refreshed and design-forward palette of 20 colors that promotes well-being and calm. MedinPure homogeneous sheet offers proven performance in high-traffic healthcare and educational settings. It is a low-maintenance, polish-optional solution that is easy to heat weld and flash cove for spaces that demand superior infection control.
Designed by Oxana Dallas of AHF Products and manufactured by AHF Products.
Photo: AHF Products.
The ForestFusion luxury vinyl plank collection by LX Hausys America features TrueMatte technology for enhanced color and pattern clarity and showcases 12 diverse hues reminiscent of natural elements. All products in the collection come in a plank size of 7” x 48”, a 2 mm thickness and a 12-mil wear layer. With glue-down installation and a lifetime residential warranty, ForestFusion easily meets the rigorous durability, style and price demands of the multifamily market.
Photo: LX Hausys America.
Tarkett’s Layered Duality collection of high-performance flooring brings together diverse forms, textures, and colors to create a dynamic sense of unity for interior spaces. Contrasting aesthetics combine with a mindful approach to materials, delivering a unique harmony to any room or area. Layered Duality features four soft-surface patterns and two non-PVC plank and tile patterns. The entire collection is ortho-phthalate-free and is part of Tarkett’s ReStart take-back and recycling program.
Designed by Keesha Nickison, Omoleye Simmons, Rachelle Roberts, Leigh Wright, Tracy Gowens, Emily Jolley, Leslie Grissom, and Karen Barber of Tarkett North American Holdings and manufactured by Tarkett.
Photo: Tarkett.
Marmoleum Solid Linoleum Flooring is a climate-positive floor that fosters well-being. Marmoleum Solid is made from natural, renewable, and recycled materials, including linseed oil from flax plants, gum rosin, wood flour, and jute. Its raw materials absorb carbon dioxide emissions. The combined photosynthesis of all plants used in Marmoleum achieves CO2 uptake that is greater than the CO2 emissions resulting from transportation and production. Marmoleum relieves the environment of carbon dioxide, and it is climate-positive from cradle to gate without offsetting. 100% of the electricity used to produce Marmoleum comes from renewable resources.
Designed by the Forbo Design Team and manufacturered by Forbo Flooring Systems.
Photo: Forbo.
Riva Max is a 100% European-engineered White Oak hardwood collection that elevates the ambiance in both commercial and residential spaces. Its 10” wide planks, a size unique to this collection, offer continuity and the seamless elegance of hardwood’s natural beauty. Riva Max is available in 10 colors and two grades—Select and Character.
Designed by Borja Iglesias of RIVA Spain and manufactured by Riva Spain.
Photo: Riva Spain.
The Design Emporium collection by Hallmark Floors epitomizes top-tier craftsmanship and innovative design. Featuring six top colors of engineered hardwood, each plank is 5/8″ thick with a 3mm sawn cut face, ensuring both durability and aesthetic appeal.
This collection offers milled planks perfect for pattern installations like herringbone, double herringbone, basket weave, and checkerboard. These patterns add dynamic elegance and a personalized touch to any space. The six carefully selected colors range from warm, rich tones to cool, contemporary shades, ensuring seamless integration into any design scheme. Designed and manufactured by Hallmark Floors in Ontario, California.
Photo: Hallmark Floors.
The prestigious Good Design Awards has unveiled its 2024 winners in the flooring category, showcasing breakthrough innovations that blend functionality, sustainability, and aesthetic excellence.
This year's award-winning flooring designs represent the pinnacle of the industry, selected from thousands of submissions across 56 countries. Each winning entry underwent rigorous evaluation by an international jury of design experts against the program's foundational criteria: product function, aesthetics, ease of use, and responsibility/sustainability—the same standards established at the program's inception in 1950.
The 2024 flooring winners demonstrate exceptional achievement across all nine judging criteria, including innovation, functionality, formal quality, ergonomics, durability, ecological compatibility, and emotional resonance. These groundbreaking designs push the boundaries of what's possible in flooring solutions and address contemporary concerns of sustainability and responsible manufacturing.
“It’s an honor to be recognized with an award that carries the impressive history of Good Design,” said Jenne Ross, Karndean director of product. “We’re proud to offer an LVT product that truly elevates the possibilities for designers and architects.”
"We are incredibly proud to receive the Good Design Award for MedinPure," said Fred Reitz, vice president of commercial at AHF Products. "This award reflects our team's ongoing dedication to creating flooring solutions that not only meet the evolving needs of our customers but also address the growing demand for sustainable, high-performance products. MedinPure represents the intersection of design-forward aesthetics, environmental responsibility, and superior functionality—qualities that are more important than ever in today’s commercial spaces."
Established in Chicago in 1950 by design luminaries Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and MoMA curator Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr., Good Design has evolved into the world's oldest and most prestigious design recognition program. Under the direction of chief curator Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, who has led the program since 1987, the awards continue to celebrate excellence across all design disciplines, from products and packaging to architecture and user experience.
The gallery above showcases this year's exceptional flooring innovations that have earned the coveted Good Design mark of excellence.
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