LAS VEGAS—Coverings, North America’s largest international showcase of ceramic tile and natural stone, has released the top 10 tile trends for 2026 in honor of National Tile Day. The newly announced trends offer a glimpse of the inspiring tile product displays that will be featured at Coverings 2026, scheduled to take place March 30 to April 2, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The unveiling of the popular tile styles celebrates National Tile Day, honoring the beauty and versatility of ceramic and porcelain tile across a vast array of residential, commercial, industrial, hospitality, indoor and outdoor designs and installations. National...

NEW YORK—Ultraleather by Ultrafabrics, the residential brand by Ultrafabrics, a global leader in high-performance coated fabrics and leather alternatives, announced the appointment of Diane Pressler as Residential Sales Director. In this role, Pressler will lead the brand’s residential growth strategy, strengthening its presence across OEM and retail, expanding distribution, and aligning cross-functional teams to support scalable, long-term momentum. Pressler joins Ultraleather by Ultrafabrics with a proven track record of building high-performing teams, developing go-to-market strategies, and accelerating revenue growth within design-led consumer and trade businesses. Most recently, she served as Regional Director at The Rug Company, supporting sustained growth and market expansion. Prior...

DENVER—Yesterday marked the official debut of Beckons, a new experiential luxury hospitality brand uniting the award-winning Baillie Lodges and Tierra Hotels portfolios. Beckons is built around journeys of discovery for curious travelers seeking deeper connection to place, culture, and the natural world. Through a growing collection of lodges in some of the world’s most rare and remarkable destinations, the brand is guided by a regenerative approach to luxury travel, one that goes beyond sustainability to create positive, lasting impact for landscapes, wildlife, and the communities who call these places home. Cultivating a global footprint of lodges with an average of...

TEMPLE, TEXAS—Wilsonart, a world-leading innovator of engineered surfaces, is redefining High Pressure Laminate (HPL) for today’s architecture and design community—advancing it beyond a substitute material to a performance-driven surface specified by designers. As commercial interiors demand greater durability, faster timelines, and responsible material sourcing, Wilsonart HPL continues to advance in finishes, texture realism, and performance technology. The company is reframing laminate as a design-led solution that balances beauty, longevity, and value across healthcare, hospitality, education, office, retail, and residential environments. “High Pressure Laminate has advanced alongside the needs of modern environments,” said Kate Grossman, Vice President, Marketing & Design, Wilsonart. “Designers...

RALEIGH, N.C.—Garnica, a leading manufacturer of premium sustainable plywood recently announced the launch of EverPly+, an advanced thermally fused laminate (TFL) on plywood solution developed in collaboration with Genesis Products. The panels were showcased at the Kitchen & Bathroom Industry Show (KBIS) 2026. EverPly+ combines Genesis’s expertise in decorative surface systems with Garnica’s high-performance, sustainably sourced plywood. The result is a solution engineered to address longstanding challenges in decorative panel fabrication, including thickness variability, core consistency, weight, and durability. While TFL is commonly applied to particleboard or MDF, plywood has historically been more difficult to use due to core variability,...

SOLON, OHIO—Tarkett, a global leader in innovative and sustainable flooring solutions, has updated three of its popular ethos carpet tile and Powerbond hybrid carpet collections with new color lines that reflect current trends. The three refreshed collections—Aftermath III SD, Edifice II SD and Primary Color—were all created in collaboration with designer Jhane Barnes. “These collections build on some of our most popular offerings, rejuvenated with new palettes to meet today’s demands,” said Omoleye Simmons, Vice President of Design. “The designs merge art with math and science to create practical, beautiful and high-performance floor solutions with signature dimensionality, precision and color consistency.” Aftermath III SD: Available...

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.—Treefrog, the “made in Italy, stocked in USA” prefinished real wood veneer, recently expanded its collection of popular, on-trend white oak veneers to 10, offering design professionals more choices when specifying white oak for interior spaces. “There are so many advantages to using prefinished veneers from Treefrog, but for designers, it all starts with the beauty of the veneers,” said Treefrog Creative Director and President Geoff Schaefer, “and Treefrog’s white oak veneers are beautiful.” The white oak variations start with veneer tone. For example, there are several cooler, desaturated European wood tones and even more warming, yellower “American” white oaks....

CARTERSVILLE, GA.—Shaw Contract Hospitality announces the launch of ROAM Tropical Retreat, the newest destination in its ROAM custom series. Inspired by nature’s artistry and the quiet beauty of handcrafted design, Tropical Retreat transforms the floor into a sanctuary of calm, layering woven grasses, lush botanicals and organic motifs into immersive, hospitality-driven environments. Part of the ROAM series, custom collections influenced by landscape, architecture, culture, and community, Tropical Retreat captures the essence of escape while maintaining a refined, design-forward sensibility. The ROAM Tropical Retreat collection of tile, broadloom and rugs includes a diverse range of patterns and construction types that can be...

CHICAGO—Registration for NeoCon 2026 is now open at NeoCon.com. Hosted at The Mart in Chicago from June 8 to 10, with a Preview Day on June 7, the event stands as the world’s premier platform for commercial design. Guided by the 2026 theme, “Where Design Connects,” the show will serve as an important nexus for the people, products, and perspectives driving the industry forward. Headlining the 57th edition are three provocative keynote presenters: entrepreneur and inventor Jessica O. Matthews, futurist Nick Foster, and digital prophet David “Shingy” Shing. Kicking off each day of the show, these diverse voices will inspire the NeoCon community with insights...

ATLANTA—Interface, Inc., the global flooring and sustainability leader, expands its rubber portfolio with noravant, a first-of-its-kind PVC-free resilient flooring solution combining high performance, bold design flexibility, and a low carbon footprint. The initial product, noravant timber, features the industry’s first woodgrain design in rubber flooring and is available in the Americas and select EMEA markets. This launch broadens the options available in Interface’s rubber portfolio, which now includes noraplan, norament, and noravant. With innovative technology behind its design flexibility, noravant allows designers to specify rubber in more spaces within high-performing environments—from patient rooms and classrooms to waiting areas, corridors, and more. Key Benefits...