Bolon is WORLD LEADER of woven vinyl flooring and in 2010 we will once again be setting a new standard when we launch a series of innovative products. A major initiative has be n taken to enhance our environmental per formance – Bolon presents a new globa l concept in the flooring industry, where renewab le re sources play a crucial role. ST EP INTO THIS beautiful, surprising, poetical and cross-cutting world, where a floor is never mere ly a floor but a relationship – a tale. Welcome to the world of Bolon.

Flooring Redux – flooring without limits The Bolon family company has been producing woven vinyl products for more than fifty years – and even today, the factory, development department and design studio are situated in the same place. In the middle of the deep forests in Ulricehamn, Västra Götaland, Sweden. This is where our roots are. This is where there is flexibility, knowledge and quality. This is where we can just go down the stairs to the factory in order to test an idea. Our driving force is to challenge the conventional – to see beyond the horizon and discover the opportunities in new...

Sky-high ambitions – winning intuition Swedish design company Bolon is driven by an indomitable will to change the view of the conventional, in whichever form it may now appear – from the square view of floorings to the antiquated attitudes to entrepreneurship. A willpower which has taken the enterprise from simple rag rugs to the vinyl floorings praised by the world's leading couturiers, designers and architects. Sisters Annica and Marie Eklund stand at the helm with a clear vision to never stagnate but to calmly gaze towards the stars. Bolon's history began in Stockholm in 1949. The grandfather...

BOTANI C - 9 - Botanic – a natural innovation from Bolon The new Botanic collection is a revolutionary breakthrough, woven vinyl flooring with environmental care. Botanic contains a new plasticiser which, in turn, is based on renewable raw materials originating from the vegetable kingdom. The new plasticiser is an important step in Bolon’s environmental initiative: Bolon® Green. (Read more on p. 15). Botanic reflects nature's variety of organic architecture and wealth of detail. Nature photography and handicraft have inspired renderings of flowers, herbs and plants in woven vinyl. The colour...

In Botanic, our goal has really been to create a tangible textile feel. It has a modern look but flirts exquisitely with idioms from the past. The colour variants have been developed to match different needs. A calm nuance is very suitable for large surfaces and projects, but it is also possible to break it with a playful stripe or a colour which stands out, like green or yellow. Read more about Botanic and all the looks of the collection on pages 54-55. Textile flora with great opportunities

Environment - 15 - Our long-term environmental vision: Bolon® Green Bolon® Green is a strategic objective where we aim at being able to offer a completely environmentally adapted and climate neutral product. Our ongoing work to meet this objective includes an extensive programme focused on increased recycling – with waste from production processes, but also by repurchasing surplus materials from other producers. Bolon is the first flooring enterprise in the world to switch to using plasticisers which consist of 100% renewable raw material, with origin in the plant kingdom. The plasticiser is...

JAIME HAYÓN DESIGNER FRIENDS - 17 - We certainly like to go our own way and create the floorings ourselves in our own studio. However, we also know that creative magic is conceived during exciting meetings. Bolon's success model is to cooperate with everyone who shares our vision of living, welldesigned flooring; people who are at the cutting edge both with respect to artistic idioms and sustainability issues. People who we simply admire and like. And there have been many good conversations and fantastic projects throughout the years – Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano and Tom Dixon, to name a few. And...

DESIGNER FRIENDS - 19 - Jaime Hayón is no friend of the established. He goes his own way, dislikes the mediocre and sees himself as a form "liberator". Bolon is proud to present Jaime as one of our closest Designer Friends. When Jaime Hayón was invited to be the guest of honour at Interieur08 in Kortrijk, Belgium, he chose Bolon's Now collection: "This was presumably the most ambitious exhibition for me so far. It became a journey through my entire career and displayed most of my works". Hayón's cooperation with Bolon has convinced him that floorings as a design element are here to stay. "I believe...

DESIGN - 20 - A Bolon flooring is exclusive, inviting and unique. The feeling of the textile is unmistakable – almost organic but the flooring, nevertheless, has all the advantages of vinyl: wear-resistant, easy to handle compared to textile floorings and simple to install. Our floorings are developed for public environments: hotels, offices, shops and other activities with high requirements to both financial and environmental costs, but without compromising on what is aesthetic and representative in the process. All floorings are manufactured in Sweden under strict control and with machines...

BOLON STUDIO - 23 - Bolon flooring arouses feelings; a form, colour and structure which surprise and create a feeling of joy and closeness. A lot is determined by the specific flooring but just as much depends on the vision of the architect or interior decorator. Now we invite you to join us and sit on the design chair. Bolon StudioTM is an idea for full, creative freedom. The concept includes tiles, fitted carpets with edging and pattern carpets. There is also an opportunity to integrate logos and texts. Mix collections, think outside the well-known “box" and create your own unique Bolon product....

BOLON STUDIO - 25 - Tiles can create unbelievable, unexpected effects. Patterns, for example, look in a completely different way depending on choice of colour and forms. The tiles are cut out in a form you desire. Blend freely or use the same design from our standard collection. Tiles This offers great opportunities to use our designed floorings also as fitted carpets. A design from our standard collection is selected and the carpet is furnished with edging of leather or textile in matching colours. Sizes can be customised, as required. Costumised area rugs with trim You can get your own designed...