product: Noraplan Fossil
manufacturer: Freudenberg Building Systems
web: norarubber.com

This rubber flooring line features 16 background colors, each composed of three complementary shades and embedded with multicolored granules. Designed for institutional, commercial, retail, and light industrial applications, Noraplan Fossil is slip resistant and features a smooth nonglare finish. The line is made using the Nora Cleanguard manufacturing process, which eliminates the need for waxing or sealing.

product: I.D. Moduline
manufacturer: Tarkett Commercial
web:tarkett-commercial.com

Tarkett Commercial's new I.D. Moduline flooring mimics the look of the exotic while emphasizing industrial durability. Moduline's Wood family (left) is available in 11 narrow and eight broad planks, and stands up to punishment that genuine exotic woods could not. The line also comes in mineral and metallic families. Available starting next month, Moduline linoleum was developed for high-traffic settings such as retail, hospitality, and healthcare environments with a polyurethane formulation that's resistant to scratches, abrasions, and curling.

product: pebble tile
manufacturer: Stoneyard.com
web:stoneyard.com

Used as both interior and exterior flooring, these unusual tiles are made from real stone pebbles, each about 1/2 inch across, glued to a mesh backing to create a 12-inch-square tile. Stoneyard.com offers a wide sampling of stone colors ranging from black to pink, in solid and mixed varieties, polished or left plain. (Its Polished Striped tile is shown left.) Tiles come without grout, which is added on site, then wiped off to reveal as much of the stone as desired.

product: reclaimed wood flooring
manufacturer: EcoTimber
web:ecotimber.com

EcoTimber makes the rounds of deconstructed buildings (old barns and abandoned military base structures among them) to find the materials for its line of reclaimed wood flooring. This old-growth, tight-grained wood—cut into planks seven inches wide and of random lengths—is not only a unique, eco-friendly resource, but has a genuine character not found in newly milled floors, including nail holes, streaking, and other signs of wear. Planks come in four varieties: Australian Chestnut, Antique Oak, Antique Northern Yellow Pine (left), and Country Oak.

product: Mad Plaider
manufacturer: Flor
web:interfaceflor.com

Designed for Flor by Liora Manné, Mad Plaider is an oversized, hand-drawn pattern that's a "quirky take on the traditional plaid," according to the manufacturer. Like the numerous other patterns available through Flor, Mad Plaider comes in 19.7-inch squares that can be easily cut with a utility knife and placed via peel-and-stick adhesive corner tabs. Made of 100 percent acrylic fiber, Mad Plaider is available in three colorways: Natural, Walnut, and Chartreuse (left).

product: ArtWalk
manufacturer: LG Floors
web: lgflooring.com

ArtWalk, a vinyl sheet flooring collection for commercial settings includes 12 “metal” variations, 8 “concrete,” (left) and 8 “leather” finishes meant to emulate those materials in both tone and implied texture. It’s available in 79-by-49-inch rolls with gauges of .126 inches (metal) and .087 (concrete and leather.)

product: Colorworks
manufacturer: Tarkett
web: tarkett.com

Colorworks is a series of four color groups—Natural, Urban, Contemporary, and Cosmopolitan—that can be applied to the Milano, Cortina Grande, and SolidAir lines in 16-inch square tiles with a 1/8-inch gauge. Natural, as it name suggests, is inspired by nature, Urban is a palette of grays and blacks, Contemporary (left) is a mix of bright and subdued colors, and Cosmopolitan uses warm, rich hues.

product: Moments
manufacturer: Lees NeoFloor
web: neofloor.com

Inspired by nature, the Moments Collection is intended to bring a restful influence to a health-care environment. Its dense construction also facilitates the easy movement of wheelchairs and gurneys. Available in 6-foot-wide sheets, the textile flooring comes in four designs—January, April, July, and October—and five colorways. NeoFloor products feature Bioguard, an antimicrobial treatment that controls bacteria, mold, and fungi growth.