This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “Vinyl Floor Tile Sample Book ‘2023-2026 FLOOR TI”, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
Sangetsu Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture; President and Representative Director: Shinsuke Yasuda) will publish a new vinyl floor tile sample book titled "2023-2026 FLOOR TILE" on Thursday, November 30.
Floor tiles are a flooring material known for their rich design variety, easy maintenance, and excellent cost performance. Demand is rising not only in various facilities but also recently in rental housing and single-family home renovations. Furthermore, as the number of end-users with a high sensitivity to interior design increases, their popularity is also growing as items capable of expressing realistic textures that mimic the real thing. In response to these needs, this sample book incorporates 150 patterns (434 items) that include wood-grain and stone-grain designs reflecting trends from commercial facilities and offices, while also being recommended for entire residential spaces like living rooms and bedrooms. It proposes comfortable living and spaces created with floor tiles.
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The sample book is structured to clearly summarize the benefits and appeal of floor tiles for end-users while also introducing coordination ideas through images and text, serving as a hint for space creation. Furthermore, it includes content of interest to professional users aiming for higher-grade interiors, such as interview articles with professional users who actually use floor tiles and information on installation. Compared to the previous sample book, it features an increased number of synchronized embossing products that can create realistic textures and large-format tiles. The product lineup aims to balance playful designs that enhance a space with user-friendliness that harmonizes with various interiors.
Additionally, "2023-2026 FLOOR TILE ikkimi," "Revolta vol.4," and "OT vol.10" will be published simultaneously, renewing the vinyl floor tile lineup.
Features of “2023-2026 FLOOR TILE”
1. Picking Up Five Points for 'Deliberately' Recommending Floor Tiles in Homes The opening feature introduces points for 'deliberately' recommending floor tiles in residential spaces, based on the following five advantages: (1) Rich design variety including wood-grain, stone-grain, plain, and tile-like patterns; (2) Authentic-like design through detailed pattern expression and embossing; (3) Durability that is sturdy and resistant to scratches; (4) Functionality allowing for easy care; (5) Excellent cost performance. It picks up these points recommended for residential spaces and presents them alongside abundant installation example photos, considering coordination tips and product features.
Opening Feature: "Five Benefits of Choosing Floor Tiles" – Explains the appeal of floor tiles as "objects."
Opening Feature: "Installation Examples by Area" – Abundantly features the appeal captured from the perspective of "space."
2. Expanding Information for End-Users / Professional Users Towards Creating 'Comfortable Spaces'
(1) Booklet "Lovin' my life" Easy for End-Users to Visualize
The accompanying booklet "Lovin' my life" is a lifestyle proposal booklet that introduces life with floor tiles and ideas for living comfortably. Combining Sangetsu's vision of "future living" with the touchpoints between customers choosing floor tiles and the flooring material, it mixes lifestyle hints, episodes that make flooring feel familiar, and ideas for flooring selection. It is crafted like an exciting-to-read magazine, providing images and ideas useful for practical home building. The main feature introduces eight home spaces, including living rooms and kitchen-dining areas, using the wide variety of floor tiles, proposing the potential of floor tiles that "expand from this floor" and spaces rooted in daily life. It also includes column articles such as "How to Create a Workspace by Type" and "Kitchen Floor Maintenance Tips," carefully addressing the concerns of those building homes. It's a lifestyle booklet filled with imitable images, inspiring ideas for ideal home building. FLOOR TILE in my life: Work Space page – Proposes spaces envisioned for actual living, like an interior magazine. Column 02: Kitchen Floor Maintenance Tips – Introduces maintenance methods for floors around the kitchen, which are surprisingly unknown, with illustrations.
"Lovin' my life" Digital Catalog (Available from November 30): https://contents.sangetsu.co.jp/digital_book/floortile23_lovinmylife/
(2) Expanding Content Welcome to Professional Users Floor tiles have a structure with a "clear layer" laminated over a "print layer," giving them characteristics such as strong resistance to wear, scratches, and stains. At the end of the sample book, the performance of floor tiles, verified through various tests, is clearly shown using photos. Furthermore, given the increasing trend of installing floor tiles over existing flooring, interviews were conducted with construction companies and management companies. Construction companies highlighted benefits from a professional installer's perspective, such as the simplicity of installation, quiet work noise, and minimal mess. Management companies pointed out advantages welcomed by both themselves and residents, such as "ease of conducting renovations suited to the times" and "high-durability floor tiles being less prone to furniture marks." Three benefits based on actual examples are presented from each perspective. Clearly presenting the durability performance of floor tiles. Interview pages with construction companies and management companies. 3. Product Lineup Aiming for Both Playfulness and Harmony For non-residential designs like commercial facilities, after analyzing market needs and trends, the lineup was expanded with base colors/patterns that are easy to use and products that have playful visual impact while harmonizing easily with materials like furniture and wall surfaces. Combining different sizes and laying directions can create spatial individuality. Additionally, the new product "Kirarita" with a wax-free function was developed and launched in 4 popular wood-grain and 6 stone-grain patterns. Besides reducing maintenance costs through high stain-resistant functionality, it contributes to reducing environmental impact. Spread Parquet: WD-2115 – Allows enjoyment of different design patterns by changing the tile laying direction. Ashute WF: KT-2017, 2018, 2019 – Recommended for commercial facilities etc., due to high stain-resistant functionality.
Vinyl Floor Tile Sample Book “2023-2026 FLOOR TILE”
Publication Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Total Number of Items: 150 patterns, 434 items
"2023-2026 FLOOR TILE" Digital Catalog (Available from November 30): https://contents.sangetsu.co.jp/digital_book/floortile23/
Simultaneous Publications
"2023-2026 ikkimi" – A compact floor tile sample book allowing a quick view of color variations. Total: 150 patterns, 434 items.
"Revolta vol.4" – Features loose-lay vinyl floor tiles also recommended for renovations. Total: 8 patterns, 20 items (excluding components).
"OT vol.10" – Features loose-lay anti-static vinyl floor tiles optimal for renovation work and raised floors. Total: 28 patterns, 81 items.
