Floorbellious

New ways of seeing what we walk on

Implications - Innovations in flooring wouldn’t typically sound inspiring. However, the underlying idea is key. By re-introducing a stale product in an exciting and stimulating way, marketers can infuse buzz and interest into even the most mundane.
Trend Themes
1. Experience-driven Flooring Innovations - Marketers can infuse buzz and interest into mundane products like flooring by creating experience-driven innovations.
2. Mimicry and Illusion in Flooring Products - Products that mimic high-end designs or provide affordable alternatives for luxury-esque products are favored in uncertain economic conditions.
3. Interactive Flooring for Learning - Innovations in flooring products that can aid in learning through movement and interaction have great potential in educational settings.
Industry Implications
1. Interior Design and Decor - Innovations in flooring products and designs have the potential to greatly impact the interior design and decor industry.
2. Education - Interactive flooring products can greatly impact the education industry and aid in learning for children who struggle in traditional classroom settings.
3. Security and Surveillance - Flooring products with weight sensors and the ability to monitor and record activity have great potential in security-sensitive industries.
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7 Featured, 6 Examples:
126,439 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Mar 08 — Sep 08
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Featured Examples

Fake Blood Carpets
Fake Blood Carpets
The Fluid Stairway
The Fluid Stairway concept from Bosch & Fjord is really simple, but a totally different approach to carpeting and flooring in stair wells. By their nature, stairs carry and sweep people throughout buildings,… MORE
play_circle_filledDisco Style LED Flooring
Disco Style LED Flooring
Sensacell Floor Tracks Footprints in Real Time
Remember the scenes in Michael Jackson’s video for ‘Billie Jean’ where he danced and the floor lit up underneath him? Thanks to Sensacell, you can be like Mike every day--minus the moves and the red leather… MORE
Interactive Floors
Interactive Floors
Wisdom Well for Fun Learning
The Wisdom Wells floors were created by Kasper Neilson and Ole Iverson for children who have difficulty fitting into the classroom environment and can't sit and listen for many hours. Helping the children… MORE
Giant Carpets
Giant Carpets
The "300 Knitted Carpet" by Sebastian Schoenheit
Knitting on two needles about a foot long takes time to complete. Imagine the time Sebastian Schoenheit, a German designer, took just to knit part of his carpet project using giant needles, almost as tall… MORE
Crime Scene Carpets
Crime Scene Carpets
Die Innenarchitektin
Designed by the German company CubeSeven, the Crime Scene carpet (Die Innenarchitektin in German) will truly put a deadly mark wherever it's placed. The carpet comes in the shape of a dead body laying… MORE
Floors Inspired by Traffic Flow
Floors Inspired by Traffic Flow
Dimension Laminate
Dimension flooring is a graphically designed flooring determined not by a craftsman's creativity, but by the pattern of traffic flow in a particular living space. Alistair Bramley came up with this concept… MORE
Tiles Monitor and Shout at You
Tiles Monitor and Shout at You
Talking Floors For Dieters
There is no place to run or hide!!! Spanish ceramics company Tau Cerámica collaborated with inventor Pep Torres to create these infernal Diet Floor Tiles, which have weight sensors and a CPU that controls… MORE