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Summer 2018
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LICHEN COLLECTION WINS MULTIPLE MAJOR DESIGN AWARDS
Since its launch at Neocon 2017, The Lichen Collection, a Living Product Challenge (LPC) certified plank carpeting system designed by McLennan Design for the Mohawk Group, has garnered significant accolades from the industry; 2017 Neocon Gold Award, Interior Design HiP Award, Nightingale Awards Best of Competition, Nightingale Awards Gold (in floor covering category), Interior Design Best of Year Award (in floor covering category), and An Inspired Future/BGIS Sustainable Product Award making it the most decorated interior product in the building industry for both aesthetics and design and sustainability. The carpet tile is the first floor covering product to achieve LPC certification and, as such, is free of red list chemicals and acts as a pioneer for a host of environmental indicators. “When the Living Product Challenge was launched, we thought, ‘Who better to work with us on the design of a living product than Jason McLennan, the founder of the challenge?’ We did an opening charrette to review the Living Product Challenge and all that it entailed. After that meeting, we could see a path to achieve the certification,” reports Jackie Dettmar, Vice President Design + Product Development with Mohawk Group.
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Inspired by assemblages of multi-hued, multi-textured lichens and their regenerative role in our ecosystem, the Lichen Collection is on the path to give more resources back to the environment than it uses during its entire life cycle.
