If you’ve been asking yourself what further advances the industry could possibly make in the colorfastness, durability, and vivid pattern resolution of contract textiles, Durkan has your answer. The company’s latest innovation, dubbed Spectronics 25X Technology, produces a 56% percent increase in pattern resolution, virtually rendering it the HD venue of the fabric set.

Verdant Exposure. Designed by Lee Stum. Manufactured by Durkan.

Durkan’s Verdant Exposure Showcases Exciting New Spectronics 25X Pattern Resolution Technology

And what better aesthetic tour de force to illustrate the dramatic impact of Spectronics 25X than Durkan’s new Verdant Exposure line? None that I can find. Designed by the talented Lee Stum, Verdant Exposure is a collection of vivid prints inspired by natural landscapes. Perceptive and informed aficionados will espy the broad outlines of the harsh, fearsome, ostensibly desolate yet surprisingly verdant eco-systems of the great American Deserts.

How does Stum achieve such an artistic if creatively conceived facsimile of Death Valley, Joshua Tree, et. al.? “Converted photographic organic images of desert succulents, cacti and branches represent the exposure of a harsh environment into playful realism. The designs created meld back into a verdant oasis of plant life that exists in nature.”

In other words, through the able eyes and hands of Stum, the more sublime aspects of desert life metamorphose into swirling eddies of silver and purple, or the intricate geometric multiplications of a reverse image spider web—even a spindly bunch of roadside sunflowers takes on the hue and texture of the most vivacious of van Goghs.

About the Manufacturer: A brand of the Mohawk Group, Durkan manufactures carpeting for all manner of hospitality and other contract venues. From hotel lobbies to restaurants, casinos to assisted-living facilities, Durkan outfits commercial environments with durable and aesthetically-appealing flooring solutions. The company is known for the innovative technology of Computer Yarn Placement (CYP) tufting technology: “with forward-thinking pattern and texture technologies, Durkan’s comprehensive line provides the inspired design, advanced engineering, and expressive style needed to set the right tone for every installation.