In 2023, Karndean celebrates 50 years as a global leader in luxury vinyl flooring.
While they have continued to evolve over half a century, their passion for simply beautiful flooring remains their driving force. Inspired by nature and the latest trends in design and architecture, Karndean designs innovative products with homeowners in mind. Karndean calls it ‘designing for life’ and this ethos sits at the heart of everything they do.
Every Karndean floor has a story to tell
Karndean see’s flooring differently. Their designers travel the world in their quest to bring you exceptional floors that inspire and delight. From the ancient forests of Europe to the remote Australian outback and beyond, they seek out expressive and intriguing forms in the natural world to influence their unique floor designs. By combining these original features with cutting-edge design, they create simply beautiful floors that you will love for a lifetime.
This passion for accurately replicating the natural world can be seen in each and every beautiful Karndean floor.
Through sourcing unique and wonderful natural timber and stone species from all over the world, their design team has been able to replicate and enhance the look and feel of these natural products, applying various woodworking treatments to create varied and intriguing tonal shifts and finishes across the Karndean collection. Providing homeowners with the market-leading look of beautiful and natural timber and stone flooring that retains all the practical benefits of luxurious vinyl.
Karndean luxury vinyl planks and tiles showcase every intriguing detail of the natural materials that have inspired the design, providing a highly varied and inspiring floor that not only looks amazing in any space but also has a unique story to tell.
Karndean floors are designed to perform
While interior and architectural design trends constantly evolve, authentic design and product quality are always a winning combination. Not only are Karndean floor designs simply beautiful, but they are designed to perform.
From the busy comings and goings of a family home to the hustle and bustle of high-foot-traffic commercial spaces, Karndean floors stand up to these challenges. They are designed for life.
All Karndean flooring formats have been built to incorporate a wide range of performance-based benefits that provide homeowners with a beautiful flooring solution that is fit for purpose. Kid and pet friendly, waterproof, quiet, and comfortable underfoot are some of the many practical benefits that have become synonymous with the Karndean name.
Each floor features a stability layer that increases the stability and strength of each plank and tile. Karndean K-Guard+ surface protection system uses PU technology that creates heavy-duty surface protection, against indentation and ensures the beauty of the design lasts for life. Karndean is so confident in the performance of their floors, that they’ve backed them with a market-leading 35-year fully transferable lifetime residential warranty. Homeowners can rest assured in the knowledge that investing in a Karndean floor is an investment in a premium, durable, and guaranteed floor.
Committed to a sustainable future
The beauty of nature not only inspires Karndean Designflooring collections, but it also drives the company’s commitment to improving sustainability across the business. Ed Perrin (CEO) explained that “We’ve already begun the global rollout of a comprehensive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) program, built around five key themes that influence how we operate. These include climate change, sustainable product, supply chain transparency, social inclusion, and education.”
“We’ve built our business on close relationships and we are proud to be working with partners throughout our supply chain to see where we can make changes for the better.
Together we look at advances in technology, new materials, and better processes that can help us reduce greenhouse gas emissions, curb waste and improve environmental credentials without compromising on product quality and performance.
We’ve also signed up for science-based targets and we encourage our suppliers to do the same. It’s not a quick fix, but it is a fundamental part of our future business strategy. We’re confident it will help us stay true to our core values that will propel our people, our products, our customers, and communities through the next 50 years and beyond.”
Experience the Karndean difference in your own home. Explore the full range of simply beautiful Karndean floors on the Karndean Designflooring website and order your free flooring samples today!
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