Techstyle Canvas Allows Designers to Customize Ceiling Designs
14 January, 2010

Hunter Douglas Contract Introduces Acoustical Ceiling Tile with Thousands of Colors and Textures

THORNTON, CO (January 11, 2010) – Acoustical ceiling tiles can now please the eye as well as the ear with Techstyle® Canvas from Hunter Douglas Contract.

Techstyle Canvas panels offer an unprecedented range of design choices, with thousands of solid colors and color matching to any major paint manufacturer, as well as a wide range of textures and surface patterns (including wood grain, plaster, leather, and many others). Our digital design library is constantly updated with new choices.

Designers can also create their own ceiling designs.  Techstyle Canvas makes these tools available to interior designers that need to combine improved acoustical performance with colorful aesthetics at an affordable price.

"In the past, it was more cost effective to apply color to ceilings after installations, which added VOCs, changed acoustical performance and added burnable surface material,” said Ko Kuperus, senior R&D manager, Hunter Douglas Contract.  “With Techstyle Canvas, the designer not only has a nearly unlimited choice of factory applied solid colors without the above negatives, but also the option to use a great variety of patterns and prints, at a very reasonable cost."

Key Features

• Thousands of colors
• Wide range of customizable patterns
• Sustainable and affordable
  • Uses at least 25 times less coloring agent than conventional on-site paint methods
  • Does not add VOCs like conventional coloring methods
  • By using air instead of water to convey dye, no hazardous waste is emitted and no water wasted.
• Very good acoustical performance (NRC = 0.85; SAA = 0.86)
• Meets Class A (ASTM E84) requirements.

Tiles are available for standard lay-in installation or with hidden clips for convenient swing-down access to the plenum.  When converted into 24", 30" and 48" wide units, panels can also attach under conventional suspended T-grid, or be applied directly to drywall and decks.  A new snap-on attachment for ceiling and wall applications is now available.

About Hunter Douglas Contract

For more than 80 years, the architecture and design community has specified contract products from Hunter Douglas, the world leader in window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. A tradition of bringing breakthrough products to market makes Hunter Douglas the choice for an array of innovative contract solutions.

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