Mosaik Acoustic Wall Tiles Launch With 5 Designs by Kelly Harris Smith
No matter your thoughts or feelings on technology’s ever-increasing integration into our daily lives, there’s a world of creativity to be tapped into using new digital tools. FilzFelt, an industry leader in sustainable acoustic products that feature 100% wool felt, has introduced Mosaik, a wall application that uses automation to customize and assemble mosaics from any source of inspiration. Mosaik can take on patterns of all sizes, creating each with 2-inch square tiles designed to seamlessly fit together for easy installation.
With over 90 custom colors of their acoustic Wool Design Felt to choose from, it understandably feels daunting to throw your creative doors wide open. To introduce the offering and get our collective wheels turning, FilzFelt teamed up with textile and product designer Kelly Harris Smith to introduce five striking designs. She drew from traditional textile patterns, as well as the work of storied German textile artist Anni Albers, to realize these playful patterns full of color and movement – a fresh interpretation on the ancient art of mosaics retold through felt.
Checker puts a modern spin on a classic, while the timeless Gingham gets an update through the use of punchy colors. Twill has the appearance of a real woven textile, inviting you to come closer and investigate. The most playful of the designs is likely Waffle, combining up to four colors to add visual dimension. Lastly, Weave is a bold design that includes intersecting and overlapping colors to create a pleasing depth of vision.
FilzFelt also brought in Artaic, a brand that specializes in creating and fabricating custom mosaics through traditional techniques with modern design tools and automation. The team explored an innovative solution for repurposing felt offcuts as an entirely new product. The outcome is, you guessed it, Mosaik customizable wall tile comprising leftover felt from architectural product manufacturing.
The trio of partners behind Mosaik – FilzFelt, Artaic, and Kelly Harris Smith – share a passion for sustainability, a belief that’s apparent in the product’s offcut materials. Biodegradable and commercially compostable, the 100% Wool Design Felt used is a non-woven textile made using sheep’s wool, water, and plant-based textile dyes. In fact, FilzFelt is entirely landfill-free, with all offcut material donated and available for purchase on the company’s website. If you tire of your acoustic wall felt one day, simply compost it and send it on its way to another chapter of life.
