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Our contribution
to the green design movement is the PARA-SPEC
software platform. Created for the contract
industry, specifically companies that offer
custom lines of pattern finish products, PARA-SPEC
allows specifying designers to create custom
combinations of color and pattern outside
of preselected colorways.
Originally developed for the Fortune
Contract custom carpet program, we are now
offering PARA-SPEC to other
producers in the contract industry interested
in lowering sampling costs, decreasing lead
time and improving the environmental impact
of their products.
Specifying custom
products is often a process of trial and error
requiring a multitude of strikeoffs and fair
amount of guess work. PARA-SPEC
is a custom software platform that allows
manufacturers of custom contract products
such as flooring, wall covering and furniture
to provide specifying designers with a tool
for combining color and pattern options in
realtime. This in turn increases creativity
and lowers sampling costs. When designers
can visualize their color and pattern choices
combined, they can quickly determine the best
combinations.
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Case Study
: Fortune Contract
Virtual
Carpet Strikeoff
This interactive
PC CD-ROM allows Fortune Contract's representatives
and their designers to easily create on-screen
carpet strikeoffs, drastically reducing the
need for tufted strikeoffs. The user can choose
the patterns and colors on screen, save their
choices, and print their strikeoff. Read
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