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24/12/2025

🎄 Season’s Greetings from all of us at Shaw Contract EMEA!

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks for your continued support, collaboration, and engagement throughout 2025. It has been a pleasure working alongside our partners, clients, and community to create meaningful design outcomes together.

We wish you a joyful holiday season filled with rest, warmth, and happiness. ✨

Please note: our team will be back in the showroom, offices, and fully operational on Friday, 2 January 2026.

Best wishes,
Meilleurs Vœux,
Besten Wensen,
Your dedicated Shaw Contract EMEA team

22/12/2025

Knowles Logistics Centre | Cambridge, United Kingdom

Designing for connection, wellbeing, and long-term sustainability.
The Knowles Logistics renovation brings together thoughtful executive design, collaborative operational spaces, and a reception experience built to impress.

Three Shaw Contract collections helped bring the vision to life:
✨ Rapid Select Carpet tiles: UK-made, durable, and ideal for fast-paced projects.
✨ New Path Carpet tiles: UK-made, carbon-neutral, recyclable, Cradle to Cradle Certified® Silver.
✨ Nordic LVT: warm wood aesthetics with advanced Exoguard+® finish for superior scratch resistance.

Discover the full Case Study ➡️ https://www.shawcontract.com/en-gb/resources/knowles-logistics-hub-transformation

Flooring Contractor & Designer: COEL
👉 Learn more about the design partner: https://coel.co.uk/

Knowles Logistics Centre | Cambridge, United KingdomA renewed workplace that reflects Knowles Logistics’ commitment to g...
19/12/2025

Knowles Logistics Centre | Cambridge, United Kingdom

A renewed workplace that reflects Knowles Logistics’ commitment to growth, excellence, and people. The redesign brings together refined executive spaces, collaborative work zones, and a hospitality-inspired reception: creating an environment where teams feel supported and clients feel welcomed.

Shaw Contract flooring played a central role in shaping the scheme. The project features:
🔵 Rapid Select 🔵 New Path 🔵 Nordic LVT

• Flooring Contractor: COEL
• Project Designer: COEL
• Total sqm: 1,070 m2
• Date of completion: May 2025
• Photographer: Harisson Bunning Photograohy

Discover the full Case Study ➡️ https://www.shawcontract.com/en-gb/resources/knowles-logistics-hub-transformation

18/12/2025

For the second year in a row, we are delighted to celebrate the outstanding contributions of our team through the Shaw Way Awards 2025.

This programme honours the remarkable individuals across Shaw Contract EMEA who go above and beyond - our true Design Optimists.

This year, we recognise four exceptional colleagues who played a pivotal role in shaping a brighter future for our people, our customers, our company, and our communities:

✨ Act Strategically Award Winner: Jenna Hyslop
📈 Grow the Business Award Winner: Ryan Moody
💡 Catalyse Innovation & Change Award Winner: Evelina Kazlauskaite
🤝 Build & Empower People Award Winner: Shirley Stone

Congratulations to our 2025 winners, and thank you to the entire Shaw Contract EMEA team for another wonderful year.

17/12/2025

This year saw us launch Flooring Matters, our video podcast produced in conjunction with Workplace Insight exploring the impact of flooring on the spaces where we work, learn and relax.

As we draw our first season The Comfort Zone to a close, we wanted to again thank all those who took part in the series for their valuable time and insight.

And it feels fitting to close out the series with a final discussion with Gavin Hughes, Design Director, EMEA at HLW, reinforcing that the wellbeing of space unites us all, and that together we can continue driving meaningful conversations in design.

Catch up on all episodes:
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on The Comfort Zone podcast > https://www.buzzsprout.com/2520669
👁️‍🗨️ Watch on the Flooring Matters YouTube playlist > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO9WT4VE8JNPSFpNzbBEHNYeTVzbapaTE
🔗 https://www.shawcontract.com/en-gb/resources/flooring-matters-podcast

16/12/2025

There is no cookie-cutter solution to workplace comfort.

As Professor Harriet Shortt discusses with Mark Eltringham in our latest Flooring Matters episode, the most important step is to ask people how a space makes them feel. Does it calm them? Does it allow the eye to rest?

Designing with empathy means shaping environments for real human experience - not just efficiency or aesthetics.

What questions do you ask when designing for comfort?

Explore more:
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on The Comfort Zone podcast > https://www.buzzsprout.com/2520669
👁️‍🗨️ Watch on the Flooring Matters YouTube playlist > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO9WT4VE8JNPSFpNzbBEHNYeTVzbapaTE
🔗 https://www.shawcontract.com/en-gb/resources/flooring-matters-podcast

15/12/2025

Our London showroom is getting a big glow-up! ✨
While it isn't sparkling quite as much as usual this festive season, our team is feeling incredibly inspired - and we can't wait to welcome you back to a refreshed, reimagined showroom in the new year! 💫

Festive Season Opening Hours:
❄️ London Showroom: Closed 22 Dec – Reopens 2 Jan
❄️ Customer Service UK: Closes 12pm on 23 Dec – Resumes 2 Jan
❄️ Customer Service MEA: Open as usual hours
❄️ Factory Dispatch: Last dispatch for 2025 is 19 Dec

Design decisions may look great on paper - but how do they feel in real life?Professor Harriet Shortt’s research highlig...
13/12/2025

Design decisions may look great on paper - but how do they feel in real life?

Professor Harriet Shortt’s research highlights that empathy is fundamental to workplace design. The fabrics, colours, patterns and materials we select don’t just create an aesthetic; they shape how people experience a space throughout their day.

In the latest episode of our Flooring Matters podcast, she speaks with Mark Eltringham about what it really means to design for the senses - and why designing with care should be at the heart of every project.

Explore more:
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on The Comfort Zone podcast > https://www.buzzsprout.com/2520669
👁️‍🗨️ Watch on the Flooring Matters YouTube playlist > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO9WT4VE8JNPSFpNzbBEHNYeTVzbapaTE
🔗 https://www.shawcontract.com/en-gb/resources/flooring-matters-podcast

Embracing the winter palette ❄️While warmth still lingers in many places around the world – from London to Dubai, Amster...
12/12/2025

Embracing the winter palette ❄️

While warmth still lingers in many places around the world – from London to Dubai, Amsterdam and beyond, the season continues to bring festive sparks to life.

This moodboard draws on the calm of winter forests, the quiet glow of Christmas lights and the softness of freshly fallen snow.

Soft textures, gentle greiges and light, refined carpet tiles build the foundation, with a selection of our latest collections subtly woven throughout. ✨

Collections:
🧊 Creative Connections
🧊 Poetic Form
🧊 Haven

Explore our latest collections and inspiration for your next projects today ➡️ https://www.shawcontract.com/en-gb

👨‍⚖️ The Judge's VerdictRegional Vice President for the UK, Ireland & Israel, Shirley Stone, recently met Peter Schaefer...
12/12/2025

👨‍⚖️ The Judge's Verdict

Regional Vice President for the UK, Ireland & Israel, Shirley Stone, recently met Peter Schaefer, Design Director & Senior Associate at Gensler (CE) to thank him for his time and insight as both a Regional and Global Judge for our 20th anniversary Shaw Contract Design Awards.

She also took the opportunity to find out how Peter found the judging experience, and was delighted to hear that he found it a very worthwhile experience, appreciating its focus on overall design rather than specific products. As part of a panel of independent judges, Peter shared that he loved engaging with his fellow design judges and hearing fresh perspectives in the global reviews.

Meet the rest of our judging panel - link in our bio

And please get in touch if you'd like to be a judge for Design Awards 2026!

11/12/2025

It’s often the smallest details that shape how comfortable we feel in a space.

In her post-occupancy research, Professor Harriet Shortt found that people instinctively notice the grain of a handrail, the softness of a chair fabric, or even patterns that trigger visual stress.

In the newest episode of the Flooring Matters Podcast, she explores how these micro-details can be the difference between a space that feels calming and inclusive - or overstimulating and exclusive.

So, is it time we paid closer attention to the sensory landscape of the workplace?

Explore more:
🎧 Listen to the full conversation on The Comfort Zone podcast > https://www.buzzsprout.com/2520669
👁️‍🗨️ Watch on the Flooring Matters YouTube playlist > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO9WT4VE8JNPSFpNzbBEHNYeTVzbapaTE
🔗 https://www.shawcontract.com/en-gb/resources/flooring-matters-podcast

11/12/2025

A wonderful early Christmas surprise – our Creative Connections carpet tile collection has been named Winner of the Flooring & Coverings Category in the inaugural OnOffice Awards!

The judges praised the collection for its rich textural detailing and versatile modularity, recognising how it supports today’s evolving workplace needs.

Launched this year, the OnOffice Awards celebrate innovation and excellence in workplace design at a pivotal moment in how we work. As the lines between office, home and hybrid environments continue to shift, considered design plays a crucial role in creating spaces that inspire, promote wellbeing and adapt to change.

Congratulations to all other winners 🎉

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