Cambria The Coordinates Collection
September 3, 2020
Producer of natural quartz surfaces Cambria and consulting firm Gensler have launched The Coordinates Collection by Cambria.
The collection consists of 14 high-performing quartz designs fit for both commercial and residential applications all designed to coordinate effortlessly together and created around the NCS – Natural Colour System, which NCS describes on its website as a scientifically based color system that allows for accurate cross-industrial color communication for designers, manufacturers, retailers and customers. This color system is a global standard for definition, quality assurance and communication of color.
The result of a two-year design, research, and development process, the quintessentially classic designs were created to work together or on their own and coordinate in many different ways including tone and texture. The tones match and coordinate, since they are all rooted in the NCS.
The collection draws from six different NCS colors which represent two shades of white; three shades of light, medium, and dark charcoal gray; and one shade of black. The NCS is used widely by specifiers and the A&D community enabling the colors to coordinate with other specified building materials making it easy to work The Coordinates Collection into design projects. The collection textures range from smooth and rugged concrete looks, to terrazzo-inspired designs, to designs with organic veining. All designs will be available in Cambria’s revolutionary Cambria Matte finish, which features a smooth, silky touch and no reflectivity, as well as in Cambria’s high-gloss finish. Cambria Matte offers an alternative finish style, and highly desirable design aesthetic, to the A&D community. The Coordinates Collection will be available in a variety of edge profiles in 1cm, 2cm, and 3cm thicknesses and jumbo slabs (132 by 65.5 inches). All designs will also be available as wall and floor tiles in the following sizes (inches): 12×12, 12×24, 18×36, 24×24, 24×48 and 48×48 in 1cm thickness.
For both Cambria and Gensler, protecting the environment and working with sustainably sourced products is of the utmost importance. Cambria strives to use industry-certified sustainable best practices and product transparency in manufacturing its product to leave the smallest environmental footprint possible. Cambria is committed to sustainability and offers products with recycled content comprised of reused Cambria natural quartz slabs, pigments and binders. The Coordinates Collection further reflects Cambria’s commitment to sustainability: Big Sur Mist and Sanibel Shoreline designs include pre-consumer recycled content as certified by SCS Global Services.