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New Laminate offering from Formica

13 years ago

Formica introduced some new colors and patterns recently.

Here are two of the new plain colors. I wonder what marketing research led to these? They usually don't develop new products without some notion that they are going to sell...I wonder whats coming?

New Burgundy

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Fiesta

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They also have some woodgrains that look like the midcentury grey driftwood, pecan, and bleached oak, and some Great imo patterns that are abstract and not trying to mimic stone.

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dianalo

13 years ago

Those new ones are awful. Sorry if someone likes them, but I keep thinking of the awful raspberry color Kohler offered for a while (paired with bright large brass fixtures almost 100% of the time). UGH.

Formica can be awesome and so I'd love to see the new patterns. Abstract is way more fun and will not show every drip or crumb from a mile away like a solid color would.

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dar5
13 years ago
Rainbow sherbet?
pinch_me
13 years ago
I wish they wouldn't do that! There should be one black, one white, one large, one small, one tall, one short. I'm too easily distracted and these colors are like bright shiny objects! My counter/kitchen is DONE! If/when I do different counters they were going to be butcher block. Unless......No. Not going there. Kitchen is done. Been done for almost a year. Love my kitchen! Love it! Counters are fine just the way they are. My white goes with everything and it keeps the room light.
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warmfridge
13 years ago
I could put the raspberry one in a laundry room, where the color would make me smile while doing a disliked task, but never in my kitchen.
palimpsest
Original Author
13 years ago
I wonder about what it is that brought these colors back now...there must be something I don't know about yet:) They do not have a (prison pink, hot pink) honeysuckle. . .:) Hunter green never disappeared from the offerings, I guess it had a place in commercial settings.

Here are the abstracts: to me, the plains and the abstracts are the best of the laminates for not trying to be imitative. Some of the imitations are good, and I have used them but I like these for their own identity
WARP
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WEFT (the closest thing to their old Irish Linen which I wish they would bring back)
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STRAND
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GEO
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And these two read very MCM to me

SMOKY BROWN PEAR
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PECAN WOODLINE
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plllog
13 years ago
The style forcasts for 2011 have a lot of mid-century smokey and greyed colors, complex pastels, and some skewed brights that have a kind of sicky undertone. That Fiesta color, and some slightly greener versions of it, is right up there.
dianalo
13 years ago
Try the link below for a really cool abstract. It is a much larger pattern "in person". We have decided on Rain Cloud by Corian, but this would have been our choice (if IKEA carried this brand and had not been running a huge sale on counters). I was ordering samples and had a spot for 1 more and threw it in for the heck of it. We were shocked when the samples arrived and we saw how perfect it was. With all the laminate choices out there, there are so many that are similar between brands. This one stood out.

Here is a link that might be useful: Nevamar Manhattan Glamour
palimpsest
Original Author
13 years ago
Wow! Nevamar has really added some Good Stuff. Thanks for sharing that :)
leel
13 years ago
Some of those Formica samples definitely give me a feeling of deja vu.
rhome410
13 years ago
I love the abstracts you posted, Palimpsest!

The burgundy reminds me of the table tops DH redid for a couple rooms at the school he teaches in...In which that is one of the school colors. That color was discontinued a a few years ago, and now it seems it's back, but with a new name.
I like some pattern/texture to my laminates so they don't show things like minor smears and fingerprints...or tiny blemishes over time.
blondie859111
13 years ago
Oh, my word. They are not for me!

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