Laurids Gallée, Yinka Ilori, and Christian + Jade Transformed Tarkett Flooring Materials

With “Beginnings & Endings” at Galleri Susanne Ottesen during Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign 2026, Tarkett and consultancy TILT tasked three international designers with transforming one of the global flooring leader’s materials—vinyl, carpet, and linoleum—into installations that celebrate circularity. The sustainable materials, for Laurids Gallée, Yinka Ilori, and Christian + Jade, were starting points—for imagination, engagement, reflection, and continued discussion.

With a kaleidoscopic array of carpet tiles, multidisciplinary artist and designer Ilori composed a large-scale modular space. Underscoring the colorful swathes was a material message—the components, primarily yarn and EcoBase backing, can be separated at Tarkett’s Carpet Recycling Centre and used again.

Austrian designer Gallée’s sculptural installation established a whimsical scene—with an awning, daybed, and water well—from Tarkett’s single-layer homogeneous vinyl, which can be collected after use and recycled into new flooring. Danish-Singaporean design duo Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan dressed furniture in black linoleum manufactured in Tarkett’s Narni, Italy facility. Simple and poetic, the pieces question our perception of materiality.

Through collaboration with these designers, Thomas Leneveu, Vice President Commercial Business Unit at Tarkett, shares, “we open up new ways of thinking, where circularity is explored through different lenses such as materiality, craft, permanence, and even emotion.” The 3daysofdesign exhibition allowed visitors to “rethink the concept of ‘endings’ and discover the many ways design can help shape a more circular future,” he adds.