AHF Products announces Armstrong Flooring Kaleido Color Lab, a breakthrough in luxury vinyl tile (LVT) customization that transforms the role of the designer from specifier to co-creator. Kaleido empowers interior designers to go beyond selecting SKUs, offering a structured yet playful way to shape color, pattern and spatial identity through an intuitive, digital-first platform for both floors and walls.
Unlike other tools that only offer selections within fixed parameters, Kaleido Color Lab opens up a system of more than 500 remixable combinations. Designers can mix and match base patterns, vibrant accent colors and format sizes in just three easy steps, visualized instantly through a streamlined online experience.
In addition to floors, designers now can use LVT as a commercial wall covering when the correct products, adhesives and installation methods are specified. What began as a creative design workaround has evolved into a legitimate wall covering strategy for a variety of environments.
“Kaleido isn’t just about choosing a product — it’s about authorship,” said Oxana Dallas, principal designer, Commercial, AHF Products. “It gives designers control over how color, pattern and scale interact within a space, so they can express not only aesthetic ideas but emotional tone and brand identity.”
Designed for Today’s Design Professional
Kaleido was created with the modern designer’s workflow in mind, balancing creative freedom with simplicity and precision. At the core is an intuitive customization engine that guides users through selecting a base pattern, applying an accent color and choosing the ideal product size. The interface removes complexity from the creative process, letting designers move from idea to specification without friction.
“Designers are always looking for ways to extend the use of performance materials beyond the floor,” said Dallas. “Using LVT on walls allows us to create cohesive environments that balance durability, cleanability and visual impact. In commercial interiors, vertical LVT delivers both design flexibility and practical performance.”
With integrated, real-time visualization tools, users can preview their designs in curated commercial interiors or upload their own project spaces. This speeds up decision-making, builds client confidence and makes it easier to translate creative intent into clear outcomes.
Kaleido also supports a wide range of functional and strategic design needs. Whether reinforcing brand color palettes, creating intuitive wayfinding, establishing zoning or shaping the atmosphere of a space, the system offers both aesthetic depth and practical utility. Its patterns are bold but balanced; its palette expressive but cohesive, enabling designers to tell stories through the floor and wall without sacrificing performance.
And because Armstrong Flooring LVT is made to order in Lancaster, Pa., it reduces overproduction and waste, minimizes inventory requirements and shortens lead times, supporting both sustainable design practices and agile project timelines.
“Sustainability isn’t just about materials anymore,” said Dallas. “It’s about responsible systems. With Kaleido, we’ve built a made-to-order model that delivers exactly what’s needed, when it’s needed, without the waste or excess.”
The Core of Kaleido: Structure Meets Freedom
At the heart of the Kaleido program is Mixtera, a new pattern family designed in-house and rooted in the biophilic principle of complexity and order. It features three versatile designs — Prism, a random linear pattern with dynamic rhythm, Mosaic, a soft, non-directional texture with textile-inspired depth, and Mirage, an organic, fluid design with tonal movement.
Each is available in two neutral base tones and can be paired with any of 28 curated accent colors, including the brights and neutrals of Duo and three colors drawn from the popular Terra collection. Tandem offers five coordinating neutral solids round out the offering, allowing designers to contrast, layer, or ground their compositions with confidence.
The visuals suggest softness and depth, evoking the character of woven materials, yet every product is built on a high-performance, USA-made LVT platform with Diamond 10® Technology for superior resistance to scratches, scuffs, and stains.
