Hardwood Floors August/September 2018

mixed-tone chevron pa ern used in this project came fromNike’s European and Asian campuses that imondi worked on in 2014 and 2015 as part of Nike’s

job is taking these historical old timbers and cra ing them into ‘new’ pre nished and boxed, easy-to-install reclaimed ooring or wall cladding.”

this industry use the word ‘passion’ to describe their work and what they do. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this industry,” said Dell. “ e materials we get to work with on a daily basis are so varied and exciting. Fromwood rescued from old boats and barns to even poles from the Venetian lagoons. Our passion for design and for working with wood inspires us to produce innovative, one- of-a-kind oors that aim to highlight the material fromwhich they are derived.” He continued, “ e greatest satisfaction probably comes from those emails where a distributor sends a photo of an incredible project where our wood has been used in a way I’d never thought of before, or could never have even imagined. e whole team feels proud to be a part of that – the whole journey blows me away.” One of those recent projects was the Beef & Liberty restaurant installation located in the Ka Wah Centre, in the heart of the French Concession in Shanghai, China. e team at imondi worked closely with both the restaurant chain and the designer, AIMArchitecture, to customize a two-layer engineered, 5” wide, reclaimed oak chevron plank. Two thousand square feet of ooring was manufactured and custom-stained in the mill in three di erent tones; which were then mix-installed together. “We focus on hand-cra ed and sustainable slab rescue. is particular project uses oak estimated to have been harvested toward the turn of the 19th century, and then used in the construction of early barns and mills throughout the United States. e material was salvaged and given a second life by the imondi team,” said Dell. e oor was pre nished in the mill using Loba 2K. e inspiration for the

commitment to source from vendors focused on the environment and sustainability. e project took six months from speci cation to installation. is project was unique for the company, as Dell shares that traditionally the nished product is more rustic in nature. “We’re most famous for our authentic reclaimed look where we leave the wood raw, and you can see the hundreds of years of age.”

Photo by Oded Smadar.

This project used two-layer engineered, European reclaimed oak planks, in 5-12” mixed width plank format.

e company is now one of the largest manufacturers of reclaimed ooring in Asia with o ces in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and e Netherlands. rough their distributors, imondi has provided ooring for a number of notable clients including work with a global co ee chain in several regions, the Louis Vui on hotel in the Maldives, Jamie Oliver’s restaurants, and many of the world’s largest fashion retailers. e company has outgrown ve o ces and two factories and now operates a 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility. “We have a long-termworking relationship with distributors all over the world; especially those who put importance on sustainability, quality, design and a unique story behind the products with which they work,” said Dell. “ e culmination of imondi’s obsessive focus on sustainability is our range of reclaimed wood ooring, which is both FSC-certi ed and LEED-compliant.” g

He shares that a recent private residence installation in the Neve Tzedek district of Tel Aviv, Israel, is a shining example. is project, by AviramKushmirski Interior Design, was completed using two-layer engineered, European reclaimed oak planks, in 5-12” mixed width plank format. e oor was pre nished in the mill using Osmo wax oil. e project took three months from the distributor’s order con rmation and manufacturing through to supply and install. “Our materials are truly processed the old fashioned way; there’s a lot of handwork. Many of the owners of the more modern ooring factories and sawmills are shocked when they visit our plant, and they see howmuch we’re doing by hand,” said Dell. “You have to with this wood. Any metal is removed by hand, and sometimes we even sand and nish by hand; to preserve the beautiful time- worn texture on the surface. We have about 150 dedicated workers whose only

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