No-rules carpet tile and complementary ceramic give education designers room to play with color without the maintenance headaches
Cartersville, GA — October 29, 2026 — Shaw Contract is taking Bold Moves straight to the people shaping how students learn. The brand-new collection, which previewed at NeoCon 2026, will be featured at EDspaces this week in Kansas City, Missouri, at booth #2635, then heads to A4LE LearningSCAPES 2026, November 4–7, at the Seattle Convention Center, booth #405.
“Bold Moves was built for the education community, so EDspaces and LearningSCAPES are exactly where it belongs,” said Sara Hudson, Director of Marketing, Education, Government + Product Launch at Shaw Contract. “These are the rooms where planners, designers and facilities teams decide what actually works in schools. We want them to see firsthand how much creative freedom this collection gives them without compromising on performance.”
Designed with the collective in mind, Bold Moves celebrates the connective power of color, identity, and togetherness. The 24″ x 24″ carpet tile pairs with Color Code, its complementary ceramic tile, so designers can carry the same palette from floor to wall in cohesive, coordinated spaces.
The carpet tile is a true “No Rules” design. Expressive accent striping, organic texture, and a clever infusion of color invite limitless configurations, while smart tonal gradations blend dye lots imperceptibly. That mergeability pays off long after opening day. Tiles can be installed in any direction for faster installation and reduced labor costs, and when a tile needs replacing, a new one can go down in any orientation, so facilities teams can order material as needed instead of keeping track of stock.
“Learning doesn’t happen in a straight line, and the spaces that support it shouldn’t either,” Hudson added. “Bold Moves lets designers use color to express a school’s identity and bring people together, while standing up to everything a high-use education environment demands.”
EcoWorx M™ backing brings the same flexibility to installation. By allowing moisture to evaporate between tiles, it reduces most subfloor moisture concerns, often eliminating the need for moisture testing and letting existing adhesive stay in place, per Shaw’s installation guidelines. A 52 RC sound rating helps minimize sound transfer.
Bold Moves carpet tile styles are carbon neutral, Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze and Living Building Challenge Red List Approved. They are made with EcoSolution Q100®, a 100% recycled-content nylon fiber sourced from pre-consumer waste, while EcoWorx M™ is fully recyclable and contains up to 68% recycled content.
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About Shaw Contract
Shaw Contract is a commercial flooring brand within Shaw Industries Group. Shaw Contract supplies broadloom carpet, carpet tile, rugs, engineered hardwoods and resilient flooring to commercial markets worldwide. Headquartered in Cartersville, Ga., we aim to create products and solutions that positively impact people and the planet. Learn more about us and our sustainability pledge, People Together, Planet Forever, at shawcontract.com.