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Carpet sample cards, carpet shade cards or architect folders are manufactured to customer specification, we can advise on the benefits to different options for these if standard is not already existing. The page size, number of pages and print finish can be chosen to suite the intended use of the folders. A high end soft Read more about Carpet sample cards / Carpet shade cards / Architect folders.[…]

Wood flooring presentations vary enormously depending on their usage and Couture Product Sampling can provide a large variety of solutions to meet the needs of your products and where they will be used. Recently we produced some beautiful printed swatches for a market leading Danish flooring manufacturer. The initial concept of this presentation started life Read more about Product sampling for wood flooring – Lacquers, Primers & Stains.[…]

Often we are approached to provide empty or blank sample folders for construction and interior design materials such as carpet folders. This really isn’t a problem at all, we have capacity to produce empty shade cards or blank sample folders quickly and easily if you have the facilities to process the product sampling internally. All Read more about Empty or blank sample folders & shade cards[…]

Here we have produced a carpet yarn POM to take 150 POM’s. This example is a lovely design using a natural uncoated textured grey paper stock that we worked closely with the client on to move from their previous more dated livery to this modern, minimalist and fashionable style. The POM box is created using Read more about Carpet yarn POM boxes[…]

We were instructed to make a luxury carpet presentation for a premium brand so carpet sampling could be presented to interior designers. The specification was for a box that had a gift style theme to it which had a capacity of 230mm x 210mm x 130mm. The outer was to be printed with a matt Read more about Luxury sample box for carpet samples[…]

High pressure laminate HPL samples, cut from supplied flat sheets at any size such as 3050mm x 1220mm. The samples can be cut to any size and colour references can be printed on the backs of the samples or labels can be affixed. The samples can be collated into HPL swatch sets and supplied bulk Read more about Laminate sample cutting[…]

Recent project producing wall cladding swatches Here we have a recently produced swatch project showing Thermoplastic wall cladding samples. Other product sampling presentations were considered but in this instance a swatch was the most suitable solution to show the ranges and colours at a suitable size and within budget. The wall cladding is supplied to Read more about Wall cladding swatches[…]

Product sampling such as the making of architect folders, carpet sample cards, fabric waterfalls, pattern books and presenters for the carpet, vinyl, interior design and construction industries can really add value to your product in the marketing presentation or sales tool itself. It is important to decide where you will add value to your product in Read more about Why consider book cloth for your product sampling presentation?[…]

Foil blocking the covering material when manufacturing sample cards, shade cards and presenters for your product sampling presentations can add a nice design touch to the print.  Traditionally foiling has always been a metallic gold or silver but there are now a vast range of colours which can really make your sample folders, shade cards and presenters Read more about Foil blocking materials for manufacturing sample cards & presenters[…]

Viewing product sampling at the Surface Design Show in Islington London is always in our calendar to see the direction where new interior and exterior surfaces are travelling for the future. Following a surprisingly quiet tube journey we were greeted with a lovely green ginger smoothie outside the tube station before the short walk down Read more about Product Sampling – Surface Design Show London[…]

Product launches for material sampling including fabric, carpet, vinyl and hard surfaces have many different purposes largely affected by their anticipated life expectancy and and their end use.  Some products are expected to last for years and others have a shorter expected life span, this can be due to how the end user buys or Read more about Fabric swatch / Sampling mailer / Clinched staples[…]

Sample cards tend to be the choice for carpets, vinyl, HPL and hard surfaces while swatches are found more frequently in product sampling marketing presentation for fabric. Of course fabric is generally a more tactile product so you can see the attraction and it is nice to feel the quality of the material between your Read more about Sample Card or Swatch for Product Sampling[…]

Being the most local industry event to Couture Product Sampling (who can be found here ) and are based in West Yorkshire the Harrogate flooring show has exhibited many of our sampling products over the years. Historically consisting mainly of our retail marketing products although increasingly more and more contract materials featuring bespoke sample folders and Read more about Product Sampling – Harrogate Flooring Show[…]

Recently we have developed a carpet sample card or architect folder where a removable brochure was required.  This is not a new requirement in the industry but they always seem to appear unsightly or not work as well as they should and the result was fantastic. The inspiration was to use an elastic in some form Read more about Carpet sample card – Brochure Holder Product Development[…]

We discuss these main points of product sampling regularly with clients, whether it is carpet sample card, vinyl shade card or other bespoke presentation it’s not rocket science but there are a few basics to consider when launching your product sampling campaign. Here is a quick reference when considering product sampling as a sales tool for Read more about 5 tips to product sampling success[…]

Couture Product Sampling are currently developing a product sampling presentation in the form of a carry case product for carpet & flooring manufacturer to carry their carpet sample cards and architect folders that requires a white fabric finish.   Fabric mounted to grey board always looks different to when you are just looking at a loose Read more about Choosing the correct fabric covering material for product sampling presentation.[…]

Couture Product Sampling again visited Bau Munich for the 2017 trade fair which made for a cold start to the year as the temperatures plummeted to around -15 ° C. The worlds leading trade fair for architecture, materials and systems is always a great show and an interesting time for Couture Product Sampling to visit Read more about Product Sampling at Bau Munich 2017[…]