Working smack in the middle of the hey-day of mid-20th century American design was Alexander Girard. Many consider Girard the most influential textile designer of the modern era. But to many more, he remains relatively unknown. To FLOR, Girard is everything we could ever hope to aspire to: functionality made better by a blended balance of vibrant color, whimsical design and pure sophistication.

Girard's La Fonda del Sol restaurant project put the emphasis on sol with bold, color-saturated graphics of the sun revving up the walls, the furniture, the floors, the tableware, the menus, even the matchbooks. Though the restaurant closed in 1971, Girard's work there maintained an iconic status - each piece thoroughly beautiful, all supremely functional. And it's that work that has inspired the FLOR Girard line of modular carpet tiles. Take a look...