The New Language of Surfaces in Modern Hospitality Design
When we think about hospitality environments today, guests are no longer looking for “nice” interiors — they’re looking for connection, tone, and personality the moment they walk in. Materials do more than cover walls; they shape mood, rhythm, and emotional experience.
This is where the latest generation of digitally printed laminates steps into its own — not as a substitute for exotic veneers or artisan plasterwork, but as a design-forward surface with flexibility, scale, and staying power.
Featuring Outer Banks, Pattern #DP097 SAT
Meet a Bold New Collection
Why Designers Are Re-Embracing Laminates
Unlike the laminates of the past, today’s digitally crafted surfaces are rich, textural, and expressive — closer to boutique art panels than commodity building materials. They give hospitality and commercial designers something precious:
Creative range without compromise.
Scale → Perfect for full-height headwalls, reception surrounds, and bar features
Consistency → Ideal for brand rollouts and multi-property concepts
Durability → Built to handle luggage wheels, guests, servers, and daily use
Cost stability → Predictable budgeting vs. one-off artisan finishes
The result is a material that performs like a workhorse, while looking like a curated design moment.
Featuring Hidden Message, Pattern #DP418 SAT
180- New Patterns!
Our Lab Designs laminate collection features bold, architectural patterns crafted for design-forward interiors — where surfaces do more than finish a space, they define it. These materials are engineered to bring warmth, rhythm, and visual energy to a wide range of applications:
Retail Fixtures – Build a cohesive brand moment across walls, merchandising displays, and fitting rooms with surfaces that feel curated, not commodity.
Hospitality Spaces – Transform guest rooms, lounges, and public zones with expressive texture and boutique-level storytelling through material.
Corporate Environments – Introduce modern personality to conference rooms, focus areas, and feature walls while maintaining a clean, high-end professional aesthetic.
Every pattern in this collection is performance-driven for commercial durability, yet crafted with a designer’s eye — delivering rich visual character, long-lasting color, and style that feels custom-built for the experience.
Why Architects Are Calling It a “Finishing Strategy,” Not Just a Material
Instead of thinking finish selection, hospitality teams are thinking experience sequencing — how a guest is greeted, oriented, and drawn in.
The right surface becomes part of that sequence:
The warm welcome at the bar
The comfort anchor behind the bed
The brand tone-setter at the feature wall
The elevated quiet touch in a meeting lounge
The visual becomes emotional — and when the emotional works, guests remember the space long after checkout.
Description: Lab Design Architectural Laminates are composed of a layer of Melamine impregnated decorative paper bonded to layers of phenolic impregnated Kraft paper. The backside of the laminate is sanded to ensure uniform bonding and consistent thickness.
Sheet sizes: 4’ x 8’, 4’ x 10’
Availability: All Lab Design Architectural Laminates shown on our sample chain are
stocked in North Carolina and Nevada
Thickness Available: .9mm (.032”) thick (Post Forming Grade) up to 1.2mm (.048”)
Basic uses: Lab Design Architectural Laminates are recommended for interior vertical and horizontal decorative applications. Possible uses are hotels, restaurants, cabinet doors, store fixtures, exhibit manufacturing, office furniture, kitchens counters tops, columns, and slat wall.
Not recommended for: Areas exposed to high temperatures, or exterior use.
Installation: Lab Design Architectutural Laminate can be bonded to the following substrate material. Plywood, MDF Board, HDF Board, Particle Board. Material should be installed in conformance with basic techniques outlined by NEMA LD-3 for high pressure laminate; or as recommended by your adhesive manufacture.
Post-forming Grade: Lab Design Architectutural Laminates are available in 0.9mm (.032”) post-forming grade for vertical & furniture applications, and 1.0mm (.039”) post-forming grade for countertop applications.
Balancing: We recommend that all Lab Design Architectutural Laminates adhered to a substrate should be balanced with an equally thick Phenolic backer to help ensure a proper balance to keep finished boards flat.
Care and Maintenance: Decorative Laminates should be cleaned with a particle free, clean, non-abrasive, damp cloth. Mild soap and water or mild liquid detergent can be used. Do not use: Solvents, abrasive cleaners, steel wool, powder soap, harsh chemicals, acids or alkaline cleaners. These products may cause scratching and/or surface discoloration.
Material Warranty: Lab Design Architectutural Laminates warrants that its products are reasonably free of defects, when properly used in accordance to the standards set forth by NEMA LD-3. This warranty is valid for a period of one year from purchase date and is limited to the value of the material purchased. This warranty is extended to the original buyer, and shall not be transferable to any person or entity. Lab Design Architectutural Laminates does not assume liabilities arising from the sale, installation, furnishing or repair of finished goods. This warranty excludes damages resulting from accidents, abuse, lack of care, or improper use.