July 14, 2025
By Kamila Weiss
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the first issue of the Inside the Spec summer series — 8 short stories showing how M|R Walls helps designers get bold ideas approved with ease.
Each week, we'll share a real project and walk through how the design came to life. What the designer needed, how we responded, and how Corian® helped make it happen.
Let's start in Texas.
The original spec for this healthcare project? Brown brick.
The final result?
Custom-carved Corian® with bold texture and a clean look.
So, how did we get from brick to this?
In 2022, a designer from Corgan reached out through our website. She was curious—asking about materials, pricing, and our design capabilities. Like many designers, she wanted to be part of something new and exciting.
Soon, the rest of the team got involved. They liked what we were doing. But their question was real:
- How do we get a traditional healthcare client in Tyler, Texas to approve something this bold?
We offered a free render through the Design Assist program, our designers got to work, and we proposed a hybrid: M|R Walls’ signature carved texture in Corian®, with horizontal seam stacks and subtle brick inlays.
It gave them a bridge between what was safe and what was new.
As we shared visuals, the team got more confident. They saw how Corian® could check every box—durability, hygiene, code compliance—while still giving them a design edge.
And it worked.
The design landed. No fight. No friction.
Next week on Inside the Spec: Seven elevator cores with an impossible idea, brought to life.
