Tile also moves seamlessly outdoors, resisting moisture, temperature changes, and UV exposure without fading. While wood or vinyl may typically sun-bleach, this makes it ideal for pavers and high-traffic areas like pool decks and patios, as seen in new collections such as Tufo by Cerdomus, Solaris by Cotto d’Este, Trevi by Ceramiche Keope, and Menhir by Ceramiche Supergres. Continue reading Italian insight 5: Form & Function
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Elements, a new porcelain stoneware collection by Casalgrande Padana, combines three different textures – Essence (wood effect), Pebbles (pebble pattern), and Texture (soft spatula strokes and cloudy effects) – that all share harmonious tones and modular formats. This is the kind of specification-friendly, design-led, range that will set the aesthetic agenda at the forthcoming Cersaie show. Elements’ three textures are designed to be combined with … Continue reading Casalgrande Padana’s Elements captures a hot trend
A collaboration between architect Daniel Libeskind and Casalgrande Padana brings forward a celebration of fractal mathematics. Fractals are difficult to define concisely, but for the fractals in this case it can be said that there are structures within structures that allow for both the whole and parts of it to be seen as complete. With FRACTILE this effect is provided by the shapes, material, and … Continue reading Fractal Forms
A donation from Qatar has enabled a fresh face to be given to Room XIX of the United Nations’ offices in Geneva. The largest assembly room, measuring in at 4000 sqare metres with 320 delegate desks was redesigned by PEIA studio to create a modern geometric interior that pays homage to traditional Arab culture. The vaulted ceiling and curved sides serve to exemplify the founding … Continue reading Donation Delivers Design
The Casalgrande collections have been given a new space to shine at the Creative Centre 2. Joining the existing Casalgrande headquarters, this new 500sq.m area enables the company’s ranges to be presented in a variety of realistic settings. Visitors now have the chance to fully imagine ways to utilise the creative surface solutions on offer, and to grasp the atmosphere each style can deliver. Additionally, … Continue reading Casalgrande’s Creative Centres
The bright green leafy print of Limpha is hard to ignore. An unexpected wall of foliage made entirely from ceramic slabs is an interesting take on the modern desire for green spaces. Creating a mask for structures that take from nature, by replicating not only the visual benefits but also the air purifying abilities of leaves and trees, this collection by Casalgrande Padana gives back … Continue reading Lifelike Limpha
In the Commercial category in the 25th Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, the prize went to Studio Libeskind for the Sapphire project in Berlin, Germany which carved out 73 desirable one to four bedroom apartments on a plot measuring a little less than half an acre and features a sophisticated ceramic façade. Continue reading Fractal Façade
The 11,000 sq. foot Vanke Pavilion was clad in 4,200 glazed porcelain stoneware tiles designed by Daniel Libeskind and manufactured by Casalgrande Padana. These ‘fractile’ tiles were engrained with a 3D bas-relief geometric pattern and then finished with a metallic glaze that gave the surface an iridescent effect. Continue reading Serpentine Sculpture
Cersaie 2016 saw everything from the neo-industrial chic of large format corten and burnished steel slabs, through to bright cold, copper and platinum tesserae; and this design thread had some fresh impetus at Cersaie 2018 through the widespread adoption of continuous pressing technology giving rise to the simulated sheet-metal ultra-large tile ranges. Metallic tiles are also featuring in cutting-edge interiors as decorative inlays, either framing tiles or creating geometric motifs. Continue reading Metallic Tile Morphism
The dynamic street façade of the Wavefront Townhouses appears as a single integrated development, and references the fluid movement of the world class surf break the development overlooks. The pared back, low maintenance landscaping, white washed façades, and extensive use of ceramic tiles both reference the architecture of the Greek Islands from where the client’s family originates and provides a great reference for minimal ocean side development. Continue reading Wavefront Townhouses
The lightweight, unbroken surfaces provided by new Kontinua large-format tiles redefine design boundaries, allowing the creation of ambitious residential and commercial spaces without compromising on the performance and aesthetics of Casalgrande Padana’s porcelain stoneware. Continue reading Kontinua Knowhow
Distinguished by its complex and sophisticated surface, where signs of the passing of time adorn the ceramic surface creating a used effect, Antiquewood is the lastest addition to Casalgrande Padana’s successful Granitoker collection of porcelain stoneware tiles. Continue reading Aping Arboreal Antiquity
Casalgrande Padana’s Resina is a new range that this prominent Italian manufacturer will be displaying at Cersaie 2017. It offers a neutral palette with added visual impact through flashes of light, subtle brushstroke markings, and restrained splashes of colour interspersed with a body of neutral tones inspired by the homogeneity of resin. Continue reading Resin Reverberations
