Tag Design

06-04-2021

The trend toward decoration on ceramic surfaces: DYS - Design Your Slabs

Decoration is entering a new phase of popularity in design, thanks to its innate expressiveness, its capacity for customisation, and the new possibilities offered by ceramic materials. One clear example is DYS - Design Your Slabs, a technological service through which the various Iris Ceramica Group brands can produce any kind of image or illustration on both conventional ceramic tiles and maxi-slabs: the ideal solution for a society with a strong focus on the power of images and the distinctive character of spaces

23-03-2021

Practical and lightweight: new H270 Maxfine slab sizes for covering surfaces and furnishings

Manoeuvrable, flexible, easy to carry and install: the new sizes in FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti’s H270 programme are designed to make interior decorating easy. Available in the 270x120 and 120x120 cm sizes in an interesting variety of marble, stone and Venetian terrazzo effects, these materials offer architects and designers new potential with a sustainable production method that prevents waste and scrap from cutting.

16-03-2021

Fiandre ceramic surfaces: marble-effect floors, walls and custom furnishings

New sizes and original solutions in green and white are among the new additions to the Fiandre Architectural Surfaces catalogue of materials for covering floors, walls and custom-designed architectural elements. The reduced thickness of Fiandre high-tech ceramic continues to evolve in interior design, offering a concrete response for residential, commercial and public spaces. Marmi Maximum further refines its range with sustainable submultiples such as 270x120 and 120x120 cm: practical solutions with no waste or cutting scrap, ideal for underlining and improving the habitability of indoor spaces

09-03-2021

CM2 Next Ariostea: practical, elegant outdoor surfaces

Ariostea's CM2 thick ceramic surfaces for outdoor use offer a number of benefits. Easy to install and easy to clean, they drain off moisture and are resistant to stress, atmospheric agents and loads.' The Next collection, a new addition to the CM2 range, offers all the best technical performance of quality porcelain to allow you to focus on aesthetic considerations. An elegant palette of neutral natural hues makes Next easy to combine with trendy furnishings, establishing continuity between indoors and outdoors

02-03-2021

Safety and hygiene in the kitchen with SapienStone’s Active Surfaces countertops

With their certified antibacterial and antiviral action, Active Surfaces offer a whole series of benefits for spaces covered with Iris Ceramica Group ceramic slabs. SapienStone Active Surfaces countertops are particularly recommended for the kitchen, the space in the home where hygiene, safety and easy cleaning are essential every day. The four refined, elegant SapienStone surfaces go well with many different decorating styles. A design choice that is also a preventive measure, improving our safety, quality of life and spaces

09-02-2021

FMG Select: archetypes of beauty in marble-effect surfaces

FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti’s Select collection underlines the natural beauty of the best Maxfine marbles with ceramic tiles in traditional sizes. This iconic, fascinating collection includes a great variety of surfaces, recently expanded with the new Sahara Noir, Gem Violet, Gem Pearl, Gem Rose and Calacatta Oro lines. Brilliant and easy to mix and match, FMG Select porcelain surfaces offer the ideal solution for elegantly and harmoniously customising any kind of space and style

02-02-2021

Ultra Crystal Quartz: new surfaces inspired by the mineral world

Inspired by the beauty of minerals, the Ultra Crystal Quartz collection reinterprets the natural beauty of quartzes and crystals, with their original inclusions, changes of hue and refined stratification. A precious, timeless form of expression, now applied to high-tech ceramic floors and walls and countless design solutions, including kitchen and bathroom countertops, tables, steps, console tables and curved surfaces, all made possible by the great versatility and light weight of Ultra maxi-slabs

27-01-2021

WHOSE THE FAULT: PLASTIC OR MAN?

“We are consuming resources that future generations should have inherited. The Earth is a closed system. And if in a closed system we continue to consume without measure, the resources will run out. No other species would do that”— Stefano Mancuso