Tag Iris Ceramica Group

03-05-2021

The tenth Next Landmark International Award gets underway in 2021

“Functional mixing: new links between architecture and inclusive and sustainable urban spaces” is the title of the tenth edition of the international Next Landmark contest promoted by Floornature, the architecture and design magazine published by the Iris Ceramica Group. With a formula renewed every year to adapt to the needs of the day, in its tenth year the Next Landmark International Award invites submissions in a contest for selection of two winning projects focusing on sustainable functional mixing: one built project and one study project.

27-04-2021

ACTIVE SURFACES™ ceramics: a concrete solution for fighting Covid-19

Continuing the lengthy process of research and scientific innovation that led to the invention of the ACTIVE SURFACES™ method, the Iris Ceramica Group has achieved an important milestone in advanced materials capable of improving people’s lives and the environment we live in. Recent scientific studies have confirmed the ability of ACTIVE SURFACES™ high-performing ceramics to destroy up to 94% of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in only 4 hours of exposure to low-intensity UV light (such as sunlight or a traditional lightbulb)

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

30-03-2021

The ancient art of Venetian terrazzo flooring: Ariostea’s Accademia surfaces

A synthesis of beauty and strength, Venetian terrazzo flooring is brought back in the six surfaces of Ariostea’s Accademia Full Body collection dedicated to great Venetian painters of the past. In mix and match hues of grey, beige and black, the Accademia collection revives the Italian tradition of craftsmanship in a striking surface covering for contemporary minimalist spaces and restoration projects showing respect for historic buildings

The Iris Ceramica Group and the innovative technology of ACTIVE SURFACES<sup>TM</sup> combat Covid-19

15-03-2021

The Iris Ceramica Group and the innovative technology of ACTIVE SURFACES^TM combat Covid-19

The Iris Ceramica Group’s high-tech ceramic ACTIVE SURFACESTM eliminate 94% of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in only 4 hours of exposure to UV light. This is the result of a scientific study conducted by the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health at the University of Milan testing the antiviral properties of ceramic ACTIVE SURFACESTM against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

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

19-01-2021

Seventyonepercent: harmony and identity in new wellness & bathroom furnishings

The bathroom and all wellness spaces are intended to be comfortable places in which to enjoy a totalling relaxing, fulfilling experience. Seventyonepercent is a new brand that naturally combines materials such as wood, brass, metal and glass with high-tech ceramic to create a fascinating, evocative bathroom. A synthesis of functional and aesthetic quality, Seventyonepercent furnishings and surfaces reinterpret the stylistic code of ceramic in pursuit of good design and the best Italian craftsmanship

24-11-2020

Patrik Schumacher for The Architects Series - A documentary on: Zaha Hadid Architects

Architect Patrik Schumacher will hold a lecture via live streaming on 26 November 2020 on the digital platform webcast.irisceramicagroup.com, marking the 15th event in The Architects Series, a series of docufilms produced by The Plan magazine for the Iris Ceramica Group, taking viewers behind the scenes at Zaha Hadid Architects, the studio founded by the late Anglo-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, who became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 2004 and died prematurely on 31 March 2016.