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3D tiles animate the roof of Basel’s Museum der Kulturen build by Herzog & de Meuron

Cersaie – tiles, bathrooms, design

With the opening of Cersaie 2014 in Bologna on 22 September, the city will once more become – for a period of five days – the world’s main focal point for ceramic tiling, as well as for bathroom design and furnishing. Visitors are guided to the fair by the striking ‘trade fair towers’ designed by Kenzo Tange, which have been part of Bologna’s skyline since 1967.

For many years now, architects and designers have been giving Cersaie its individual flair, and not simply with creative stand designs. The exhibition is enriched by a wide range of special events that convey the atmosphere surrounding the fair’s high-quality products to almost every corner of the city. One very special location is the historic architectural complex of Ex Ospedale dei Bastardini, where the 2014 Bologna Water Design showcase event will offer not only an Architonic Totem, but also numerous surprises and exhibits on the theme of water.

Our feature article on ceramics in interiors – along with the Architonic Guide, which has been produced for Cersaie for the very first time – will help you to find your way around the Cersaie exhibition and discover the most interesting new developments within the industry. We look forward to welcoming you at our stand in Centro Servizi, No. 9, in front of Halls 25/26.

Contents in brief:

  • Architonic Guide Cersaie
  • Gloriously Glossy: The Versatile Tile Adorns the Coolest Interiors
  • Bologna Water Design
  • Architonic Photo Tour: Maison&Objet 2014
  • Further articles from Architonic's 'News & Trends'
  • Inspiring Search Results N° 33: Wall tiles
  • Inspiring Spaces N° 25: Bathrooms
  • Architecture and Design Projects on Architonic

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Architonic Guide Cersaie 2014

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Gloriously Glossy: The Versatile Tile Adorns the Coolest Interiors

Given the huge vogue for cladding buildings in ceramic tiles, we shouldn’t be surprised to hear that they are now fast infiltrating interiors too. It’s not hard to see why. People find glazed ceramic tiles appealing because of their seductive qualities – their lusciously lustrous surfaces and, if patterned, their potential for being stunningly decorative.

Tiles in a calming green – suggestive of being underwater – were chosen to line the interior of skincare brand Aesop’s Berlin store, designed by Weiss-Heiten

‘They’re available in so many beautiful colours and finishes and are extremely functional as they’re durable and can be wiped clean,’ says London-based designer Giles Miller, who decorates interiors with tiles in very innovative ways. ‘As such, ceramic tiles are very appealing to both designers and their clients.’ They’re also relatively sustainable since they’re made out of water and biodegradable clay. If in the past they were usually double-fired, today they are often single-fired, a more eco-manufacturing method.

Top: Here, architects Kengo Kuma & Associates have used all-white tiles in a relatively minimalist way. Bottom: The glossy, reflective surface of the tiles makes this interior all the more luminous

Designers are also drawn to ceramic tiles for their links with the past and with ancient craft traditions, which inevitably endow them with romantic qualities. Arguably, such qualities appeal as an antidote to the technology increasingly dominating our lives. Glazed bricks have existed since circa 575 BC and began to be popular in Persia in the 10th century AD. This was due partly to the fact that, being small and modular, tiles weren’t confined to flat areas and could adorn domes on mosques. During the Baroque era, which began in the 1600s, tiles were widely adopted in Spain and Portugal (where they are known as azulejos). At around the same time, Delftware tiles were becoming popular in the Netherlands; these tiles often depicted mythological beasts, giving them a whimsical quality. So, too, did those of the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement, which were also inspired by Islamic designs.

Giles Miller’s highly unusual 3D mural in Leeds eatery Sukhothai features an opulent, shimmering pattern depicting giant lotus flowers

A more recent project, Voodoo Ray’s pizza bar in London’s hip Dalston area, designed by Gundry & Ducker, is boldly clad, inside and out, in square tiles in primaries and pastels. Tiles also cover ledges, on which plates can be placed, as well as a bench. ‘Our references include graphics from New York and East London of the 1950s and 1980s,’ say the architects. In fact, the pizza bar’s aesthetic channels the current, ultra-fashionable revival of the 1980s Memphis design movement, which took inspiration from 1950s American diners and their kitsch, candy-bright Formica furniture. Voodoo Ray’s demonstrates that today’s tiles have associations not only with age-old cultures, but also with the styles of more recent eras – in this case, 20th-century pop and postmodernism.

Read this article in full on Architonic

 

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Bologna Water Design 2014

From 22nd to 27th September, at the same time as Cersaie the historic centre of Bologna will be filled with life, to present a new and exciting edition of the event that celebrates the combination of water
and design with originality and sensitivity.

The showcase of Bologna Water Design 2014 will be, once again, one of the most atmospheric in the heart of the city: the Ex Ospedale dei Bastardini, a marvellous 16th century palace in via D’Azeglio.

Bologna Water Design will focus once again this year on exciting installations and original projects created by Francesco Binfar, Diego Grandi, Daniel Libeskind, Piero Lissoni and, as always, a large group of young talents, like Alhambretto and Padiglione Italia.

All the designs interpret the theme of water, with a through line that ranges from bathroom furnishings to the kitchen, decorations for surfaces and some of the most atmospheric installations, created by leading companies like ANTRAX IT, BOFFI, CASONE, CIICAI, GEBERIT, LEA CERAMICHE, VOLVO CAR ITALIA and ZUCCHETTI.KOS.

Download the Architonic Guide Cersaie 2014

 

Architonic Photo Tour: Maison&Objet 2014

Our Facebook photo tour presents everyone who wasn't able to make it to Paris – or who simply wants to revisit MAISON&OBJET (this time from the comfort of their office, studio or home) – with the best manufacturers and their new products. 

Part 1 — Including LAMPE GRAS Collection by DCW, Normann Copenhagen, ZUZUNAGA, Delightfull, Secto Design, Menu, Nomess Copenhagen, Toulemonde Bochart, Innermost, addinterior

 

Part 2 — Including BEdesign, matière grise, EMU, Flora, string, Brokis, Deesawat, Schneid, Johanna Gullichsen, Esaila, formosis, Biegert & Funk, Gloster, Tribù, Bulbo, Suzusan

 

Part 3 — Including Stockinger, De Castelli, Anne Kyyrö Quinn, DECOR WALTHER, Porcelanosa, Technogym, Marazzi, FOXCAT, imperfettolab, Kenneth Cobonpue, Yothaka, TUUCI, Sramm, Geberit

 

Part 4 — Including Ethnicraft, BuzziSpace, Royal Botania, Eleanor Home, Vincent Sheppard, Universo Positivo, SITS, Deknudt Mirrors, Ginger & Jagger

 

Part 5 — Including Munna, Brabbu, Delightfull, Manutti, Oasiq, Röshults, Atelier Tradewinds, Sywawa, &TRADITION, Tom Dixon, beyond Object

 

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Further articles from Architonic's 'News & Trends'

Flooring: Spaces, Signs and Senses

India is one of the most stimulating environments I have ever been in. It was in Viluppuram, a small town in the far south-east of India, 40 km west of the Bay of Bengal, that I discovered Rangoli, a symbolic floor art, outside many people’s homes. Rangoli’s ancient symbols are thought to bring good luck and have been passed down through the ages...

Read this article in full on Architonic

 

Graphic Precision: Wilkhahn's New Conference Range

It takes backbone to go out on a limb (if you’ll excuse the mix of metaphors). As a design manufacturer, ploughing the more considered and strategic, long-term-oriented furrow, when many of your competitors jostle to occupy the limelight with products that modishly respond to more immediate (and more emphemeral) trends, is always somewhat of a gamble...

Read this article in full on Architonic

 

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Inspiring Search Results N° 33

Wall tiles

See all search results on Architonic

 

Inspiring Spaces N° 25

Bathrooms

See all search results on Architonic

 

Architecture and Design Projects on Architonic

YLAB Arquitectos

One Family House in Vallvidrera
Barcelona | Spain | Completed 2013
Photographer: Marcela Grassi

To YLAB Arquitectos' profile on Architonic

 

Söhne&Partner architects

Comida y Luz & Comida y Pan
Vienna | Austria | Completed 2013
Photographer: Markus Kaiser

To Söhne&Partner architects' profile on Architonic

 

Paul Kaloustian Architect 

Stereokitchen
Beirut | Lebanon | Completed 2014
Photographer: Joe Keserwani

To Paul Kaloustian Architect's profile on Architonic

 
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