Tag Ceramics

20-06-2022

International art prize dedicated to ceramics - first edition

The Iris Ceramica Group Foundation is promoting the first edition of an ambitious award: the International Art Prize dedicated to ceramics. This initiative aims to celebrate ceramics and its connections with art, culture, the environment and society, supporting the work of professionals in the field and promoting the ideas and visions of new generations of creative people.

07-06-2022

Seventyonepercent: balance and harmony for contemporary bathroom furniture

Starting from the concepts of integration, balance and harmony, Seventyonepercent by the Iris Ceramica Group offers refined and unprecedented solutions in the wellness & bathroom furnishings sector. Designed by Paolo Castelli, the new brand is the concrete expression of a design culture that seamlessly combines technical innovation, with the best Italian craftsmanship. The result is an exclusive bathroom characterised by a strong aesthetic appeal, in line with the latest design trends

16-05-2022

Ceramics: Neverending Artworks exhibition at Clerkenwell Design Week

During Clerkenwell Design Week, the Iris Ceramica Group’s London flagship store presents Ceramics: Neverending Artworks, an exhibition produced in collaboration with Antonia Jannone - Disegni di Architettura accompanied by a live performance by street artist Camilla Falsini. In the wake of its great success in Milan, the exhibition of more than 20 iconic ceramic artworks by 11 world-famous designers will be on view until 3 June in Clerkenwell, in the heart of London’s design district.

11-04-2022

Irene Biolchini: “I talk about where the destinies of art and ceramics meet”

Art historian and curator Irene Biolchini has been following the progress of dialogue between ceramics and the creative arts for many years now. In a recent book, “VIVA. Ceramica arte libera”, she looked at the deep bond between ceramics and art in Italy. What emerges is a solid, long-lived and – in some ways – revolutionary relationship.

07-04-2022

The art of ceramics is ready to face the challenges of the new millennium

Open until 15 April in the Iris Ceramica Group's Milan flagship store, the exhibition Ceramics: Neverending Artworks offers an opportunity to view a series of twenty-three ceramics designed by twelve great designers and artists. A vision of and reflection on the future accompany the opening of the closing event in the initiative, organised in partnership with Galleria Antonia Jannone Disegni di Architettura.

02-11-2021

Elementi by Iris Ceramica: surface coverings inspired by the primordial nature of stone, earth and lava

The best contemporary surfaces reinterpret the appearance and sensations of the natural raw materials that hold a key place in the collective imagination for their importance in the evolution of architecture. This is the case of Elementi, Iris Ceramica’s new series of floor and wall coverings, with Pietra di Sciara, Terra and Lava: simple, archaic, evocative colours adding character to contemporary design spaces with all the versatility and beauty of high-tech ceramic

17-09-2021

The winners of the 24th edition of the IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards

The IIDA association, in collaboration with the Hospitality Design magazine, recently announced the winners of the 24th edition of the IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards. The jury of experts selected four winning products and judged them to be adequate to the needs of the hospitality sector, sustainable and, above all, human-centred. Among the winners, in the Flooring/Hard Surfaces category, we find the Liquid Cosmo Grey collection by Iris Ceramica Diesel Living.

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