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16-09-2020

Three new appointments of The Architects Series - the first will focus on Werner Sobek

The Architects Series, the exhibition format created in collaboration with The Plan and sponsored by the Iris Ceramica Group, is back on September 17. Following the long pause imposed by the pandemic lockdown, The Architects Series presents itself to the public with a brand new formula: online webinars that make it possible to overcome physical and geographical boundaries, adapting to the changes taking place in our society. The first appointment of the new series is dedicated to architect Werner Sobek. On 17 September it will be possible to watch the video documentary dedicated to life inside the architectural studio and attend, online, the architect’s lecture entitled “Build More with Less”.

31-07-2020

Interview with Diego Granese: Caffè Motta offices in Salerno

Architect Diego Granese talks about the partnership between Granese Architecture Design Studio and Iris Ceramica Group in the new Caffè Motta offices in Salerno, revealing porcelain’s great versatility for commercial projects and reception rooms.

20-07-2020

POSTPONED: Iris Ceramica Group webinars - Promoting architecture - Tik Tok and personal branding

POSTPONED The Iris Ceramica Group’s online communications and training programme now includes innovative proposals for the world of communications and social media. The intention is to offer architects important tools for presenting their work and learning to manage public relations online using the new media. As demonstrated by the events of recent months, these strategic tools become even more important when it is impossible to have a direct personal relationship or travel to meet potential new clients who are physically distant from us.

09-07-2020

Iris Ceramica Group’s webinars - Health, Environment and Wellness - Active ceramic surfaces

Indoor air quality, the importance of reducing indoor pollutants and how ceramic surfaces can achieve this goal, good practice for improving environmental sustainability and wellness in the home: these are only a few of the issues addressed in the Iris Ceramica Group’s webinars, a new tool at the service of architects and technicians.

19-06-2020

Fuorisalone Digital, an all-digital event for Milano Design Week

As a result of the current pandemic, numerous events and initiatives in our cities and regions have been cancelled or reorganised to be held in digital form. Fuorisalone Digital, the digital event created for Milano Design Week, not only overcomes all the logistical issues connected with travel and gatherings at the current time, replacing the cancelled 2020 edition, but proposes a new way of getting the message of Fuorisalone across in the future. The intention is for the new platform and four new formats launched for the 2020 edition to continue alongside the traditional event held with the involvement of the entire city of Milan. A number of digital events offer previews of what will be happening in a few months’ time, such as the opening of the Iris Ceramica Group’s new showroom in Milan.

16-06-2020

Resistant, hygienic, inalterable SapienStone Calacatta countertops play a starring role in the kitchen

Calacatta is a bright, variegated surface that never goes out of style. The SapienStone kitchen countertop recalls this famous marble in high-performing designer furnishings combining exclusiveness with elegance. Chosen by the Scott brothers for the first episode of their new Celebrity IOU programme featuring Brad Pitt, SapienStone underlines and customises kitchens both large and small

12-06-2020

The winner of the Next Landmark 2020 contest is Bruna Sigillo’s Planetary Garden

The ninth international NextLandmark contest for architects and designers promoted by Fondazione Iris Ceramica Group and Floornature, the Iris Ceramica Group’s architecture and design portal, has ended. The winner of the contest, entitled "An educational garden in Fiorano Modenese", is the Planetary Garden project by architect Bruna Sigillo.

22-05-2020

Farewell to Nanda Vigo, artist and designer of light

Milanese architect and designer Nanda Vigo died on May 16 at the age of 83. A key figure on the Italian art scene in the 60s and 70s who worked with architects such as Giò Ponti and artists such as Lucio Fontana, she was the subject of a retrospective held in 2015-2016 at SpazioFMGperl'architettura, the gallery and showroom of Iris Ceramica Group brands Iris Ceramica and FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti, organised by curator Luca Molinari and entitled “Opere abitate da opere 1959 – 1972” - “Artworks inhabited by artworks 1959 - 1972".