The Italian brand, Iris Ceramica, produces
ceramic and porcelain stoneware tiles. Located in the Sassuolo ceramics district between the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia, the brand has plants in Germany and the United States. Since its founding in 1961, Iris Ceramica has focused on technological innovation and the constant search for quality while remaining faithful to the Italian crafts tradition. The company's Research and Development department designs and builds all production lines enabling Iris Ceramica to offer avant-garde solutions like
large formats; Active Surfaces® with
anti-bacterial and anti-pollution properties; ventilated façades; and the Design your Slabs on-demand decoration service. The latest arrival is Hypertouch, an Iris Ceramica patented device that makes it possible to control lighting, temperature, door/window operation and audio-video systems by simply touching the slab containing the mechanism.
Iris Ceramica floor and wall coverings - indoor and outdoor solutions
The Iris Ceramica catalogue includes collections of
porcelain stoneware floor and wall coverings for
outdoors and semigres
wall coverings. The vast and variegated offer includes numerous formats and surfaces to respond to any stylistic need for domestic, public and commercial settings. Thanks to the most advanced digital printing techniques, the company can provide a wide array of material and decorative effects - from rough natural stone in the Resides collection to polished stone in Marmi 3.0., warm wood effects in
Madeira and French Woods. Iris Ceramica also produces decorative surfaces like Calx, métro-style tiles for walls, and Desire, cement-effect wall and floor tiles in warm shades with a grunge mood. The Elementi collection is a complete project comprising four lines in 6 sizes, with glossy and matt finishes and a wide range of colours, patterns and natural-effect surfaces. All formats are interchangeable, enabling the creation of an infinite range of decorative solutions for floors and walls. A new addition is the new Luce designer wall covering collection by Guillermo Mariotto, a Venezuelan-born/Italian-naturalised designer. Luce is a complete line that makes it possible to tackle different projects from interiors to architecture. The silky surface creates suggestive chiaroscuro effects and reflections and comes in pearl white, black, silver, gold, blue and grey. Luce is available in two sizes with a thickness of just 6 mm. Its applications range from furnishings to indoor and outdoor floorings to indoor and façade cladding.
Iris Ceramica, large formats and the Diesel Living collection
Iris Ceramica was one of the first companies to design and produce large tiles, which reach a considerable size of 3 metres in height by 1 metre in width. These dimensions allowed previously unthinkable possibilities that designers soon exploited. The catalogue includes the Metal, Avenue, Grunge Concrete and Luce
large-format collections. The iconic
Diesel Living collection was created in 2015 in collaboration with the Diesel Living Style Office, the renowned clothing, accessories and furniture brand. Solutions with powerful aesthetics for walls and floors are inspired by urban or natural contexts, with industrial or luxury moods, marketed under the Diesel Living with Iris Ceramica brand. The collection is rich and varied, with new lines added every year. Liquid Stone has a textured surface traversed by voluptuous lines. City Lights is characterised by an iridescent surface that creates nuances and colour variations, while metal surfaces inspire Alurock. The brand's historic productions include Camp that reproduces textile patterns and the sumptuous Cosmic Marble.
Iris Ceramica - from a small company to an international group
The story of Iris Ceramica began in 1961, when financier Romano Minozzi decided to invest in the industry, buying a small ceramics company on the verge of bankruptcy. Minozzi chose the name Iris in honour of the Greek goddess of the rainbow. This event was the beginning of the fortunate saga that led him to acquire Castellarano Fiandre Ceramiche S.p.A., later GranitiFiandre S.p.A., in 1987, marking the beginning of the creation of the Iris Ceramica Group. Today the group includes eight brands in the finishes sector with factories in the Sassuolo ceramic district, Germany and Tennesee (United States). The company has branches in Mexico, the United States, Spain and Portugal, and showrooms in Milan, London, Berlin.
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