TERRAMATER By MARAZZI
Porcelain stoneware wall/floor tiles
Terramater is a celebration of matter itself, a collection manufactured with Italian clays and earths that rediscovers the aesthetic of hand-made ceramic surfaces, superseding the concept of imitating nature. In days gone by, earth, water, hands and fire were all used in the artisanal making of vases, cookware and tiles. Today, these same ingredients are central to Marazzi’s industrial output, and create unique, rich, surfaces steeped in memories. The intentionally generous thicknesses, the uneven edges and the flawed and extremely glossy surface all explicitly reference hand-made ceramics as the inspiration. To achieve the highest levels of quality and sustainability, Terramater is produced with Italian raw materials and contains 60% recycled material. The collection is available in eight intense, deep colours – Vaniglia, Dune, Muschio, Lichene, Laguna, Cotto and Carbone – generated by the reactions between natural oxides and glazes. The sizes are square (37.5x37.5), rectangular (37.5x18.6) and listel (37.5x9.1), and provide the basis for perpendicular, running-bond, coffered or herringbone installation patterns.
Crogiolo
Marazzi’s latest research in the area of industrial craftsmanship has led to the rediscovery of the beauty of authentic, colourful, decorated ceramics in collections with a hand-made flavour, created by combining craft skills with industrial technology. Crogiolo represents unique levels of quality and aesthetics, reflecting Marazzi’s constant research and technological innovation together with a return to a human “feel” and human workmanship, and the care and attention typical of hand-made pieces. These materials give spaces vibrancy and a warm, welcoming mood, beyond styles and beyond time.
The name Crogiolo is particularly important in Marazzi’s history, since it is the name of the industrial building where Marazzi was born, in the 1930s, between the railway and the Modena canal, and the place where, in the 1980s, the ‘Il Crogiolo’ research and experimentation hub was founded. It was there that architects, designers, artists and photographers were asked to interpret ceramics with freedom, leading to a fertile season of pure research, and the Marazzi ‘Sperimentazioni’, designer tiles by Roger Capron, Amleto Dalla Costa, Original Designers, Saruka Nagasawa and Robert Gligorov, with photographs by Luigi Ghirri, Cuchi White and Charles Traub.
The ‘Il Crogiolo’ series of booklets documents the brand’s history and 112 projects involving new applications and decorative techniques, with illustrations, original sketches, photographs and comments by the designers and potters, which are still a source of inspiration of the company’s product development today.
This is the spirit behind the new Crogiolo collections, D_Segni Blend, Scenario, Lume and Zellige, which now join D_Segni, D_Segni Scaglie and Colore, all perfectly reconciling a love of “hand-made” pieces and authentic ceramics with the continual research and innovation central to Marazzi for over eight years.
