Mutina | Italy

Azulej, the new tiles collection designed by Patricia Urquiola for Mutina, reminds of the ancient handcrafted majolica, made of hydraulic cement. This tradition - revised with a contemporary look – is serially realized in 20x20 cm. It is a strong review of the patchwork composition: an innovative mix and patch, deliberately random, which combines abstract patterns and subtle, neutral colors, a little used. The colors are fixed on the material in an irregular and natural way. A unique and surprising result, which offers compositional freedom and a distinctive design, which preserves the handmade features and combines them with the performances of a high technology material suitable for both floors and walls tiles Catalogo Azulej | Mutina  

Un’affinità elettiva lega Mutina e Laboratorio Avallone da oltre vent’anni, una sintonia che ci porta a condividere l’intento di guardare alla ceramica esaltandone le qualità intrinseche. La materia è per me un tramite, è quella trasformazione alchemica in cui l’esperienza creativa si manifesta in tutta la sua complessità. Vorrei che artista e opera fossero considerati nella loro integrità, in un fare connotato da una stretta relazione tra pensiero, progetto e tecnica, qui con la sostanziale capacità metamorfica della terra da cui ha origine Chymia™. There has been an elective affinity between Mutina and Laboratorio Avallone for over twenty years, a harmony that enables us to share our passion for the intrinsic qualities of ceramics. Materials for me are a means to an end and have come to represent that alchemical transformation when the skills of designing and creating fuse in all their complexity. I would like artists and their creations to be considered in their entirety, taking into account the close relationship between the creative thought, the design and the technique, here with the significant metamorphic ability of earth from which Chymia™ originated. Catalogo Chymia | Mutina  

Mutina and Patricia Urquiola wanted to reprise the traditional artisanal production process typical of terracotta. Elements which come out from earth, imperfect and solid, marked by the hand of man and by time passing. Roof tiles, bricks, hollow bricks and partition walls are undone, unstructured and reinterpreted in a new way, keeping a traditional touch. The wish to exit from two-dimensional spaces typical of standard wall covering, is translated into the experimentation of three-dimensional bricks, which gives shape to new design elements, whose high aesthetic-functional content enables limitless solutions for indoor and outdoor spaces. Because of its shape, the partition element Celosia evokes the Roman numbering system. The structure followed for its installation creates dynamic and unique partitions. Catalogo Celosia | Mutina  

Tape reproduces the illusion of rolls of colourful patterns that rest on the raw tiles, creating different settings and various atmospheres thanks to the vast number of possible combinations. The design consists of a rst slight, almost imperceptible pattern on the base tile that evokes the chalky effect of the surfaces of the carreaux-ciment, and a range of eight patterns – that can be easily combined thanks to the base tiles, one white and one black – all in the ve shades of the range: white, blue, green, brown and black. Tape is suitable for both oor and wall tiles, for indoor and outdoor use. Catalogo Tape | Mutina

Lane is the result of a conceptual analysis of colour, interpreted through a detailed study of the neighborhoods and architectures of London, a city that has always been a source of inspiration for the designer projects. Made in glazed porcelain stoneware, Lane is composed of three versions: Base has five colour palettes (White, Black, Grey, Aubergine, and Terracotta), each of which is formed by a mix of different tines; Poly adds elements in contrast to the previous ranges; Mono, the optical version, comes in White and Black. Catalogo Lane | Mutina  

Phenomenon stems from the desire to incorporate natural phenomena and the laws of nature into a contemporary design project, with the aim of giving life to an original element, capable of being impressed in the memory. That’s why Phenomenon takes textures from the natural world – honeycombs, ice formations and plant cells. Catalogo Phenomenon | Mutina

Rombini is a journey made of ceramic vibration, told through three different elements with a great chromatic strength: a tile, a mosaic and a three-dimensional element. The collection developed through a specic research of more than two years, which allowed to explore the world of colour and surfaces in an unprecedented way. While Carré is realised in 40x40 format with a buffer, in Lonsage the shape of the rhombus turns into a chip of a mosaic, each of which is installed on 27,5x27,5 cm sheets. The colour palette is deep and intense, it recalls shades typical of Bourullec’s aesthetic: grey, blue, green, red and white. A passe-partout to create endless combinations. Catalogo Rombini | Mutina

Tratti is derived from and recalls composite elements, such as pieces of fabrics, embroidery and symbols of cartographic legends. These elements are graphically re-interpreted to create two different patterns, reproduced on tiles of 10x10 cm. The collection is made of glazed porcelain stoneware. It comes in a range of three neutral base colours (white, beige and grey), with three different patterns in white, grey and dark grey (not for individual sale) that can be repeated in a random way. Catalogo Tratti | Mutina

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Quello che ci accumuna è la curiosità, la voglia di metterci in discussione, di non dare niente per scontato e di non arrenderci mai. Déchirer nasce dalla volontà di creare una superficie con l’opacità e i cromatismi del cemento, materiale che amo, pur conservando la propria identità di materia ceramica. Lavorando a quattro mani, intervenendo continuamente sul processo creativo e di produzione, riuscendo anche a divertirci. We share curiosity, the desire to question, not to take anything for granted and not to surrender. Déchirer comes from the idea of creating a surface inspired by the opacity and chromatism of concrete but also presenving its identity of ceramics. We work for four hands, always taking part into the creative and production process, and also enjoying it. Catalogo Dechirer XL | Mutina Catalogo Dechirer | Mutina