News from Italian Design Ltd

Land Porcelanico at Pasta Restaurants in Covent Garden

2010-01-27T15:21:00.000-08:00

Land Porcelanico high tech porcelain tiles were chosen for the floor of Pasta Restaurants in London Covent Garden.
The tiles chosen were from Warm collection which represent a great imitation of wood.

Land Porcelanico on Architecture Today

2010-01-27T15:11:00.001-08:00

Effepimarmi Launch Halostone

2009-08-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

Based on the Halotherapy, (from the Greek Hals, Halos=Salt)
Effepimarmi in collaboration with Idro Water, has conceived a tile
made of salt that allows to make treatments with benefits for the respiratory
tracts and the skin, all in a relaxing context that assures comfort and psycho physic harmony.
Indicated for any ages and recommended to the sportsmen that want to increase their own performances improving the
respiratory ability, the salt therapy is already considered in many
European countries a real sanitary therapy with beneficial effects
scientifically proven by many medical studies.
Halotherapy (also known as speleotherapy) treatment in natural salt cave (speleotherapy) has been known for a long time. The efficacy of speleotherapy is associated with the unique cave microclimate. The natural dry sodium chloride aerosol is the major curative factor of the cave microclimate. It is formed by the convective diffusion from salt walls.
Halostone aim therefore to re-create a dry, sodium chloride rich environment in any treatment room without the need to access rock salt caves.

Halostone tiles are available with large and small granules and 30x30 format.

Halostone was recently presented at SPAdesign 2009 during SUPERSTUDIO exhibition in Milan.

Bad Architecture, Design, Execution

2009-08-11T01:26:00.000-07:00

start with the premise that nothing but the best should be good enough for our living, learning, working, playing and healing environment. I strongly believe that we as a nation, and as a "global village" should all, in whatever roles we are in, be as intolerant of bad and mediocre architecture and planning as we should be of bad food. Bad food generally results only in temporary sickness, but a bad physical environment results in permanent malaise.”
George Ferguson President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
I could not agree more especially looking at some monstrosities built in UK since the seventies. However, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and what looks now awful may have looked great (or maybe acceptable) just twenty years ago.
So what makes a building, a house, a playground or anything really, great or somehow acceptable?
I believe that only those objects that withstand the test of time should be regarded as great designs.
Time is a killer! Rain, wind, sunlight they seem to work together trying to destroy what mankind has created, and they are good at that!
Only using materials that do not deteriorate or change during the years we can guarantee a degree of success.

Here below is an example of materials used for the wrong job (i.e. wood in a fountain) Southbank London

Riverstone Black Hart collection

2009-02-21T08:59:00.000-08:00

Here are the first pictures of the new Black Hart collection from Riverstone by Effepimarmi.

Riverstone is a composite material made of marble or stone pebbles set in a coloured or transparent resin. By mixing different colour pebbles and resins, it is possible to obtain very unusual colours.

This is the time of black elegant Nero Marquinia pebbles and a transparent resin.

In addition to this already elegant colour, a gold, silver and copper metallic paint can be aplied to the pebbles producing some of the most striking colour combination available in the market.

Riverstone is available in many shops all over UK.

Land Porcelanico at Cevisama 09

2009-02-15T09:56:00.000-08:00

Land Porcelanico took part to Cevisama 2009 presenting the latest ceramic collection in the Civic, Pietra Serena and Gallery collections.
Land Porcelanico is part of Aparici group, one of the largest tile manufacturer in the world and is specialised in high tech architectural porcelain and ceramic tiles particularly suitable for high traffic areas.
More information on www.landporcelanico.com

Riverstone at Cersaie 2008

2009-02-15T09:14:00.000-08:00

Effepimarmi launches Riverstone black collection. Riverstone is made with marble pebbles set in a transparent or coloured resin. Pebbles come in a variety of colours and this year the Nero Marquina has been added to the existing range. Black pebbles give a very elegant look and are suitable for floor and wall covering.
Black pebbles can also be painted in a number of colours including gold and silver and this provides a new set of very unusual colours.

Effepimarmi at Surface and Design Show

2008-03-09T08:11:00.000-07:00

Effepimarmi S.r.l. exhibited at the Surface and Design Show in London Islington. Check http://www.surfacedesignshow.co.uk/ for further information.
The show was the ideal place for the UK launch of Riverstone Building System® an innovative way to build structurally sound walls while covering them at the same time.
For those who do not know, Riverstone® is a composite material made up of marble pebbles or pieces of natural stone in different sizes, bound together with a transparent white or coloured resin.
Riverstone® is made in Italy and all components are of Italian origin.
The resin is slightly softer than the stone, therefore, the polished surface becomes slightly undulating. This gives Riverstone® an aesthetically pleasant effect and improves the scratch resistance.
The uneven surface is also self draining making Riverstone® suitable for wet environment such as bathrooms, steam rooms, changing rooms etc.
The surface of the stones is completely free of paints or resins and it is treated with a waxy water-repellent that protects the material from stains and makes it easy to maintain.
Natural stones absorb very little liquid and the resin is virtually impervious to liquids therefore Riverstone® is suitable for any kind of wall and floor covering (including heated flooring) as well as kitchen worktops.
Riverstone® has technical characteristic similar to those of marble and should be treated like marble when cutting, drilling or polishing it. Riverstone® can be purchased as slabs, tiles, or bricks, in a variety of different sizes and colours.
Riverstone® is a patented product and it is made with recycled marble. The manufacturing process does not require firing and it is therefore carbon free at the point of manufacture.
Riverstone® bricks are available in 21 different basic shapes in 19 different colours and can be combined to build structures that are practically impossible to build with traditional building material. Riverstone® bricks are hollow inside and can be backlit while electric cables and piping can be easily hidden inside. Riverstone® bricks are a real and true innovation! Call us for any further enquiry!

Cevisama 2008

2008-02-24T14:37:00.000-08:00

Land Porcelanico took part to Cevisama 2008. The new large stand attracted a huge number of visitors from all over the world. Land Porcelanico introduced 5 new contemporary looking collections that were warmly welcomed by our guests.

Riverstone at Surface and Design Show

2008-02-03T13:38:00.000-08:00

Effepimarmi S.r.l. will attend the Surface and Design Show from 4th to 6th of March.

Brand new products such as Riverstone building system and Riverstone Kitchen system will see the UK debut together with the traditional tiles and slabs.

We believe the Surface and Design Show is the ideal location to attract attention and raise the products and brand awareness among the UK architects and interior designers.
We are confident that this will generate interest, new leads and eventually new opportunities.

Myself and Gianluca Guerrieri will always be on the stand so please come to see us on stand 116.

More details on http://www.surfacedesignshow.com/client/index.aspx?page=1

5 New Land Collections!

2008-01-28T01:25:00.000-08:00

Land Porcelanico will present 5 completely new collections at next CEVISAMA fair in Valencia.