Lazur
arte-international > Wallcovering
This wallcovering was especially developed for the contract market. The luxurious and extremely durable vinyl meets the most stringent technical requirements, such as fire resistance, shock resistance and washability.
Atacama
arte-international > Wallcovering
This luxurious bouclé fabric contains real alpaca wool. Alpacas live on the high plains of the Andean Mountains, including the Atacama Desert in Chile. This tactile design has a direct link to the traditional costumes of the inhabitants of this region.
Le Raphia Tissé
arte-international > Wallcovering
This design is a true-to-nature representation of open woven raffia against a coloured background. The colour palette of the background varies from subtle terracotta to striking turquoise, contrasting beautifully with the natural hues of the raffia strands. A wallcovering that retains its calming, natural appeal in every colour variant.
Matrice Aura
florim > Wallcovering
An atlas of modular signs to be combined in a wide variety of layouts. «We love concrete as a material, its versatility and its plain, austere look. We have completed our carefully designed surfaces with graphic patterning inspired by the human actions of weaving and embroidering.» Barbara Brondi & Marco Rainò To appreciate the profundity of the design project undertaken by Barbara Brondi and Marco Rainò for Cedit, it is both necessary and explanatory to start from the title the collection bears. In modern usage the term Matrice, in Italian, refers to a die or mould used to reproduce an object, but its origins are much more remote, with a meaning closer to the English “matrix”, meaning the underlying basis of something. The root of the word is related to Mater or mother: the name Matrice thus relates to the origin or cause of something. This dichotomy is expressed in several levels within the work of these architects, who study the world from a sophisticated conceptual approach and then transform it into a design. Starting from the idea of ceramic coverings, which have always been a tool not so much of architecture as of interior design, the artists work back to the origin of the surface and its decoration within their own discipline: they look at what we used to call the modern age, where modernity has also brought an uncompromising brutality, and where the use of bare concrete became the statement of an attitude to life with no time to spare for manners. Concrete is originally a liquid material, intended for shaping, which can therefore absorb and retain any type of mark created by the material and mould used to form it. Architects midway between rationalism and brutalism have used the rough-and-ready language of concrete combined with a last, elegant, anthropic decorative motif impressed on the material, that makes the concept of covering superfluous, because its place, in its older meaning of decoration rather than functional cladding, is taken by the regular patterning created in the material itself. There are therefore various grounds for believing that, in this collection, the artists are once again working in architectural terms. Firstly, with a simplicity typical of BRH+, they reduce the initial concepts to their minimal terms. So although this is a collection of coverings for walls, indoor floors, outdoor pavings and curtain walls, a great deal of time was spent on destructuring the idea of the ceramic covering itself. Unfortunately, nowadays there is no space in the contemporary construction sector for the radical approach of the past, so the cladding designed for the building actually lays bare the interior, using the choice of material – accurately interpreted (with shade variation) on the basis of an assortment of various types – to restore visual elegance and a fundamental severity. Attention to scale is another architectural feature: Matrice offers modules with architectural dimensions and different sizes through the development of “large slabs”, eliminating the visual regular grid effect. Thanks to this visual reset, geographic forms are perceived to emerge from dense, grey concrete surfaces decorated as in bygone days by special processes and by weathering during drying. The various types of slab, each an atlas of subtle, vibrant signs on the surfaces, comprise finishes that reproduce the visual effect of reinforced concrete – with the aggregates in the cement more clearly visible, of formwork – with the signs impressed on the concrete by the timber used, of a structured surface resembling bare cement plaster, of ridged and streaked surfaces – with patterning resembling some kinds of linear surface finishing processes – and finally a smooth, or basic version, over which Matrice exercises the dichotomy referred to earlier. It is on these surfaces that Brondi and Rainò have imagined additional design reverberations, a figurative code that rejects the concept of the grid, previously inseparable from that of the module: by means of a vocabulary of graphic marks cut into the slabs with a depth of 3 mm (the width of the gap left between modules during installation), they provide a framework for infinite combinations of possible dialogues. Just as in embroidery, which is based on grids of stitches and geometric repetitions, and where every stitch is at right-angles to another one to construct forms and decorations. Also taken from embroidery is the idea of introducing a degree of “softness” to reduce the stiffness of intentionally deaf surfaces. There is the impression of patterns that can continue for infinity, as in textile weaving, and a scale that, unlike the surface being worked on, is imagined as suspended and lightweight. They may not admit it, but BRH+ know a lot about music, including electronic music, and it appears to me that this organised tangle of infinite signs – unidentifiable without an overview – is rather like the representations of synthesized sounds. Sounds that are produced by machines, and thus “woven” by sampling and overlapping sounds of the most unlikely origins, combined to form jingles which, once heard, are imprinted indelibly on the brain. This may be why I am so interested in the space between this “melodic film” and its deaf, damp substrate. The eyes can navigate this suspended reality without fear of disturbance. So we are faced with different surfaces, different sizes and different graphic signs. But only one colour (surprise!) to prevent a cacophony not just of signs but also of possible interpretations: the artists retain their radical principles (and their generosity), and as curators, a role in which they are skilled, they leave the players (architects and installers) to add their own interpretations. In their hands this colour, expressed in Matrice, will produce motifs on surfaces in living spaces for someone else. This stylish covering and its workmanship will be left to the hands of someone who will probably never read this, but will be on a building site, with the radio playing on a stereo system, concentrating on installing the very pieces we describe. So a radical, apparently silent, design project like this has repercussions for the real world we live in. Matrice has no form of its own but merely acquires the ornamentation drawn on its surfaces by a second group of artists. And here this routine action, standardised by the form approved for production and workmanlike efficiency, is the origin and cause of change, generating a variability of choices and interpretations, on that dusty building site where music plays and mortar flows.
Dodo Pavone Wallcovering
moooi > Wallcovering
3D wallcovering with a soft suede look inspired by the Dodo Pavones natural outfit a soft plumage of silvery feathers with different nuances of grey blue beige and white.
String
arte-international > Wallcovering
Printed on the plain with natural sisal look. The geometry and the large pattern make String a design with tremendous impact. A shadow effect is created at the transition of the various colours, giving the pattern greater depth.
Select
arte-international > Wallcovering
A pattern that seems to stick out of the wall like real tiles. The covered wall is not flat because tiles jump out here and there. It is playful but with a definite rhythm.
Rythmique
arte-international > Wallcovering
The name gives the game away, the pattern is all about rhythm. Rythmique plays with graphic forms which form an eccentric pattern.
Bouclé
arte-international > Wallcovering
A timeless wallpaper that creates the illusion of real textile thanks to the combination of unique printing techniques and the use of velvety soft yarns.
Between Rivers
arte-international > Wallcovering
This mythical scene is set in the lush nature of Babylonia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region where arable and livestock farming originated. The imaginative tableau shows elephants, gazelles, date palms and the remains of ancient temples. Original artwork of Frédérique et Rob Whittle – and Max.
Stagionato
arte-international > Wallcovering
Discover a classic floral drawing in the design Stagionato, Italian for weathered look. The attractive linen texture is extremely visible in close up; from a little further away, it is mainly the weathered, somewhat faded drawing that stands out.
Line
arte-international > Wallcovering
No striking patterns here, just a plain wallcovering that radiates peace and warmth. Line is made of sisal, a fine jute fibre, resulting in a pure wallcovering with many natural shades.
Alma
arte-international > Wallcovering
A pattern with the authentic look of soft, luxurious leather, complete with its natural nuances and irregularities. The hand-stitched leather details contribute to the realistic look of this refined wallpaper.
Tela
arte-international > Wallcovering
In its resemblance of coarsely woven linen, horizontal and vertical lines alternate. As a result, you get a subtle structure on the wall. Soft colour nuances bring tranquillity to the simple canvas.
La Prairie
arte-international > Wallcovering
La Prairie is a stunning, realistic representation of woven grass with its broad, irregular bands.
Spirit
arte-international > Wallcovering
With Spirit we see the geometric patterns back in the Takara collection, but with a twist. The seemingly regular pattern is jam-packed with unexpected elements. The chic look & feel derives from the paper weave finish.
VESTIAIRE MASCULIN - L'INDISPENSABLE - Solid-color polyamide wall fabric _ Élitis
Élitis > Wallcovering
Blooming Seadragon Wallcovering
moooi > Wallcovering
Printed wallcovering with a flock finish inspired by the mysterious Blooming Seadragon who evolved spectacular leaf-like appendages in yellow brown and green as a clever camouflage.
Lotus
arte-international > Wallcovering
Lotus, an ode to chinoiserie, takes you on a tour through Japan. This tableau of nature presents birds of paradise, peacocks and lilies.
Golden Tiger
arte-international > Wallcovering
The Golden Tiger Wallcovering is made from laser cut wood veneer with gold foil. Golden Tigers couldn’t bear to be parted from their loved ones, so the wallcovering depicts this friendly Extinct Animal surrounded by his animal friends.