10 Surfacing Collections Blending Art and Innovation
Azure Magazine highlights ten countertop, flooring, and wall products that combine artistic merit with positive innovation. The roundup includes mineral composites with zero crystalline silica, such as Cosentino's Éclos, developed after 28,000 hours of research and containing at least 50% recycled content. Caesarstone's ICON is also silica-free, blending natural minerals with about 80% recycled content. Atlas Concorde's Marvel Epic series references high-drama marbles like Calacatta Viola for porcelain surfaces usable on floors, walls, and furnishings. Cambria's St. Isley evokes a rugged coastal landscape with blue-grey veining. Italgraniti's Marble Touch offers Calacatta marble-inspired porcelain in three thicknesses. In tiles, Cir's City draws on Milan's industrial heritage with glazed porcelain bricks. Mutina's Motivo, designed by Ronan Bouroullec, mimics wood panelling with shadow play. Viúva Lamego's Colinas, created with Toronto's Republic of II by IV, features rolling-hill-inspired decorative tiles. Ceramiche Keope's CottoMilano, by Domenico Orefice, references Milanese landmarks with geometric designs. ABK and Moooi collaborated on Nesting Room, Moooi's first ceramic tile line with dreamlike nature themes.
Key facts
- Cosentino's Éclos is a mineral composite with zero crystalline silica, developed after 28,000 hours of research.
- Éclos contains a minimum of 50% recycled content, with some designs reaching almost 90%.
- Caesarstone's ICON is crystalline silica–free and contains about 80% recycled content including post-industrial glass.
- Atlas Concorde's Marvel Epic uses high-drama marbles as reference, with Calacatta Viola shown.
- Cambria's St. Isley features blue-grey veining and warm undertones, available in slabs up to 335 by 166 cm.
- Italgraniti's Marble Touch is modelled after Calacatta marble, offered in three thicknesses up to 160 by 320 cm.
- Cir's City tiles are glazed porcelain bricks with well-worn texture, measuring 6.5 by 29 cm.
- Mutina's Motivo wall tiles by Ronan Bouroullec are available in six matte colours and one metallic silver.
- Viúva Lamego's Colinas tiles were designed with Toronto studio Republic of II by IV in three sizes and five colours.
- Ceramiche Keope's CottoMilano by Domenico Orefice references Milanese landmarks and historic Curti furnace.
- ABK and Moooi's Nesting Room is Moooi's first ceramic tile collection, featuring three lines: Hypnotic Owl, Cloistered Dove, and Reiki Rhea.
Entities
Artists
- Ronan Bouroullec
- Domenico Orefice
Institutions
- Azure Magazine
- Cosentino
- Caesarstone
- Atlas Concorde
- Cambria
- Italgraniti
- Cir
- Mutina
- Viúva Lamego
- Republic of II by IV
- Ceramiche Keope
- ABK
- Moooi
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Toronto
- Canada
- Portugal