International Exhibition Cersaie. It is from here that takes the beginning of a mosaic fashion - 2005. We present the overview of products of large mosaic manufacturers.
Retrospective fifties - Retro50 series
Composition "Snowflakes" from Marseille Wanders
One of the largest events in the world of Mosaic - the international exhibition Cersaie, which is held every year in October in Bologna (Italy). It was there that at the end of 2004 a mosaic fashion was formed - 2005. We and we present to your attention.
Under the mosaic, they understand either small pieces (Tessers - IT.) Glasses, smat, glazed ceramics, stone and other materials, or type of applied art, which consists in creating artistic panels from Tester. We wrote in the articles of mosaic materials in the article "Little, yes delete".
Large companies, such as Bisazza, Sicis, Trend dictate. They mobilize all their resources to interest the buyer. Question - what?
Trend Village Concept
IVD: "Who, according to your plan, addresses the products of the group Trend?"
Pinot Bizatsz: "Orsoni products are designed for professionals who can take advantage of the rich palette of shades of Smalt and Golden Mosaic. The main part of the Trend group products are designed for the average price range is a simple glass mosaic."
IVD: "What is the essence of the concept of Trend Village (" Trend Villages ")?"
Pinot Bizatsz: "The idea of Trend Village consists in combining glass mosaic with other different materials. Moreover, not in the traditional spirit, but in a new way. For this we invite you to cooperate young designers from around the world, including from Russia. We have a season We present three decorative solutions. Jasmine Schwitter developed a very bright, glamor collection Topkapi using a glass mosaic (2020mm) and inserts from sparkling Strass crystals from Swarovski. Patricia Gucci created a luxurious series of Scent of Colors. In the Golden Mosaic, the most relevant in this season Flower-violet and green. Lovers of natural materials will enjoy elements from the stone mosaic of the Le Chianche factory, which recently entered our group. Soon the future we will open a ceramic mosaic production line, which will also be presented in Trend Village.
SICIS: "Art Factory"
"I meet with the most different people, I speak with leading architects, and all this helps me to invent new trends and feel the smell of the future.
The words "The Art Factory" ("Factory of Art") in booklets fully reflect the philosophy of SICIS. For each of its unique product, there are new technical (factory) solutions, thanks to which the SICIS glass mosaic is very easy to distinguish from any other not only in size (1515mm), but also by "man-made" appearance.
IVD: "How do you manage to combine old technologies with the requirements of mass production?"
"I hate fakes and hate, when I am copied, - the charismatic head of Maurizio Plakuzzi factory is answered. - Every time, going to create a new product, we come up with how to embody it technically, we develop new equipment with our engineers, and then patent technology. We We do not buy equipment for production on the market. If this equipment suits us, it means that it is also suitable for someone else who wants to compete with us. The idea with a little uneven edges Tesser was a great success. We wanted a mass production product produced with The help of complex technologies, it looked like it was done by hand, and at the same time did not lose its appeal. "
Mass production is not at all cheap. SICIS mosaic is expensive - $ 250-300 per 1m2.
As for the word "art", then, in contrast to Trend, the SICIS factory practically does not offer mixed decorative solutions, despite the fact that in its range there are collections of glass and metal mosaic. "I am one of those few Italians who do not like Capuccino: I love black coffee or white milk. I do not like to mix various things, "Mr. Poskuzzi continues.
These principles correspond to the new series of decorative panels Glass Cube ("Glass Cube"), consisting only of glass tester. These compositions challenge respectable colors of gray, beige, white, natural colors. Long live raging paints 60-70s. Hx century when television and cinema helped spread fashionable design styles! Romantic era, when people won space and performed with protests! The new SICIS panels are characteristic of pop art with aggressive artificial colors, reinforced contrasts, dark and light regions. Such combinations lead to perspective distortions and the so-called visual effect of the "metal grid", reminiscent of the legendary models of clothing of the fashion hero of the sixties Paco Rabanna.
In addition to decorative panels, mannequins were present on SICIS exposure. Yes, yes, it is the mannequins that the audience with their nagging. These were almost accurate copies of men and women in monophonic tight trico, "stitched" from the Tesser of the new collection of transparent pearl mosaic GLIMMER. The same series formed the basis of an innovative technical solution. SICIS designers offered to bind the mosaic pieces of transparent latex in the 3030 cm modules. If you stick such a module on the substrate from the plexiglass or glass, the translucent design will be obtained. At this way, the floor was made with backlit.
Frozen paints of the artist
IVD: "Are there fashion shades, the colors of the season in a mosaic?"
Lucio Orsoni: "It's hard for me to talk about mosaic fashion, because I am more artist than a marketer, and I do not follow the trends. For four generations, I, my father, grandfather and great-grandfather made up more than 5,000 shades of Smalt. It is in my understanding, the most perfect The material intended for the artist. Some colors cannot be obtained using paints. We are all the charm and difficulty of mosaic art. Imagine how interesting and difficult to use someone else's palette, which was created and kept for descendants for a hundred years! "
Even more than a hundred years. Back in 1899 At the World Exhibition in Paris, the great-grandfather Luchio Orsoni Angelo Orsoni presented a picture of the public from the smalt of more than 1,700 colors. The recipes of their manufacture reached our time. But despite the fact that the exact proportions of soda, sand, oxides, the receipt of each shade is always a miracle. According to Mr. Orsoni, in his factory, as in the basements of the Art Academy in St. Petersburg, where he visited recently, the real smalta is still performed by hand. This explains its exclusivity and high cost.
Trends Bisazza.
At the exhibition CERSAIE2004, Bisazza factory introduced seven new types of decor from four designers. Iethi development reflect three modern trends in the field of coating design.
Forward queue, the company offers fine imitation of coatings from wallpaper, tissues and wood. Validity from ceramics, mosaic materials do not allow to accurately repeat the invoice and drawing of the original. The game is built on the formation of an associative series. The Labirint and Petit compositions from Carlo gave Bianco and "Snowflakes" from Marseille Wanders resemble fabrics thanks to a subtle thread from a pearl mosaic (Gloss, 2020mm), as if woven in a pale pink, blue or white background (Vetricolor). According to developers, these gentle covers will interest many who are dealing residential rooms.
The second trend is to use stylized image images and is reflected in Summer Flowers (Summer Flowers) from Marco Enemy and Winter Flowers ("Winter Flowers") from Carlo gave Bianko. The first of them is made of shallow (12,12mm) mosaic of the Opus Romano series of saturated colors, and the second is made of simple and pearl tester (tile).
The third trend is the return of the design of the old decades. The era of the fifties is reflected in the Retro 50 minimalistic decor developed by Terry Becora.
In addition to decorative compositions, the company presented new stretch marks (panels, on which the Tesser color gradually changes), mixes (mixtures of elements of different colors) and a series of glass transparent ARIA mosaic consisting of fifteen bright shades.
The editors thanks Nikolai Fedyanin for help in preparing the material.