FX AWARDS 2016: THE WINNERS
Surfaces
Winner: Diamante
by 5+1AA
Image: Luc Boegly
Sponsored by Surface Design Show
The three-dimensionality, the brilliance and the magic mystery that belong to the diamond figure are the characterising elements of this surface. The volume’s extrusions, the possibility and the freedom to move them create a game that potentially leads the spatiality of the ceramics to infinity.
Diamante is a symbol that attracts attention because of its size and its shape; it is a new way to make an element usually flat as a piece of ceramics three dimensional. A platform lets the modules layout change and, playing with the volumes and their outlines, different scenarios and horizons can be created.
The judges said:
‘This 3D material is remarkably ambidextrous, responding to the vertical and horizontal and letting light play to add a delight to a design that is actually very brutal’
Finalists & judges' comments
Gold Collection by Desso
‘As the first cradle-to cradle product in that sector it is highly significant’
Diamante by Studio Eurolinea for Gaber
‘Incredibly innovative acoustic system’
Tarkett by iQ One
‘Walking the sustainable walk it is an affordable, versatile surface, a comfort blanket in a design’
The Curios Canopy by Jason Bruges Studio
‘A light source that is truly a surface, fascinating, high-tech and playful’
Patternistas for Ocee Design by Patternistas
‘Fun, exuberant, smiley textile with a pattern that reveals more detail the closer you look’
Neolith Calacatta Gold by The Size
‘Offers the luxuriant aesthetic of marble, without its many drawbacks’
