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“For me, design and life goes together—it was my furniture, my husband, and my life that influenced me,” responds designer Patricia Urquiola when asked what influenced her recent wall and floor tile collection with Mutina.
“The tiles they design are not just decoration. They use culture, are really fantastic, and truly speak for themselves.”
The Déchirar Collection, that debuted last week at Bologna’s Italian tile show, Cersaie, displays grid-like, floral patterns reminiscent of the sandy Mediterranean. And rightly so: Urquiola, a successful furniture designer known for her work with B&B Italia and Moroso, found her inspiration while on the coast. “Since it was our first time doing tile there was a lot of research involved,” the Spanish-born designer explains. “It’s very technical. They took a lot of time and the design process was fragile. They (Mutina) sent me the prototypes and at first, we weren’t happy with them at all. We sat on the sand and worked on them for a very long time.”
Instead of infusing her colorful fervor for life into her tile design as her personality might suggest, she says with a smile, “I don’t need many colors, and they don’t need me.” Available in several different solid, muted shades, Mutina and Urquiola value the highly-engineered ceramic wall and floor tile design second to living contently within.
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From Italy: Urquiola for Mutina
On day two at Cersaie—a very warm, sunny day in Bologna—the booth of tile manufacturer Mutina hummed with excitement over a visit from design celeb Patricia Urquiola (whose work is…
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Cersaie 2010
Cersaie is the biggest trade show of the year for ceramic tiles, and each September Bologna becomes a hub for showing the latest innovations featuring the multi-faceted material. From roofing to…
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Patricia Urquiola on the T-Table by Kartell
T-Table stands for transgenic table.
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Axor Urquiola Tub Filler
Designed by Patricia Urquiola, the Axor Urquiola tub filler’s unique look and flowing lines was achieved through the use of proprietary tooling. Equipped with a sleek Axor Starck 2-jet…
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Axor Urquiola Tall Single-Hole Faucet
Designer Patricia Urquiola’s unique vision is at work in this single-hole faucet, which boasts a shining surface and soft radii. The generously-shaped lever offers a pleasant feeling for the…
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Foliage Sofa
Bearing a spanish-born designer, patricia urquiola, whose hallmark aesthetic, the 'foliage' sofa she designed for italian furniture brand kartell, presents a between natural imagery and realities…
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Recent Acquisitions
"Recent Acquisitions" celebrates the ongoing addition of important works of art to the Menil Collection by gift, purchase, and bequest. While some of these works have been included in…
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