Thursday, February 2, 2017

Design made of stone | News | Architonic

Inlay meets industrial design – an unusual combination, seeing as inlay stands for a filigree, elaborate craftsmanship and exceptionally aesthetic design. Lithos Design has transferred this richness of detail to natural stone using industrial methods. The “Opus” collection lives up to its name and presents six models in 25 different shades out of a total of 38 different kinds of marble. The unusual wall and floor coverings were created in collaboration with the -designer Raffaello Galiotto. “Opus is a reinterpretation of the technical and aesthetic characteristics of traditional inlay and is based on the repetition of certain patterns”, explains Raffaello Galiotto. “The biggest difficulty has been to develop an industrial manufacturing process that makes it possible to produce a serial product of the highest quality such as Opus. For each of the six models in the collection, a separate production process has been developed.“ The selection of specific technologies -allows the hidden bea… continue



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